Talking of setting up internal Wikis, has anyone ever attempted or
proposed setting up an externally accessable cataloguers wiki?

For instance, BIALL for law librarians has a 'how do I wiki'?
http://biallpr.pbworks.com/w/page/5259189/How%20do%20I . Admittedly
I'd tend to trust my colleagues over it, but if you were a solo
librarian I imagine it would be a great help. Perhaps cataloguing is
too bespopke to have a wiki like that, but for general advice it may
be very helpful.

David Watson



On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Lynne Dyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I wasn't lurking yesterday, but so busy had no time to contribute. Today I
> also have a lot of commitments, but at least I'm at home so can pop in and
> out of the forum!
>
> I'm Lynne (aka @stjerome1st on Twitter), bib services manager in HE. I
> rarely get to catalogue these days, but am still an ardent supporter of all
> things cataloguing!
>
> I've had a cataloguers' wiki since about 2007 and find I prefer wikispaces,
> because it's quick and easy to use. It's a public wiki, so anyone can view
> it, but I have restricted membership to staff in my own team, so they can
> add and edit pages.
>
> I also blog (using blogger), but this is a personal cataloguing one. My
> institution does subscribe to some specific software and encourages staff to
> blog: https://our.dmu.ac.uk/about/ (annoyingly you do have to click to get
> past the certificate problems).
>
> The library has its own Twitter (@LibraryDMU) and Facebook accounts, which
> are used mainly to advertise problems with access to databases, unexpected
> and scheduled closing etc.. I use facebook mainly for keeping in touch with
> friends and relatives.
>
> Lynne
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: CIG E-Forum on behalf of Librarian
> Sent: Thu 29/03/2012 11:13
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Setting up a Wiki advice?
>
> 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 printed sheet which I hand out (which then gets lost, out of date, gets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!)
>
>
>
> So where would I start setting up a (free) wiki?  Any recommended providers?
>
>
>
> (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...)
>
>
>
> Jennie Kelly
> @mininglibrarian
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