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Topics to cover
- What PortlandWiki is / presentation
- Portland Wiki is a repository of knowledge for the Portland Metro area. Our aim is to represent the Voice of Portland by providing a citizen-generated news, information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and surrounding region.
- history
- PortlandWiki began in September 2009 and is administered by several of its creators. It is a completely volunteer operation. (See An Introduction to PortlandWiki).
- popular pages
- number of edits (25,402), pages (6,071), editors (registered accounts - 491; active editors - 2), visitors ()
- WikiStatistics
- How to partner with library
- Library portal that anyone can update
- library events (like Occupy Portland Events)
- library news (original or automatically pulled from Twitter feeds, RSS feeds, etc)
- map/listing of all branches
- etc
- staff and patrons alike could update and edit all content, fostering better communication
- Library could turn to PortlandWiki administrators for any of their wiki questions and needs, we have knowledge and expertise
- Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for collaborative editing as an educational tool
- Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for any documentation or document building that needs to be open to public input
- Hosting (if it comes up)
- As a volunteer-driven, open community resource, PortlandWiki would be a great match for being hosted by the library system
- Examples and experiences of other civic wikis that have been hosted by their local library system (ArborWiki & CantonWiki)
- Server requirements