Archive for the ‘wikipedia’ Category

Tweet Someone just made me aware of the following infographic on wikipedia and I thought I would share it here. I found it quite interesting. Especially the part that compares wikipedia with college textbooks and other learning materials. In the past librarians have really been against wikipedia. However, it seems that maybe it’s not so [...]

TweetHave you used Wikipedia at all with your library? As librarians the big joke is that Wikipedia is over used and we have a tendency to hate it. However, in the last few months there have been several articles and ideas about how to use Wikipedia to your favor and to help students see how [...]

Tweetdiv > What do you think about Wikipedia and libraries? I know as a library school student wikipedia was always approached as a taboo website and viewed as bad. But it is really all bad? I thought this article was interesting.AnnaLaura Brownhttp://www.squidoo.com/socialnetworkinglibrarian clipped from www.infotoday.com What to Do With Wikipedia By William Badke, Trinity Western [...]