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Putting wikis to work in libraries.

Wikis are part of the suite of Web 2.0 technologies enhancing collaboration and communication. This article describes the ways in which one academic health sciences library has utilized wiki software. The Eccles Health Sciences Library has found wikis to be valuable collaboration tools. Case scenari...

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Published in:Medical Reference Services Quarterly Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 129 - 146
Main Authors: Lombardo NT, Mower A, McFarland MM
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Summer2008
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        affil: Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, 10 North 1900 East, Building 589, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; nancyl@lib.med.utah.edu
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          Libraries, Health Sciences Utah
          Website Development Methods
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          Electronic Publishing Methods
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