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media type="custom" key="8536760" In this 2 hour session, we are going to give you an overview of just what a wiki is and how you can use it in either your school, home or to just communicate with others and share information. =So, just what is a wiki? = A wiki is a collaborative website and authoring tool that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content. Wikipedia, the online open-community encyclopedia, is the largest and perhaps the most well known of these knowledge sharing tools. With the benefits that wikis provide the use and popularity of these tools is exploding. Some of the benefits that make wikis so attractive are:


 * Anyone (registered or unregistered, if unrestricted) can add, edit or delete content
 * Tracking tools within wikis allow you to easily keep up on what been changed and by whom
 * Earlier versions of a page can be viewed and reinstated when needed
 * And users do not need to know HTML in order to apply styles to text or add and edit content. In most cases simple syntax structure is used.

As the use of wikis has grown over the last few years, libraries all over the country have begun to use them to collaborate and share knowledge. Among their applications are pathfinder or subject guide wikis, book review wikis, ALIA conference wikis and even library best practices wikis.


 * Why would you use a Wiki? **

1. Knowledge base 2. Subject Guide 3. Community or tourist guide 4. Conference planning 5. Collaborative editing of documents 6. Meetings (posting agendas, discussion prior to meeting, etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. Project space <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">8. In place of structured courseware <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">9. Presentation medium <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">10.Web-based notebook to organize your thoughts


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">You're only limited by your imagination! **