Wikis allow users to include comments and links to helpful websites, and even links to other people's blogs. In one of the blogs that was a link from the ALA conference wiki, I found an article that supports my previous point in my own blog. In discussing an article from Wired magazine from April of this year, the blogger writes the following as part of his summary of the article:
" ...the human touch is still needed, if not necessary, to understand and location information that now exists." With the possibility of online chats with librarians, and the availability of wiki resources, this is getting easier to incorporate with new technology."
Some gems that I found in exploring the wiki resources:
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/ This site asks for people to contribute articles and lesson plans on how to teach patrons about using the library and has a myriad of articles for different grade levels on the same topics. If you have many younger patrons, this is definitely a site to check out.
http://library.nsuok.edu/tutorials/orie1001/orie1001_12google.html A good resource for a google.com tutorial.
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/instruction/tutorials/
A great tutorial for doing research. This tutorial is appropriate for students of any age, and leads you through the research process using concrete examples. It also has an ask a librarian feature so that you can chat with someone if you need additional help.
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