Lunching with Renoir

Demonstrating why wikis should be more than just

content

Linda CraneLiaison Librarian

University of Liverpool

Background

• 2011 first year assignment for 60+ Music students.

• “Creating a wiki for incoming first year music students.”

• My input : to talk about the possible content of the wiki – both Library specific & general - in a 2 hour interactive lecture.

So what?

Wiki = content (information) +structure + navigation + visuals

Design Project

Not that easy to get across.We aren’t used to doing it.

Wikis becoming more popular.May be asked to do more of this.

Good feedback & good results.

Structure

Navigation Relationships between information

Maximises information retrievedUnifies

Need to establish the same things within a wiki

• FontUnderlining

Colour

Illustrations

Make the look of the wiki work for you

Thank you