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== LawLibWik ==
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==First Steps==
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A [[wiki]] for law librarians interested in researching with wikis and creating wikis for their own libraries.
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The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.
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#<font color="red">Important:</font>  [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]] as admin and go to [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] to change your password!
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#Write down your password.
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#On this page: [[image_logo_url]] put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.
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*[[law library wikis|Law Library Wikis]] -- wikis created by law libraries or law librarians
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*[[law school wikis|Law School Wikis]] -- wikis created by law schools or about law schools
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*[[legal wikis|Legal Wikis]]  -- wikis covering legal topics
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*[[library wikis|Library Wikis]] -- wikis by or about libraries
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*[[popular wikis|Popular Wikis]]
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*[[university wikis|University Wikis]] -- wikis created by universities or about universities
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*[[articles about wikis|Articles about wikis]]
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*[[books about wikis|Books about wikis]]
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==Other optional things to do==
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*Control the rights of anyomus and logged in users through the [[Control Panel]] (which can be found in the toolbox on the left side of this page).
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*[[wiki engines|Wiki Engines]] -- applications for creating and evaluating wikis
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*Add the url for your wiki to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Categorized_Wiki_List Categorized wiki list]. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.
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*To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Link_Quota_Page Link Quota Page] to increase your uploads quota.
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This wiki is based on a [http://library.kentlaw.edu/dginsberg/wikis/WikisandBlikisandYou.ppt presentation] given by [http://library.kentlaw.edu/services/ReferenceServices.htm#biographies Deborah Ginsberg] and [http://library.law.wisc.edu/information/staffdirectory/staffbios/bshucha.htm Bonnie Shucha] at the [http://www.aallnet.org/ American Association of Law Libraries] [http://www.aallnet.org/events/am_05/ 2005 Annual Conference]. It also includes research used for an article on wikis in the July 2006 issue of [http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_spectrum.asp Spectrum].  Debbie presented a follow-up session, [[Let's All Wiki Wiki]], at the 2006 Annual Conference. She also spoke about wikis, [[CALLing All Wikis]], to members of the [http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/call Chicago Asssociation of Law Libraries] on February 1, 2007.
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*Edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the navigation menu
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*Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki Wikipedia list of wikis]
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The initial content was provided by Debbie Ginsberg.  Please create an account and add additional content!
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#[http://www.wikiindex.com/Add_a_Wiki WikiIndex]<br>
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*If you are feeling adventurous and know a little about web design you can edit the javascript and css to the [[Header]] to change the look of your wiki.
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**You must log as admin to do this
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**Whatever you enter in this page will be added to the html in the header after the standard style sheet, so you can override styles.
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*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
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*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
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*Add a message to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Feedback Feedback Page] if you see anything that could be improved.
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Current revision as of 20:12, 30 November 2007

LawLibWik

A wiki for law librarians interested in researching with wikis and creating wikis for their own libraries.




  • Wiki Engines -- applications for creating and evaluating wikis

This wiki is based on a presentation given by Deborah Ginsberg and Bonnie Shucha at the American Association of Law Libraries 2005 Annual Conference. It also includes research used for an article on wikis in the July 2006 issue of Spectrum. Debbie presented a follow-up session, Let's All Wiki Wiki, at the 2006 Annual Conference. She also spoke about wikis, CALLing All Wikis, to members of the Chicago Asssociation of Law Libraries on February 1, 2007.


The initial content was provided by Debbie Ginsberg. Please create an account and add additional content!

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