Wikis for Libraries (The Tech Set, 5) - Softcover

Pressley, Lauren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555707106 ISBN 13: 9781555707101

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Wikis have emerged as powerful platforms for facilitating and improving communication and collaboration between library staff, users, and professional peers. "Wikis for Libraries" gives you the practical tools and easy-to-follow guidance you need to establish an effective wiki in your own library. Author Lauren Pressley walks you through each step, from the first stages of planning to post-evaluation measures. You'll learn how to choose between different types of wikis and software and plan for, create and implement your wiki on the web. Pressley shares advice for marketing and promoting your wiki, as well as tips for measuring success and best practices to follow throughout the start-to-finish process. Whether you are a wiki novice or a seasoned pro, this new "Tech Set" book will enable you to build wikis to support special events, serve as a library instruction tool, create valuable online resources - to name just a few applications of this popular collaboration tool.

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Review

'This book provides library staff with concrete and convincing proof of the usefulness of wikis in libraries. It's a good guide to what's possible and how to accomplish it. Incorporating issues such as staff buy-in, organizational culture, early wins and getting the word out makes this a useful resource...' Amy Kearns, Program Coordinator at the Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and Part-Time Lecturer at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University

About the Author

Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian, Wake Forest University, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555707106
• ISBN 13: 9781555707101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 125