WikiMatrix Experience

The WikiMatrix experience is the final part of assignment one. I chose the library where I work as my library of chose.  It is a medium size academic library serving students from all academic programs, faculty, staff, and community users.  The library operates 64 hours weekly using part-time librarians and work-study students to cover the evening hours.  I would  like to design a wiki for the library staff to use to communicate with the advisory members on upcoming meetings and share statistical information.  After answering the questions from the choice wizard the search yielded 19 choices for wikis.  I chose the following to make my selection.

Page History - This feature gives employees the option to go back later to an older version and restore it if necessary.

WYSIWYG - This feature allows non-tech savvy users to contribute without fear.

Commercial Support - was not needed, we have a technology librarian along with the support of IT.

Interface Language-was not needed, all users speak English.

Software or hosted - This feature was not selected, our staff could perform the installation.

Free and Open Source - This feature was inviting because it is free and open source is a great option because we would like full control over the software and codes.

Programming Language - was not selected.

I chose the Foswiki their intended audience includes enterprise, corporate, business, intranet, personal use, community building, Educational, and Intranet.  This would support our intended purpose as we keep our advisory members abreast of our changes and goals for improvement.

Web 2.0

My background experience with Web 2.0 is very limited.  I got very excited when I saw that blogging would be a part of the first assignment.  I hope to gain a wealth of experience in this class using various Web 2.0 technology.