Task 16-Learn About Wikis

I was especially interested in this exercise because I am not all that familiar with Wikis. I found this link to a resource from the University of Saskatchewan Library that has links to different library wikis.

http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/wiki/

I took a look at each of the wikis in the first two sections of this web page. Wikis look like a great way for a library staff to collaborate in maintaining a website. They are also great places for knowledgeable individuals on a given subject to share links and resources they have discovered that might be of value to those with similar interests. I especially liked UBC HeathLib-Wiki - A Knowledge Base for Health Librarians (2007). It has a well organized table of contents making it easy to find your way around. I found WardsWiki (the Wiki that the link in the challenge eventually leads to) informative, but not easy to navigate. It seems navigating Wikis is usually facilitated by using searches--not the easiest way to find your way around, if you ask me. A lack of organization can make a Wiki quite convoluted.