Using a Wiki to Enhance Library Instruction

Brad Matthies
,
Jonathan Helmke
,
Paul Slater

Foley Library
,
Butler University

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Open access

Abstract

A wiki is a type of social software that allows users to write, share, and edit content real-time, with only rudimentary skills in Web page creation. Moreover it is safe to say that most of what is being written regarding wikis in librarianship tends to focus on wiki-based reference sources, their questionable credibility (Gorman, 2005; Cohen, 2005), and how this question of credibility may impact information literacy (Clyde, 2005). Outside of this contentious topic are a wide range of multidisciplinary articles that focus on the collaborative uses of wikis. However, so far, the library literature appears to lack articles that discuss the application of wikis in library instruction. This article hopes to address this deficiency by chronicling Butler University Libraries' use of a wiki in librarian instruction.

Access to documents

https://hdl.handle.net/1805/1484

Final published version

License:Free to Read

Bibliographic Information

Output type

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Original language

American English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 32-34

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Indiana Libraries (Volume 25, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

Published - 2006

Publication status

Published - 2006

ISSN

0275-777X