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The Web 2.0 Mandate for a Transition from Webmaster to Wiki Master

The Web 2.0 Mandate for a Transition from Webmaster to Wiki Master
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Author(s): Roger McHaney (Kansas State University, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 26
Source title: Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shalin Hai-Jew (Sedgwick County, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2205-0.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the how the advent of Web 2.0 has influenced the role of webmaster and given rise to the wiki master. In section 1, the author provides an overview of the role of webmaster and how a Web 2.0 mindset began to exert an influence on the duties of this individual. The section concludes with the rise of collaborative Web technologies, specifically Wikis. Section 2 describes the evolution of the wiki master and provides a distinction from its predecessor. The specific roles of a wiki master are described in detail here. Section 3 provides a case study-type overview of the wiki master at ELATEwiki.org. Section 4 provides more detail by looking a typical day in the life of the wiki master at ELATEwiki. Conclusive remarks are provided in the final section of this chapter.

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