TY - JOUR AU - Bejune, Matthew PY - 2007/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Wikis in Libraries JF - Information Technology and Libraries JA - ITAL VL - 26 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.6017/ital.v26i3.3273 UR - https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3273 SP - 26-38 AB - <p>Wikis have recently been adopted to support a variety of&nbsp;collaborative activities within libraries. This article and&nbsp;its companion wiki, LibraryWikis (http://librarywikis.pbwiki.com/), seek to document the phenomenon of wikis&nbsp;in libraries. This subject is considered within the framework of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW).&nbsp;The author identified thirty-three library wikis and&nbsp;developed a classification schema with four categories: (1)&nbsp;collaboration among libraries (45.7 percent); (2) collaboration among library staff (31.4 percent); (3) collaboration among library staff and patrons (14.3 percent); and&nbsp;(4) collaboration among patrons (8.6 percent). Examples&nbsp;of library wikis are presented within the article, as is a&nbsp;discussion for why wikis are primarily utilized within&nbsp;categories I and II and not within categories III and IV. It&nbsp;is clear that wikis have great utility within libraries, and&nbsp;the author urges further application of wikis in libraries.</p> ER -