Social Software: Blogs and Wikis

Web Manager’s Academy

March 29, 2009

Darlene FichterDarlene.Fichter@usask.ca

Why add a blog or a wiki?

Meet customer needs and demands by tapping into human nature– create, share and hoard

Ways to Use Blogs

• News and events

• Book discussion area

• Morph the web site into a blog

Blogging and libraries

To really maximize the Web 2.0 experience, library blogs have to embrace participation by:

• Joining the conversation• Writing in a conversation tone• Inviting participation• Accepting comments

Photo by davezilla was taken

Wiki – collection of pages

Home Page Biz Education Pets

edit edit editedit

Illustrations adapted from Guillaume du Gardier. What is a wiki? June 2, 2005

Are wikis ugly? True or False

http://wiki.lib.umn.edu/

Don’t underestimate culture shock

Photo by KhayaL

Let’s wiki

Questions?