In Which: Fatty Kitty becomes an Editor

I think I have found my niche. I am an editor. Of what, you ask? Cat Fancy? No, no, no, that's for the pretty kitties, those of less substance.

Why don't you just go to the Montana Librarians Wiki and check out the Montana Library Websites link on the left toolbar?
Well?
Ahem.
Oh all right, the link's right here. I'll go easy on you because I'm simply puffed up to see my name at the bottom of the page:
Latest page update: made by fattykitty , 9 minutes ago.

Aha! I see a link to a Montana Library Blogs page. Hmmmm, maybe I can "edit" that page too. This is as much fun as leaving a muddy pawprint...

...although someone was a little upset over that!
Ooooo, the Librarian is making me scootch over. I say, your big rear isn't giving me enough room..stop that...merooOOOWwww (sound of claws skittering across wood.)

(This is now the Librarian writing)
For lesson 9, we're supposed to create a blog post about what we found interesting about wikis. I checked through some of the links on the lesson page. The wiki, wiki, wiki link explained wikis a little more, because I still wasn't sure quite what they were about. I ended up spending the most time on the library wiki examples link, finding out what kinds of things libraries used wikis for. A couple of things I would like to our library to have wikis for:

Book review wiki - what a great idea! All the staff and the patrons could contribute to one of these.
How to use the library website wiki - we could add to an FAQ as patrons asked questions. The interface for the catalog isn't as user-friendly at first glance as it could be, but just a little tutoring gets you going, and most people really like to use it once they know how.
Library Best Practices wiki - this could take the place of the emails that are sent out to update staff on procedure, for one. Then we wouldn't have to save all those emails which clog up the system.

Some of the other exciting ideas I found, just by following links within the wikis:

The Multnomah County Library “What I'm reading now” badge, which carries those words and a picture of the book jacket from the book you're currently reading - from an article in Library Journal about the Paraprofessional of the Year, Steve Roskoski.

In two different places I read about having a teen book club; one was in a detention center for girls. I think it's a great idea to bring the library to people who can't come to the actual building. After all, that's what we're trying to do virtually, why not in real time as well?

Ok, that cat is yowling. He's been so demanding lately...thinks he's something, for sure. And this chair is covered with hair...yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll get you some food, you fatty kitty. Yeah, you, you're the fatty one....uh, huh.