Wednesday, May 21, 2014

My library is library at a private university of about 1,400 students. The library serves mostly undergraduate (students about 87%), but also serves a small number of graduate students and community members. The library is increasingly serving distance learning student online (about 9%) and wishes to create a wiki. The budget for the library is $350,000 for the year, but "Free would be great!" according to the director.

The wiki's goal is to be a record of the historic campus, including, but not limited to: historic and current buildings, people of historic note, future plans, catalog of plants on the campus grounds, and a record of campus events, both historic and recurring.



The List the Library is looking for includes:

A wiki that is free to create and free of subscription
Unlimited storage
Something easy to use
Filters for language and inappropriate content
Keeps records of usage
Able to have pictures
Perhaps interactive maps

Using WikiMatix I found a list that met these requirements: Okay. You want a hosted offer with WYSIWYG editing and a page history. And searched through that list for ones that fit the requirements already laid out. Plus some wiki sites failed to open as I narrowed down to less than ten.

I narrowed it down to GeniusWiki, Wagn, and Wikia. I am more familiar with Wikia, plus its target audience and restrictions is more in line with the needs of the university. So Wikia it is then.

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