TLS.Conference

toc =Bill, Ted and Gena's Excellent Wiki Adventure=

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Presented by: William Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu Totsaporn (Ted) Intarabumrung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu Gena Pliakas: gpliakas@rcc.mass.edu

For the **12th Annual Massachusetts Community College Conference on Teaching, Learning and Student Development** April 17, 2009, Springfield Technical Community College

=What is a Wiki?= Power point presentation
 * group of web pages with editing buttons on them
 * web-based tool for team collaboration
 * place for keeping information about team interest.

=What are the Advantages of a Wiki?= Power point presentation
 * **Wiki** || **Static Webpage** ||
 * fast || time delay ||
 * edition by all members || webmaster ||
 * simple for users || complex for users ||
 * anywhere online || only webmaster access ||

= = =Wikis and Collaboration in Libraries=

**Wikis in education:**

 * Wikis encourage **//collaborative learning//** and **//information sharing//**
 * Wikis intended for a **community** to **generate information** about a share idea or **coordinate an activity**
 * Wikis **//facilitate communication//** between **//librarians, faculty, and students//**

**Wikis in libraries:**

 * Natural fit between wikis and libraries
 * Libraries are, by nature, collaborative work environments - library staff working together and with patrons

**4 Types of Wiki Collaboration in Libraries (taken from a sample of 35 library wikis)**
Reproduced from: Bejune, Matthew M. (2007). Wikis in Libraries. //Information Technology and Libraries//, 26(3), 27-39.
 * ** Category ** || ** No. ** || ** % ** ||
 * 1 [|Collaboration between Libraries] || 16 || 45.7 ||
 * 2 [|Collaboration between Library Staff] || 11 || 31.4 ||
 * 3 [|Collaboration between Library Staff and Patrons] || 5 || 14.3 ||
 * 4 [|Collaboration between Patrons] || 3 || 8.6 ||
 * ** Total ** || 35 || 100.00 ||

=Wiki Collaboration at Roxbury Community College Library=

**Research Guides:**

 * Constructed as an online extension of in-class library instruction
 * Resources are tailored to the meet the research needs of specific classes
 * Encourage collaboration, ie between library staff, students, and faculty

**Subject Guides**

 * Dynamic take on traditional, bibliographic tools, such as print subject guides and pathfinders
 * Easily updated to include new library resources and are searchable by text

Collaboration between Library Staff

**Future Wiki Collaboration**

 * Institution driven: what's right for one institution may not be for another
 * Important to consider the needs of the institution and the audience
 * Adapt wiki to fit these needs - take advantage of wiki funtionality

=Getting Started (Practical)=
 * Creating user accounts:**
 * 1) Got to http://www.wikispaces.com/
 * 2) Click on "Get started"
 * 3) Fill in "sign up form"
 * 4) Start the adventure!


 * Setting up your Wikispaces home page:**
 * 1) Click on "Look and Feel"
 * 2) Select "Theme", choose layout of wiki.
 * 3) Select "Colors" to select the color of your background, text and more.


 * Managing your Wiki:**
 * 1) Click on "Manage Wiki"
 * 2) Browse content, people settings and tools sections. Here you can view files, pages, invite members, change settings and view usage stats.


 * Editing your home page:**
 * 1) Click on "Edit This Page" button.
 * 2) Table of Contents.
 * 3) Headings- Located in pull down tab
 * 4) Add Image.
 * 5) Adding a link.
 * 6) Adding multimedia (Widget)- Click on TV screen


 * Let the adventure begin : Activity**


 * 1) Go to your new home page and Click on "Edit This Page" button.
 * 2) Type table of contents code on the top of the page.
 * 3) Type the name of your page (anything you want) under the table of contents. Highlight the page name and click on the pull down menu, select "Heading 1" located in the floating editor tool bar.
 * 4) Type " Wikis are fun!" under your heading and highlight it. Click on the text button [[image:text.gif width="39" height="40"]]on the floating tool bar. Change the color of the text to red by clicking on "Text Color".  Click "Apply Styles."
 * 5) Pace a horizontal line below text to divide a section by clicking [[image:hor.gif width="30" height="39"]]on the floating tool bar.
 * 6) Insert Image: go to https://rcclibrary.wikispaces.com/photo and right click on photo. Copy Photo and then return to your home page. Paste photo on to your page.
 * 7) Type : "Bill, Ted and Gena's excellent wiki adventure" and highlight it. Link by clicking[[image:link.gif width="35" height="34"]] on the floating tool bar. Click on "External Links" tab and enter this address: https://rcclibrary.wikispaces.com/TLS.Conference. Click "Add Link"
 * 8) Click "Save" on the tool bar.

=Suggested Reading=

Bejune, Matthew M. (2007). Wikis in Libraries. //Information Technology and Libraries//, 26(3), 27-39.

Ebersbach, Anja, et al. __Wiki: web collaboration.__ New York: Springer, 2006.

[|Library Success: a best practices wiki]

[|LibraryWikis : a wiki about wikis used in libraries]