WIKI 101 WIKI

WHATS A WIKI O_O?


A Wiki is a place where you can store information and add information. Most wikis are open meaning people can add or delete to a Wiki. There are may differen't types of Wiki's the best known one is Wikipedia which made Wiki's famous but it isnt the only one. Nowadays anybody can create a wiki for any subject they want.

MY PERSONAL OPINION

I personally like Wiki's for the information they contain, and how you can find if it's reliable by double checking information or if it has where they got the information from. I Find em useful for getting information or for making information known to the public easily, and that they can change information if they think it's wrong.

I never made a wiki and i probably will not make a wiki anytime soon since its time consuming and you need a decent knowledge of the topic your talking about

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I dont see a Library using a wiki because they don't have much to write about except maybe the history of the library or how to use machinery withing the Library/

I would suggest a public forum for the library instead that way users can talk to each other, ask questions have them answered, and they can reply to those answers, wiki's to me just don't seem that useful in a public library, if were talking academic or government library, I still would think a forum would be more appropriate unless you have something more Wiki-related for your academic library/government (personally can't think of one at the moment though)

Upgrade to Wikis?

I personally can't see anything better than a wiki for giving out mass amount of information where users can collaborate on them. For now I think Wiki's are here to stay until something else is created to compete with them. It's the newest technology we have and we should take advantage of it if we can figure out ways on how to do that.

3 Wikis reviewed

Wikia------ This is personally a gaming wiki where it contains a lot of information about many sort of games and gaming platforms.It has a lot of images and videos one of the more advance wiki's I've seen to be honest. I consider it very useful for an avid gamer, but personally i would just hit up google and look on a official site that i trust for information, and I'm not an avid gamer so i find little use to it personally.
Wetpaint---- The most confusing Wiki i have encountered in my search, nothing made sense, i couldn't get what it was talking about or referring too.


PBwiki---- A business Wiki...enough said, I wouldn't use it since that's not my department, besides that the layout is decent but not my thing.

RSS FEED 101

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WHAT IS AN RSS FEED?

An RSS feed is a format for delivering reguarly chaning web content a.k.a keeping you uptodate on your interests in one place instead of you having to look for them everywhere.

. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS to whoever wants it. An RSS feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically.

 How is it used?

You can you use RSS feeds by using  Feed Reader or News Aggregator software that allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use. An RSS feed is  used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format

 Who uses it?

Anyone can use an RSS feed who has access to the internet.The Rss feed it is very useful who are very busy or organized. RSS feeds are all in one place and come to you instead of you having to find them. It's a time saver and a very useful tool if someone wants to give out quick updates to people

Would you/Do you use it?

I probably wouldn’t use it because I don’t have anything I want to keep updated on constantly, I do not use it , only place I could see using it if in my job I was required

  Can it be expanded upon?

I don’t think it can be expanded on due to it's main purpose is just to keep you uptodate, the only way it could possibly expand is if every site could use an rss feed without any problem.

 Is it outdated and a newer technology should be used instead?

From what I'm aware currently there is no other  technology out there that matches what the RSS feed does.

 Are there other ways it could be used in libraries?

What types of libraries could benefit from its use? Libraries can use this to update on news on the library like event's or new books, sudden closings or things like that. Public libraries and possibly academic libraries would be the ones to gain most from this