Wiki

I have decided to use the LISwiki to do a critical evaluation on

Hubbard, J (2010), LISWIKI,USA, viewed 31/3/2010, http://liswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

This Wiki is an attempt to copy Wikipedia but in the niche subject of Library related material. Its creator, John Hubbard, is a Librarian at the University of Wisconsin who has a keen interest in web 2.0 technologies applications in libraries. LISwiki stands for Libray and Information Science wiki. The concept is very good but the wiki seems to have had only a luke warm reception. It was begun in 2005 and still needs lots of work by library employees and knowledgeable contributors, since many of the articles are just “stubs”. Some of the better articles are found under the categories of Cataloging and Classification. Each has a link at the top of the page to the other, so once you’ve located one, it’s easy to find the other. Cataloging has 52 articles and 3 sub-categories (Authority Control, Cataloging Elements, and Catalogs) each with several articles of its own. Classification has 26 articles. Many articles have a link to the Wikipedia. Another particularly good article is "How to Apply for a Library Job"

Overall I think there is probably more complete and active wikis available than LISWIKI.