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eProfile: WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia Gerry Mckiernan 12 Oct 2005 16:47 UTC

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WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia

Colleagues/

I am pleased to announcement the publication of my latest eProfile in
Library Hi Tech News:

Gerry McKiernan, "WikimediaWorlds. Part I. Wikipedia," _Library Hi Tech
News_ 22, no. 8 (September/October 2005): 46-54.

Overview/Summary from the publisher

ABSTRACT: Purpose - This article of part 1 of a two part series on wikis.
Part 1 focuses on Wikipedia. Design/methodology/approach - The article is
prepared by a library professional and provides a summary of the main
features. Findings - A wiki is a piece of server software that allows
users to freely create and edit web page content using any web browser.
Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new
pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Originality/value
- This article is a useful summary of a development of interest to library
and information management professionals

I have self-archived a copy at

[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/WMW-I.pdf ]

I would Most Appreciate Any and All Comments/Critiques/Observations or
Cosmic Insights about this review.

BTW: Wikis (and Blogs) are Not Just For Breakfast Anymore:

"The Wiki and the Blog: Toward a Complex Adaptive Intelligence Community"

D. CALVIN ANDRUS (Central Intelligence Agency) [CIA] [Studies in
Intelligence, September 2005] / Link to full-text available at

[ http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=755904 ]

Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
And
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu