by Sarah Kastner, Brian Marhefki, and David Vrooman

According to the Online Merriam-Webster dictionary a Wiki is "A Website that allows visitors to make changes, contributions or corrections."

Wikipedia describes a wiki as "a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages...using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor."

The Wiki software was created by Ward Cunningham on March 25, The Portland Pattern Repository was the first website to use Wiki. The word Wiki comes from the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki which means quick.

 Discussion groups  Easy editing  Track edits  Notification of edits  Control who can edit the wiki: Open wikis vs closed wikis  Search text  Spell checker  Translate from one language to another  Links to similar pages

Coding using Markup language  To make ◦ Text Italic ◦ Text bold ◦ Italic and bold ◦ A link to another page ◦ Enter an image  Use this coding ◦ ‘’text’’ ◦ ‘’’text’’’ ◦ ‘’’’’text’’’’’ ◦ [[nameofpage|wordstodisp lay]] ◦ [[File:name|thumb|alt=altte xt|caption]]

1. Government agencies 2. Clubs 3. Teachers 4. Libraries 5. Students 6. Businesses 7. Research groups 8. Fans 9. Everyone!

1.Project management and documentation 2.Staff manuals 3.Collaboration between library staff

1.Advertising events 2.Way of aggregating information 3.Creating an online community 4.Website

If a main feature of Web 2.0 is the ability for individuals to interact and change online text and WebPages, then think of Library 2.0 as an online interactive catalog. OPAC: online public access catalog

LibraryThing is an example of Library 2.0 Think of it as a cross between a library catalog and a social networking site like Facebook.

We are going to let you begin figuring that out.

Library Thing The Project is located at: Wiki Spaces

"LibraryThing uses Amazon, BookDepository, and libraries that provide open access to their collections with the Z39.50 protocol...LibraryThing appears to be the first mainstream web use." -

1.Library Success. (February 14, 2010). Example of Wiki Uses. Retrieved from 2.Library Thing. (n.d.). Library Thing. Retrieved from 3.USC Aiken Gregg-Granitville Library. (n.d.) About the library. Retrieved from 4.Ward Cunningham. (June 9, 2002). Welcome visitors. Retrieved from 5.Ward Cunningham. (June 3, 2010). Cunningham and Cunningham. Retrieved from 6. Wikipedia. (October 17, 2010). Help: Wiki Markup. Retrieved from