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Hi, Unsurprisingly, Britannica have refused to accept the findings of the Nature article, claiming that the methodology employed was completely flawed... The idea of using wikis to create a shared resource between library and students is interesting though. Butler University Libraries in the USA use a reference wiki which aims to be a collaborative review of databases, books, websites etc. that are part of the reference resources available at the university. Librarians, staff and students are encouraged to add reference materials they have used in their studies. They can also add comments about the how useful they find the reference materials in general. it's at http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/butler_wikiref/_page_directory?oldwpn=Butler%20WikiRef&olddoc=butler_wikiref Can't say what level of contribution they actually get from students though... Paul Paul Gorman Librarian Glasgow Metropolitan College 60 North Hanover Street Glasgow G1 2BP T: 0141 566 4132 E: [log in to unmask] >>> Roisin Gwyer <[log in to unmask]> 07/21/06 12:22 PM >>> Hi Bit of a jumbled thought stream here, but it's Friday ... Some departments here have banned students from using Wikipedia because they are using it indiscriminately. Come to that a lot of staff don't understnd about it either. We're using it as a teaching tool to talk about other quality information and are producing a 'beyond wikipedia' handout. All of these things are good hooks into showing other resources, e.g. who would have thought that citation searching would ever become sexy but Google Scholar has made that happen. There was an article in Nature (I think it was) a while back which compared some content on Wikipedia and Enc Britannica and found there was not a lot of difference. I love the idea tho of sharing knowledge in this way and would like to do something with students to create a resource using wiki software Roisin Roisin Gwyer Associate University Librarian Frewen Library Cambridge Road PORTSMOUTH PO1 2ST England Tel : 023 9284 3221 Fax : 023 8284 3233 E-mail : [log in to unmask] Web : www.port.ac.uk/library DISCLAIMER :- This email, together with any attachments, may be confidential and the subject of legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately, delete this message and note that you are not permitted to print, copy, disclose or use the content in any way. Glasgow Metropolitan College (Glasgowmet) does not accept any legal responsibility of liability (including in negligence) for the contents of this communication, nor does it endorse or accept any personal views represented herein. Email communications may be subject to interception by third parties or possible data corruption and Glasgow Metropolitan College accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the content of communications altered after transmission from the college network.