Comments on: Academic Library 2.0 Wiki/Blog and Master’s paper

By: Jennifer M

Jennifer M — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:55:00 +0000

I’m also very interested in following your project - sounds like a fascinating idea. I’m also curious to see how much participation you get. As a grad student, I am in the process for forming general ideas and thoughts for my special project/masters thesis - and I think that trying to capture conversations about a topic from the library community would be a great addition to any major research undertaking.

I agree with Michael Stephens about the wiki working better for collaboration - but also think that you are right about buy in for a wiki. I tried to do a class project on a wiki, but very few of my classmates were willing to try and learn how to use it - or to have to create another username and password. However, I do think that if you can get people engaged in the debate/topic, they may participate in whatever forum you choose. Good luck!!

By: Michael C. Habib

Michael C. Habib — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:34:00 +0000

Michael,

Thanks for the feedback. I am a little concered that it will be harder to get buy in for a wiki. I am thinking about using Wetpaint. It is a wysiwyg wiki platform I learned about here.

By: Michael Stephens

Michael Stephens — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:55:00 +0000

Possibly the wiki may be the most useful if you want collaboration. A blog would work for gathering feedback/comments. I am really interested to follow your project and see the involvement of the academic library community.