Wiki Assignment

Today I attempted the Wiki portion of Assignment 1.

Here are some stats about my library:

1) We are a mid-sized university library, serving both undergraduate and graduate students.

2) The college has a traditional emphasis on agriculture and veterinary sciences.

3) Library collections: 192, 397 books; 274, 086 e-books; 1,379 microforms; 2,276 a/v materials, 572 current serials titles; 242 electronic sources and aggregation services.

4) Total operating budget: 923, 890

Because I work at a university library, I wanted something versatile, easy to use and free that would help emphasize education. I was a little lost in some of the language (still a little uncertain on things like "domain" and "host support" which are concepts I think I understand but cannot articulate worth a lick), but with some help from a colleague, I was able to narrow down the WikiMatrix choices.

I decided to go with a hosted offer with WYSIWYG editing and a page history so that editing out spam or vandalism is both possible and easy. Most of my users will be English speakers. Out of the 23 options, Wetpaint (which other classmates have also chosen) seemed to be the best fit for my library. It has unlimited storage and bandwidth quotas and is ad-free for educational institutions.