Hi,

my colleagues are in the process of setting up a cataloguing wiki here at
University of Bristol. It uses the Confluence wiki platform which is the
standard platform for the university wikis. Not free unfortunately, but I
did teach myself about setting up and using wikis with PBworks and so I
second that one.

The first few documents are going in this week and I'm looking forward to
seeing how my colleagues use it. I would like to hear how you are getting
on with yours when it's set up - it would be nice to compare notes.

Kind regards


Dom
@Domicus

Dom Fripp
Senior Library Assistant - Cataloguing
Arts & Social Sciences Library
University of Bristol
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--On 29 March 2012 11:13 +0100 Librarian <[log in to unmask]>
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> This is a very timely discussion! I'm just in the process of creating
> cataloguing rules for myself and my volunteers. I normally would do a
> printed sheet which I hand out (which then gets lost, out of date, gets
> scribbled on hints) but this time it is running to around 12 pages. Now
> my low-tech solution was to put these in ring binders next to each PC and
> a digital copy on the desktop, but would a Wiki be better? My off-site
> cataloguing volunteers could use it to ask me questions I suppose? And
> things people note down would be shared by everyone (and seen by me to
> check their interpretation is right!)
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>
>
> So where would I start setting up a (free) wiki? Any recommended
> providers?
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> (If you want some background, I am a solo librarian with approx 70
> volunteers and approx 65,000 records. Just transferred to new
> open-source catalogue merged from Koha and Evergreen but now all my old
> records need validating and turning into proper MARC. Hence volunteers
> will be checking through and validating records by adding control fields
> etc otherwise I will be here well past retirement...)
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Dom Fripp
Senior Library Assistant - Cataloguing
Arts & Social Sciences Library
University of Bristol
0117 928 8007
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