Wikis, transparency, leadership and balance–What’s new at PLN
This week’s post at PLN Highlights–the notification mechanism for the PALINET Leadership Network, which you really should join (if you’re not already a member). It’s free, it’s loaded with material, it needs your participation.
What’s up at PALINET Leadership Network (PLN)?
- Wikis and libraries offers a five-minute introduction to wikis: real-world definitions, key characteristics, dominant software, why library leaders should care about them and a few library-related wikis.
- Transparency and MediaWiki considers the extreme transparency of the wiki software most commonly used for library wikis (including PLN itself)–not as a weakness (it’s generally a strength of MediaWiki) but as something leaders should be aware of.
- Wiki notes includes miscellaneous notes on wikis (except Wikipedia, which has its own article).
- Leadership, balance and choice begins a new composite page of notes (mostly outside librarianship) to complement some discussions elsewhere in PLN.
- Presentations begins with segments of Leader’s Digest April 2008 (also added in the past week) on effective presentations.
- There’s a new What’s hot at PLN? page showing the 25 most frequently read articles from April 7 through May 6, 2008, and you’ll find substantial new material in Searching notes, Technology trends and elsewhere.
PLN is your resource. Tell a friend, blog about PLN (if you’re so inclined)–and let us know how we’re doing:
- Give us feedback, by responding to the polls and adding your own suggestions.
- Comment on articles when you disagree or have something to add–every article has a Talk page and you can add content directly to most articles.
- Start a discussion in the Forums–or pick up on something that’s already there.
- Direct email is always welcome, to crawford@palinet.org or waltcrawford@gmail.com
