Wikis For Conference CommunicationASIST 2006

Jackson FoxSchool of Information &

Library Science, UNC Chapel HillLulu.com

jacksonfox@gmail.com

ASIST 2005ASIST 2006JCDL 2006

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A wiki is…A shared information space

Collaboratively edited

We use wikis to…Collect timely information

Aggregate information

So what do you do?Choose the wikiSetup the wiki

Customize the wikiPrep the wiki

Secure the wikiBe the wiki

Choosing the wiki…Do you want to host the wiki?

How long will the wiki be online?Is your audience web savvy?

How much customization do you want?

What kinds of wikis are there?

HostedOpen SourceCommercial

Setting up the wiki…Get the thing installed

Back it up!

Customizing the wiki…What are your goals?

Who is your audience?

For example…Simplify the experienceA place for everything

Remove the fear

Prepping the wiki…This is your chance to make

the wiki your own, your users will take over from

here

Securing the wiki…SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

But that’s not all!Attachments, admin pages,

etc

Being the wiki…Watch it like a hawk

Participate in the wikiBe a wiki gardener

Keep the wiki up-to-date

Places to go, wikis to see…MediaWiki, PmWiki

StikiPad, PBWikiSocialtext

ResourcesMy Notes, http://jacksonfox.stikipad.com/asist2006/

…Wiki Matrix, http://www.wikimatrix.org/

Wiki Software, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software…

Preventing Wiki Spam, http://chongqed.org/prevent_spam.html

The End…

Moving beyond hypertext

Our design decisions

Wiki selection resources

Spam fighting resources

Wikis in the FUTURE

Wikis and unconferences