TMI: How Creating a Library Wiki Saved Our Lives, Our Sanity, and Helped Us Manage Information

TMI: How Creating a Library Wiki Saved Our Lives, Our Sanity, and

Helped Us Manage InformationPatricia Jordan, Director

Katherine Stiwinter, Public Services LibrarianSpartanburg Community College

Then…..

And Now…..

We Needed…….Something!

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center

Our Needs

Our Choice

*Public Basic Wikis are also unlimited – only Private Basic Wikis are limited to 5 members.

4 years + 241 pages & files = 3%

Implementation

Assign a Wiki Manager

• Account Creation

• Notifications

• Staff Training

Customize & Choose Settings

**Not available on free plan

**Custom Themes & Stylesheets not available on free plan

**Google Analytics not available on free plan

Create Policies &Procedures

• What to Add• Who Adds What

• Naming Conventions• Structure• Formatting

• What Not to Add

What to Add4 Categories

#1: College Info

Link To Wiki

#2: Library Info

Link To Wiki

#3: Assignment Info

Link To Wiki

#4: Computer/Technology Info

Link To Wiki

Who Adds What?

Wiki Member Statistics

Wiki Manager / PS LibrarianDirector / LibrarianComputer Specialist

Tech Services Librarian

Wiki Member Statistics

Wiki Manager / PS LibrarianDirector / LibrarianComputer Specialist

Tech Services Librarian

Naming Conventions

• Eng 102 – Human Rights• AHS 102 – Journal

Summary

• Computer Troubleshooting

• Internet Browser Troubleshooting

• Word – Microsoft• Excel– Microsoft

Structure

Wiki

Eng 101 - Education Issues

Eng 101 - Elements of Fiction

Eng 101 - Future of Marriage

Eng 101 - Going Green

Eng 101 - Good Education 21st

Eng 101 - Great American Trials

Eng 101 - Hate Speech

Eng 101 – Human/Animal Bon

Eng 101 - Human Rights Abus

Eng 101 - Healthy Food

Propaganda

Eng 101 - Propaganda

Eng 101 - Race or Marriage

Eng 101 - Southern Culture

Emg 101 - World War II

Propaganda Poste

Wiki

Eng 102 – Drama

• Antigone – Rivers

• Importance of Being

Earnest – Evans

• Antigone – Evans

Eng 102 – Poetry

• “Windhover” – Evans

• “A Noiseless Patient

Spider” - Williams

Eng 102 – Shakespeare

• Hamlet – Grigg

• Hamlet – Williams

• King Lear – Evans

• McBeth – Rivers

Eng 102 - Short Stories

• “A Rose For Emily” –

Formatting

Formatting

Protect Yourself

• No Passwords• No Personal

Information• No Private Info

Impact on Staff

Improved Communication• Different Shifts• Different Locations• Librarian &

Paraprofessional Staff

Everyone…All Around

Sharing & Retaining = More Efficiency

Improved Consistency

Staff Feedback

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Maintenance & Upkeep

Users Notifications

Reminders Content

Questions?Patricia Jordan jordanp@sccsc.edu

Katherine Stiwinter stiwinterk@sccsc.edu