Use of Wikis in the Cultural Heritage Sector
Posted by Brian Kelly on April 10th, 2009
We are in the process of writing an IntroBytes briefing document on wikis and how they may be used in the cultural heritage sector. Apart from the obvious example of Wikipedia I am interested in examples of how wikis can be used within museums, libraries and archives. I have come across many examples of how social networking environments and social sharing services (such as Flickr) are being used, but not many examples of use of wikis. So if you have come across such examples which you feel would be worth mentioning in the document please let me know.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Hi Brian,
you might want to take a look at http://lewishamwarmemorials.wikidot.com/
Lewisham Heritage (part of Lewisham Council) has been developing the use of wikis to get archive material out into the community and enable residents, etc, to contribute memories and information to the official archive. Since opening access to the wiki in November 2008 it has developed apace, with contributions from volunteers and over 2,000 visits and 20,000 views.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Many thanks for the link. This example has been included in the briefing document
An Introduction to Wikis