[Publib] To wiki or blog

[K.G. Schneider]

I tend to think of blogs versus wikis this way (your mileage may vary):

Both blogs and wikis offer easy publishing options. 

Blogs are kind of dynamic magazines, useful for items that will be published
periodically (or irregularly)--which would include book reviews. Blogs tend
to publish content chronologically but offer many ways to arrange the
content through topics, date archives, etc. Reviewers can subscribe to
posts, track their favorite contributors, etc. I have a plug-in for my
Movable Type blog that brings in Amazon content with book jackets and
ratings and so forth, e.g. (kind of a lame review, sorry):

http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/05/bookmark_now_writing_in_unread.php 

(Note: I would love a blog plugin that brought in the jacket photos from
Amazon or some jobber *but used Open Worldcat links for the books/whatevers
we were reviewing*, which I could optionally customize to 'my' library. I
have mentioned this to OCLC more than once. My suggestion might have more
teeth to it if I worked in a traditional brick library. For want of a
book...)

Wikis are great as evolving-books. For example, I want to put my work style
manual into a wiki because it would be so easy to search and maintain. But
they are not as well oriented toward "here's what's new." 

Both a good blog and a good wiki should both offer search capability (can be
searched for posts) and search engine findability (posts can be discovered
by keyword in Google, Ask.com, etc.).  

Even though you have a backlog of items to enter, I still vote for the blog
format. I think it suits review content and review publication cycles, and
moving forward, you'll be happier with the blog. 

(Also, your blog crashed my browser without ever displaying. ;> Tried
TypePad yet?)

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at bluehighways.com