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Community Development Web 2.0http://communityweb20.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/assignment-8/ [Community Development Web 2.0] For example, businesses have created best practices wikis, FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) wikis, meeting or conference wikis etc. For the librarians among us, many libraries have created pathfinder or subject guide wikis, book review wikis and Reference desk wikis.

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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Homehttp://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/01/free-e-books-pathfinder/ [TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home] Free e-books pathfinder | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home: Since it is a Wiki page, anyone may edit it (I just added listings for ManyBooks and Feedbooks, myself). Many of the resources may not be new to long-time TeleReaders, but it is a good resource for people seeking free e-books on the Internet.

Law Librarian Bloghttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2008/09/law-librarians.html [Law Librarian Blog] Law Librarian Blog: Law Librarians Putting Wikis to Good Use: Sally Irvin and Jason Sowards (both at Wake Forest) report on their experiment in giving ALR students the option to use a wiki for drafting instead of writing a more traditional paper for their pathfinder assignment in ALR 2.0: When .

LifelongLearner Rhonda's Webloghttp://lifelonglearnerrhonda.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/wikis-wikis-wikis/ [LifelongLearner Rhonda's Weblog] Wikis, Wikis, Wikis: Podcasts, Will Richardson comments that having students contribute to wikis, including Wikipedia will “Teach concepts of open source software, community collaboration, respect for other people’s ideas, intellectual property and public domain and much more.” (2006, p. 67).

Journal of Web Librarianship (ISSN: 1932-2909)http://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?TOCName=J502v02n01&desc=Volume%3A%202%20Issue%3A%201 [Journal of Web Librarianship (ISSN: 1932-2909)] The Haworth Press Online Catalog: Table of Contents: The Knowledge Bank is The Ohio State University's institutional repository, which houses various works by students, faculty, and staff. One of the text collections in the Knowledge Bank is electronic honors theses.

The Unquiet Libraryhttp://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/follow-readergirlz-on-their-new-blog-and-twitter/ [The Unquiet Library] Follow Readergirlz On Their New Blog and Twitter! « The Unquiet ...: Box.net · Google Pages · Image Chef · Jing Project · Letter Pop · Picture Trail and Flicks · PictureTrail · Pikistrips · SlideShare · Snipperoo: Widget Machine · Spring Widgets · Ta Da · Video Toolbox · VoiceThread · Voki · Wiki Spaces .

Katkin's weBLOGhttp://katkin.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/blog-no6-wikis-what-i-know-is/ [Katkin's weBLOG] Blog No.6 Wikis: What I Know Is”¦: In “Wikis and literacy development,” author Keith McPherson identifies “two major types of wikis of interest to educators: those created in the classroom by teachers and students [classroom-based wikis] and those not created by students and teachers [public wikis].” According to McPherson, teacher-librarians who use wikis with students need to assess which information literacy skills can best be addressed in this format. When defining learning objectives, teacher-librarians should question how the wiki format can help them to teach relevant information literacy skills.

The Unquiet Libraryhttp://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/become-a-fan-of-the-unquiet-library-on-facebook/ [The Unquiet Library] Become a Fan of The Unquiet Library on Facebook! « The Unquiet Library: This blog is maintained by Buffy Hamilton, The Unquiet Librarian and Media Specialist at Creekview High School.

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