I was approached by a library board member about creating a wiki! Talk about leadership. Mike’s idea is that the library and the Historical Society could set up a local wiki to trap stories from local residents about the history of Cecil County in a wiki. What a great idea and this “thing 16” arrived at the perfect moment. I was skeptical about wikis when I first heard Stephen Colbert’s rant about them—let’s hijack the encyclopedia and make it say that elephants are extinct. That and the fact that those with vested commercial interests, axes to grind and propaganda to post can influence the truthiness of wiki content. The World Book would be the better source, thank you very much.
But this exercise demonstrates how wikis might be ideal for Mike’s idea and for intra net type staff information and collaboration and I especially loved the book lover’s wiki at Princeton public. Now just to figure out how to get started…
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