Library Wiki-wiki-wiki-wiki

(A cookie for the person who can tell us what hip-hop song the title of this entry is referring to.)


While CML has become sick, absolutely SICK with wikis, I thought I'd explore another library's attempt to be on the cutting edge: Des moines, Iowa!
http://desmoinespubliclibrary.pbwiki.com/

Their wiki is a spartan affair, but it is loaded with DM history that anyone who is allowed to post can ask questions about and receive information about instantly. Like all wikis it is a tool that is largely what you make of it, and as a long-term account of information with quick-turnaround should the wind of information change, it works. Most wikis do if they get traffic.

This isn't as groundbreaking as it seems at first glance: CMLSi has featured an open forum for years that while largely unused, is the basis for the modern wiki.

Library 2.0 (or rather, Library 1.2)

Believe me, I get it. I think the philosophy - and it is more philosophy than guide - has a lot of potential in the right environment, with the right resources, and the right forum for this type of integrative interaction to take place.

CML does a lot of things right. For this one to take place it has to take root in the people who have to implement it - staff - and that might take longer than anyone anticipated, even with this project in place. Where is the sharing, the public discourse? How much time is truly being devoted to development even with this introductory device?

Time will tell whether the commitment was worthwhile or even enough.

YouTubin': It's not just for patrons anymore

I'll be honest with you CML: this task was an easy one. Me and YouTube go way back (even before we lifted the dreaded filter!) so finding a clip wasn't a problem for me; it was finding one that wouldn't get me fired, but would still be worth the trouble of your visit.

To wit:


No one loves Sade more than I, and I think it in CML's best interest to inform you that if she ever called me up and asked me to run away with her, you aren't receiving a two week's notice.

Delicious, baby

Delicious: it's not just that really smooth cat you hang out on the corner with anymore.

Thanks to this website you can build a list of favorites (and import one as I understand it) so thta you can access your favorites from anywhere. Not bad, so long as you keep a Delicious window open.

You'll have practically no use for this site if you use a single computer most of the time. If, however, you find yourself on the road a lot, using lotsof different computers regularly, or are just curious to network with others who may have similar interests that dead-end at a bookmark, you will find some merit in it.

Some interesting stats:

- The McDonalds Monopoly 2006 Rare Piece List has 90 people signed up on it. That's 88 more people than the Classic Toy Trains Magazine. What a rip!

- That's also almost 70 people more than the Make Fake Snot bookmark! Where are people's priorities?

You can see my Delicious page (no biting!) here:
http://delicious.com/scottwoods