Not an expert on wikis but I've recently used some on PBWorks which I quite
like. It's a free hosted service for non-commercial use. I'm sure there are
many others out there...
Esther
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> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:13:48 +0100
> Von: Librarian <[log in to unmask]>
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: [CIG-E-FORUM] Setting up a Wiki advice?
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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!)
>
> 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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