3/18/2008

Correction to my first post.

The statement, "Many bloggs, feeds, websites, graphics and other formats of resources can be organized on one blogg and accessed as often as needed," is incorrect. Bloggs, feeds, websites, graphics and other resources or files can be organized on a wiki, not a blogg.


The major difference between a blogg and a wiki is that a blogg is used for ongoing commentary. This discussion appears in reversed chronological order. I wish it went from the most current to oldest. It is tiresome to have to review all of the previous 30 or so bloggs to get to the most recent one. Maybe, in time, the technology will be improved. This tool is useful to announce new happenings, events, classes, shifts or construction in the library.

The primary benefit of a wiki is the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues on projects. There can be some control over who can access and post, which is nice. This would be useful when you need to write such things as a new strategic plan or rewrite state's Rules & Regulations for the Department of Health. You may choose to maintain and keep certain wikis in the public domain for hospital staff. These wikis could contain information such as the most recently purchased electronic books and RSS feeds on the latest research arranged by specialty.

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