Sunday, April 25, 2010

Annotated Citation - St Johns Library Collection Development Policy Wiki

St John's University Libraries., 2010, St John's University Libraries' wiki, Main/Collection Development Policy Statement', New York, viewed 25th April 2010
http://libraries.stjohns.edu/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.CollectionDevelopmentPolicyStatement

This wiki contains the Collection Development Policy of St Johns University in New York. The site is considered authoritive, as the university has been established since 1870. Contact details are available through links from the website. The site states that the page was 'wikified' by J. Garino.The last updated date from the wiki is 1st February 2010. A history of alterations to the wiki is available through a 'history' link.

The wiki itself does not appear to have many changes which can only be made by logging into the wiki with a password. The content of the wiki i.e. the CDP is extremely interesting and covers everything from acquisitions and maintenance through to withdrawal of materials. Each subject collection is covered. As well the universitypolicy on digitisation of the collection is also covered. While the amount of detail is perhaps not applicable to library technicians it gives a valuable guide to all aspects of CDP and in parts could be utilised in our libraries.
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5 comments:

  1. janeysinfoJune 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    I found this wiki really useful. It was full of info and well set out which made it easy to navigate.

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  2. TigerquollsmumJune 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM

    Hi Michael,

    This is a good example of how a Wiki can be used in the workplace to provide large amounts of information that can be updated easily if required. I can remember having to up date our wards Policy and Procedures manual - it was a huge and time consuming job. It would have been so much easier to have had a Wiki!

    Janine

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  3. PiffJune 20, 2010 at 6:24 PM

    This would be a useful wiki to do some reading of for our weeding course. I'll write down the link so i can look at it later.

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  4. onieaJune 29, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Yes this is useful, Michael. Your evaluation and citation are also excellent - well done

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  5. Fire lilyJuly 11, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    I find this to be an interesting wiki and the set up allows it to be easy to use and understand the information that is provided.

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