Using Wiki Technology to Build a Faculty Publications Database

Abstract

This article describes the use of wiki technology to create a faculty publications database at a military college. The project was undertaken to organize and promote research productivity, especially among science faculty, as the author is the liaison to those departments. WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editing, searching, and navigation capabilities available in most wiki software packages are relatively simple to master compared to the complex processes used to create and publish searchable Web-based databases. The author explains the benefits and drawbacks of peer production, describes an annual event that honored recently published faculty and launched the wiki, gives examples of other library resources that may benefit from using such a format, and outlines future plans to migrate wiki content to an external host.

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