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***Apologies for Receipt of Duplicate Postings*** WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia Colleagues/ I am pleased to announcement the publication of my latest eProfile in Library Hi Tech News: Gerry McKiernan, "WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia," _Library Hi Tech News_ 22, no. 8 (September/October 2005): 46-54. Overview/Summary from the publisher ABSTRACT: Purpose - This article of part 1 of a two part series on wikis. Part 1 focuses on Wikipedia. Design/methodology/approach - The article is prepared by a library professional and provides a summary of the main features. Findings - A wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit web page content using any web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Originality/value - This article is a useful summary of a development of interest to library and information management professionals I have self-archived a copy at [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/WMW-I.pdf ] I would Most Appreciate Any and All Comments/Critiques/Observations or Cosmic Insights about this review. BTW: Wikis (and Blogs) are Not Just For Breakfast Anymore: "The Wiki and the Blog: Toward a Complex Adaptive Intelligence Community" D. CALVIN ANDRUS (Central Intelligence Agency) [CIA] [Studies in Intelligence, September 2005] / Link to full-text available at [ http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=755904 ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor And Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 [log in to unmask]