Category Archives: wiki

unexpected connections

last week i co-taught an online course on wikis.  i looked through a lot of the ones that were developed in the class to learn what my colleagues around the u.s. were thinking about or working on.  a few wikis … Continue reading

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wikis in use

at my library i chair the wiki task force, which was charged in june of 2006 with identifying what wikis could/could not do for the library. the task force put together lists of possible uses for a wiki for each … Continue reading

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wow, wikis!

michelle kraft and i are co-teaching week 2 (focusing on wikis) of the 8-week online continuing ed course offered to medical library association members. the major discovery exercise for the week is that each participant creates his own wiki. michelle … Continue reading

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PubDrug update

A while back I mentioned that a wiki had been constructed in order to create a community-written collection of drug monographs.  It’s up and running, and participants are actively creating content.  So far, 7 monographs have been completed.  If you … Continue reading

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the launch of PubDrug

Last week I mentioned that Stewart Brower had proposed an open access pharmacy tool that would replace the usual suspects at point-of-care. Well, he did it! PubDrug is up and running at http://www.smbrower.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page. Be sure to check it out and … Continue reading

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Medizendium?

Well! I just finished reading through a blog post by Dean Giustini that proposes using a wiki to create an open pharmacy tool that could be used at the point of care instead of UpToDate or other commercial products that … Continue reading

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