Wikis

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I like Wikis as they are easy to establish, simple to use and collaborative. There are so many immediately do-able projects that lend themselves to Wikis that even the busiest teacher/librarian can get started immediately. The most obvious are reading lists compiled by both librarians and students (individually and collaboratively), book reviews, local history projects, subject lists of websites etc. I know that there are probably other more sophisticated tools, but sometimes I think sticking to the KISS principle is the best way to go.

The down side is that they are freely accessible, which leaves them a bit vulnerable. But the interesting thing is that once a community is established it tends to self-regulate, as illustrated by the most obvious wiki, Wikipedia.

We have started using what I think is probably a wiki, called Libguides - it allows nominated users to create/edit pages that are publically available.

I thought the sites provided for exploration were very good, but I couldn't find a "how to..." amongst them, if you needed one. I found this one pretty useful, wikiHow, so thought I would share it.