Week 9 - Wikis

As Chad, Reference & Instruction Librarian at Ohio University Libraries, says:

"The purpose of this Wiki is to experiment with an alternative form of delivery of library information. Traditionally, recommended library resources are listed in subject guides or pathfinders. I have three subject guides that cover business information resources: one for General Business, one for International Business, and one for Marketing. While these Research Guides contain good information, they are difficult to update .........."

In my line of work (besides rat-catching) this could come in quite handy. As research Librarians, we have several subject guides/pages on our intranet which require constant updating to remain relevant. For a number of reasons, some have become outdated. If we invited clients to suggest and add sites, this could save us a lot of time and, potentially, add more depth to the guides, due to the expertise and inside knowledge they may have in a particular subject field.

I also liked the idea of being able to add reviews to the catalog, although could get a little messy!!