Blogging Blah Blah

I looked at several of the suggested wikis, and I have to say, I am not drawn to this particular kind of program. Many of them look downright messy and confusing. I would put the Pierce County and the Stevens Rural Library District in that category.

Wikipedia, on the other hand, does look neat and organized, and I have actually used it quite a bit. You do have to get a feel for what may and may not be accurate, but I have found it to be surprisingly well documented and accurate. I have noticed though, that many schools forbid their students from using Wikipedia as a resource for their research topics.

I find the FVRL wikis to be very well done. I am referring to the YA wiki, the building project wiki (which I actually could not access today - is it still there?), and the Battle Ground Library's youth services wiki.

I like the example Lee LeFever uses, of people planning a camping trip. This type of close collaboration is what a wiki would be most useful for, in my opinion. It doesn't seem to work so well when you don't know the other people, and when there isn't a clear purpose for it, as in the case of the Pierce County and Stevens Rural Library wikis. However, as one of the articles points out, Wikipedia is an exception to this. I really have no idea how they do what they do so well, but there you have it. It's an informative, interesting, ever-changing wealth of information on just about anything you could possibly want to know!