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The issue of the magazine 027.7 includes eight contributions for the planned proceedings volume of the canceled conference WissKom2022. The articles cover topics such as information and consultation, digital strategy, sustainability, user groups, and open access. They examine the similarities and differences between academic and public libraries and encourage mutual learning. The contributions also address trends such as consulting services for systematic reviews, the potential of knowledge communication in the wiki universe, and research data management. [Extracted from the article]

The recent transfer of RefHunter to a web format (https://refhunter.org/) describes a decisive step in its further development. As a practical aid to systematic literature research, the site now offers customisable search, filter, and display functions of the database overviews previously available in tabular form. In addition, further research aids have been expanded and made available in an improved format. A community area serves to develop RefHunter as a platform for cooperation and interprofessional exchange. To establish a cooperative updating and further development process, the database overviews can be edited by registered users in wiki style. An integrated forum and mutual notification as well as newsletter functions facilitate the establishment of a "research community" for the maintenance and further development of the website as well as interdisciplinary exchange regarding the topic of literature research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The book Online-Communities as Social Systems: Wikis, Weblogs and Social Software in E-Learning by DITTLER, KINDT and SCHWARZ discusses the practice of new collaborative applications for learning and teaching in universities and schools. The authors summarize online communities from the perspective of German-speaking E-Learning researchers. The core questions under debate are whether, and how, new online platforms and communities will promote new forms of knowledge transfer and learning, and if there is a clash between free and institutionalized forms of learning. The empirical results presented here show that conflicts exist and that these arise through the use of social software in hierarchical organizations. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0801467

The article discusses the concept of business models in the information technology industry. Specifically, the article deals with the use of social and mobile media in German-speaking companies in 2012 and presents the results of an online survey on the topic. Topics include Web 2.0 applications such as blogs, Wikis, and forums.

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The article discusses three bachelor theses by information science students of the Institut für Informationswissenschaften at the Fachhochschule Köln, Germany, focusing on the potential of wiki software and in particular Wikipedia. The thesis by Alexander Meyer addresses the structure of the German Wikipedia and its potential different inventory of semantic relations. Astrid Brumm and Dirk Ehlen describe modeling approaches of two different domains by using the Semantic MediaWiki.

The article presents a case study of the German wiki website "Evangelisch in Niedersachsen," and the different factors that made it a successful web community. The site, which is about Protestants in Lower Saxony, Germany, is evaluated with strategies such as using various criteria from literature to analyze the wiki, conducting an internet survey with users from the web site, and comparing it to other similar social media sites.

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Wikipedia and libraries share the same goal: simple and fast knowledge transfer. Through linking different information resources on the Internet, knowledge gets comprehensively accessible. The co-operation with the Personennamendatei, the German authority file for names of persons is an example for linking between Wikipedia and library catalogs. The article highlights, how this co-operation works and what the benefits are. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reference services can adopt and benefit from numerous new tools and services emerging from Web 2.0. In addition to the internal usage of weblogs and wikis, librarians can contribute valuably to the new peer-to-peer reference platforms. The article lists requirements for the participation of librarians in web 2.0-based reference services and supplies ideas for the creation of new services. These activities promote the visibility of libraries on the Web and allow reference librarians to become „Community Technology Stewards". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In August 2006 Matthew White, an American blogger who called Wikipedia „the McDonald's of information", closed down his Wikipedia-critical blog, stating that as everyone knew about the bad quality of Wikipedia, his job was done. In this paper three Wikipedia authors recount the struggle of the German Wikipedia community to improve the quality of the articles in the German language. They discuss how the community reacted to the growing media pressure and how it repeatedly developed new strategies and concepts for quality management. The investigation suggests that while some parts of the German Wikipedia are still comparable to fast food, others are already on their way to haute cuisine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author, librarian of the University Library of TU Hamburg-Harburg, lines out the history, development and technical backgrounds of the library focussed website netbib. The netbib weblog, as the essential part of netbib, has been the first of its kind in Germany. netbib is also offering further services like the netbib wikis and the netbib newsletter. The netbib weblog has been established six years ago, and for many librarians and libraries enthusiasts is has become an important source of information. At the moment 15 authors are contributing to the weblog. They cover current developments in library science as well as best practice examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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