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Friday, June 23, 2006

Academic Library 2.0 Wiki/Blog and Master's paper

3 comments | | email this post | posted by Michael C. Habib @ 4:24 PM

As I work on my Master's paper over the next 2-3 weeks my posts will be less frequent. My Master's paper will focus on my Academic L2 concept model. Once I get that wrapped up, I promise to add significant amounts of original content.

I am going to revise the model significantly. As I am finishing up with the paper, I plan to post the updated model to solicit feedback from the L2 community. It is my hope that I will be able to link to the discussion as an appendix to my paper. Of course, the conversation will continue once the paper is finished.

I am still figuring out how to integrate these conversations into my paper/project. I am tossing the idea around of setting up a wiki or blog devoted to Academic Library 2.0 and posting the model and my paper to get the discussion started. Would anyone be interested in such a project? If so let me know and I will see if I can work on setting up the site as part of my project.

I know a few bloggers have been posting about Academic Library 2.0. Would anyone be interested in contributing to a community project? What other resources might be useful instead of a blogs and wikis? Squidoo? Let me know your ideas.

I know there is already a Library 2.0 wiki. Would it be better if I started adding articles to that one? Is there some other format that would be easier for people. I am thinking a communal blog might be better for fostering discussion. Given the nature of the model, I am focusing on getting academic librarians more actively involved in the L2 discussion.

If you like this idea, please help me publicize it. Thank you for your support.

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Possibly the wiki may be the most useful if you want collaboration. A blog would work for gathering feedback/comments. I am really interested to follow your project and see the involvement of the academic library community.

# posted by Michael Stephens : 6/23/2006 5:55 PM

Michael,

Thanks for the feedback. I am a little concered that it will be harder to get buy in for a wiki. I am thinking about using Wetpaint. It is a wysiwyg wiki platform I learned about here.

# posted by Michael C. Habib : 6/23/2006 6:34 PM

I'm also very interested in following your project - sounds like a fascinating idea. I'm also curious to see how much participation you get. As a grad student, I am in the process for forming general ideas and thoughts for my special project/masters thesis - and I think that trying to capture conversations about a topic from the library community would be a great addition to any major research undertaking.

I agree with Michael Stephens about the wiki working better for collaboration - but also think that you are right about buy in for a wiki. I tried to do a class project on a wiki, but very few of my classmates were willing to try and learn how to use it - or to have to create another username and password. However, I do think that if you can get people engaged in the debate/topic, they may participate in whatever forum you choose. Good luck!!