Thing 10 - Wikis

The Wiki is a unique way of collaborating on information that in the past has been "word of mouth." I would liken it to story-telling where each person has an opportunity to add to the information. I like the fact that one is able to go back in the history and find out what information was changed.

My first time editing a Wiki was to comment on the Future Things to consider page in the 23 Things on a Stick Wiki.

As an academic librarian, we don't ban Wikipedia for use by the students, but rather caution them about the information that may appear. They are encouraged to seek out peer-reviewed sources for their papers. The faculty may advise the students to avoid using Wikipedia as one of their resources. We also caution them about using information gleaned from the Internet.