The first thing I encountered on the Internet back in 1992 was Usenet newsgroups. People in newsgroups like alt.folklore.urban were creating wonderful resources together, out of pride in their knowledge or the satisfaction of creation. When I raved about these resources, I heard the sneers that ordinary people couldn't author real information. Well, just what species do you think authors and editors belong to?
I love Wikipedia. If someone puts up lies, someone else can catch it. Try doing that with Britannica! And if you think Britannica isn't full of WASP bias, you probably are a WASP. The truth is that all books are full of biases and anyone who doesn't read critically is a fool. At least with Wikipedia, you know you have to read critically. At the risk of sounding sentimental, Wikis embody what I first loved about the Internet back when I though it was going to change the world, before spam and dot.com.
Specifically, VB could create a Wiki of reference and reader advisory information to support IM reference. I can testify that Wikis are wonderful for working teams, especially when they are geographically distant. The possible uses are much broader than blogging because a wiki is multidimensional, not chronologically linear. I think Wikis are the best of 2.0. ok
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