Wikis

Karen Blakeman on November 18th, 2008

The presentation I gave at ‘Managing Information in the Public Sector – The Future – Relaunching ALGIS’ is now available on Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/KarenBlakeman/web-20-in-the-public-sector-presentation and on Authorstream at http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/karenblakeman-109455-web-2-0-public-sector-laria-algis-uk-lariaweb2-others-misc-ppt-powerpoint/ . The slides are based on earlier Web 2.0 presentations but I have included examples from local government authorities and public libraries. Apologies to those of [...]

Continue reading about LARIA/ALGIS Presentation: Web 2.0 in the Public Sector

Karen Blakeman on January 2nd, 2008

Founded by Michael Sha and Parker Conrad, Wikinvest covers US stocks with a market capitalization of at least USD 100 million. And, yes, it is a wiki where anyone can edit and comment so bear that in mind when using this site. Having issued the health warning, I must add that I have not yet [...]

Continue reading about Wikinvest

Karen Blakeman on September 23rd, 2007

I spoted this piece of news in Information World Review. It seems that the German language version of Wikipedia will restrict instant editing of articles so that trusted editors will have to pass the content before it appears online. The changes will come into effect later this year, and it has been suggested that this [...]

Continue reading about Tighter controls on Wikipedia edits

Karen Blakeman on February 11th, 2007

I am doing a repeat of my Basingstoke RSS, Blogs and Wikis presentation at Woking Library on Tuesday, 20th February. It is being organised by the Surrey Library & Information Group and kicks off at 6 pm. All those who work or have worked in Library and Information services in Surrey and the surrounding areas [...]

Continue reading about RSS, Blogs and Wikis – Woking Library