Thursday, November 20, 2008

Would gladly have blogged forever and a day, but am being a good student and have moved on to explore the world of Wikis; had been using one frequently without even realising it - the ubiquitious Wikipaedia, which can be really great for reference Queries e.g. Mum helping son with a talk on periscopes got mediocre serves from World Book and Britannica, but a great little article on this wikki, which was just what she needed to help him;
Book Lovers Wiki at the Princeton Public library is just great - book reviews that are short, lively and straight to the point...all in their genres for quick browsing as well...
Full Library Services Best Practice Wiki is well organised and contains useful hints on such diverse topics as services to young folk on one end of the spectrum, the elderly and the disabled on the other.
Montana History Wiki was well organised, but too dry - just lists of bibliographic data; the Wisconsin Heritage Collection is much more interesting with the Milwaukee (Happy Days territory to 70's tv fans ) section boasting photos of landmarks, the stories of the buildings with a people focus...very interesting and definately the way to go!

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