LISWiki

(Page count as of: 2019-05-19 wikiFactor as of: 2008-12-02)

LISWiki, originally found at LISWiki.com, and latterly located at LISWiki.org, was also known as the Library and Information Science Wiki, based in the . Founded 30 June 2005, LISWiki functioned at a somewhat pedestrian pace for most of its existence. During 2019, a site notice appeared, stating: "LISWiki, due to lack of participation, on July 1, 2019." However, whilst it is true that LISWiki was taken offline by the end of 2019, it has made a phoenix-like reappearance as of December 2021, albeit with archived versions of only its main and About pages!

About
LISWiki was established to give the  community a chance to explore the usefulness of wikis. It is not intended to replace or detract from the articles (or those in the printed LIS encyclopedias for that matter), but exist as a niche  covering library-related issues. (Just as Memory Alpha, for example, exists as an independent wiki for a specialized audience.)

The field of librarianship has already benefited from adopting innovative publishing and communication models, such as weblogs and open access archives. Wikis are quickly becoming the next big thing in the field of . So please, have fun exploring the site. And consider contributing to the new project.

For more information, see:
 * The Ex Libris article titled LISWiki: The First 30 Days
 * An essay on Interactive Online Community Participation
 * A review for LISWiki's First Birthday
 * Why Wiki? a screencast on library Wikis (part 4)
 * LISWiki and the Tragedy of the Non-Commons

Anything library-related is welcome here. This wiki is designed to be built, edited, organized, and maintained by anyone and everyone interested – although contributions of inaccurate or off-topic content, spam, trolling, and vandalism are not welcome.

There are certainly overlaps with a subject encyclopedia and a general one; many entries in LISWiki have cross-references to Wikipedia articles. But in fact there are more things library-related to be added and found here than may exist in Wikipedia, such as: As the growth of library-themed wikis demonstrates, there is certainly interest in having specialized coverage!
 * Why not just Wikipedia?
 * Conjecture and other
 * Opinion and position pieces not written in a  (with factual information properly presented, of course)
 * Lists, directories, esoteric library information, and non-encyclopedic knoweldge that may not meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. See Wikipedia's removal of a "Don Saklad" article for example.