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Please describe the “other groups.”
“Anyone using our site.”
“Anyone who wants to access and collate items from library holdings.”
“Members of the public that are not necessarily Library patrons or users of the Library’s Web site but that are
interested in photographs.”
Please describe the other type(s) of experience(s) and the corresponding group.
“To gain a better understanding of how social tagging and community input could benefit both the Library
and users of the collection.”
“To connect faculty with their own students to help establish librarians as technology leaders on campus.”
“To bring in supplementary information from other online services to add ‘extras’ to the user’s experience of
picking materials from this collection.”
“We’re still in the testing phase with this.”
10. Wikis, e.g., a Wiki used as a subject guide, a Wiki used as Intranet, etc. Specify an example of a
Wiki at your library. N=53
See below for descriptions of Wikis.
Year first implemented
Range: 2002 to 2008
0
5
10
15
20
25
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
15
3
22
1 0
5 6
Responses
Please describe the “other groups.”
“Anyone using our site.”
“Anyone who wants to access and collate items from library holdings.”
“Members of the public that are not necessarily Library patrons or users of the Library’s Web site but that are
interested in photographs.”
Please describe the other type(s) of experience(s) and the corresponding group.
“To gain a better understanding of how social tagging and community input could benefit both the Library
and users of the collection.”
“To connect faculty with their own students to help establish librarians as technology leaders on campus.”
“To bring in supplementary information from other online services to add ‘extras’ to the user’s experience of
picking materials from this collection.”
“We’re still in the testing phase with this.”
10. Wikis, e.g., a Wiki used as a subject guide, a Wiki used as Intranet, etc. Specify an example of a
Wiki at your library. N=53
See below for descriptions of Wikis.
Year first implemented
Range: 2002 to 2008
0
5
10
15
20
25
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
15
3
22
1 0
5 6
Responses
