Today, let's walk through setting up a library wiki. Whether you're hosting a library or a classroom, I'll share some tips that will be useful for you.

First, we thought about what goals we want to achieve with this wiki. For this particular wiki, we want a library wiki with our latest PDF announcements, upcoming events, and books of the week. We also want a private page for library employees only.

Here's how to do it.

First, we set up a public wiki and lay out the front page and Sidebar.

Next, we upload a few files to our "Handouts" page

We want to have a private page for library staff, so we add two colleagues to the wiki.
 

To hide the page from public view, I select the "Hide this page" setting (note: this is a Premium feature).

And finally, to announce the new wiki, I send an email to my library email list. I also add the wiki URL to the signature of our outgoing emails ("Check out our new wiki!")

See how two other successful libraries on use PBwiki
The Bull Run Library: http://bullrunlibrary.pbwiki.com/
Plymouth Regional High School Library: http://prhslibrary.pbwiki.com/

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Thanks,

Kristine
Your PBwiki Team

PS--3 ideas to use your PBwiki for: Creating a shared calendar for library staff, making a "Staff picks" page for book recommendations, and communicating between library staff shifts. Find out how others are using PBwiki by visiting our user community