User Guidelines

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Welcome!

To make an entry:

1. First time users should create an account.

2. Returning users should log in.

3. Choose the appropriate page to add your contribution and click on that heading.

4. Go to the top of that page and click on edit.

5. Type or paste your entry.

6. To add your signature and timestamp after recommending a source or tool, click on the radio button left of the horizontal line radio button (next to the last button on the right). These buttons appear directly under the Editing headline at the top of the wiki page.

7. After doing so, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click save. You will notice red numbers immediately after your name. If annoyed by this, simply click behind those numbers and backspace to erase them.

To edit an entry:

1. Once you have selected the appropriate page, click on that heading.

2. Go to the top of the page you wish to edit and click the edit tab. You should see "Editing... at the top of that page.

3. Move your cursor to the place your change needs to be made and make that change.

4. Click on "Save page" and you have successfully made and saved your changes.

Statement of Selection and Annotation Criteria for the Wiki

As our mission statement suggests, we expect that the primary users of this wiki will be rural librarians who seek resources that will broaden their own knowledge and help them to respond to their patrons’ needs. Still, we believe that our audience may include librarians in non-rural as well as rural areas, librarians from all types of libraries—public, academic, and special—and all library departments, and students of library and information science. Some users of this wiki may be searching for material of a practical nature that will assist them in the day-to-day performance of their work. Others may be searching for material of a more theoretical nature that will enhance their understanding of the special issues that rural librarians and libraries face. Essayslab.com has been working in the essay writing industry for a while. Recently I have chosen them to write my paper. And you know what? They coped with this task very well, although it was not the easiest one. Usually I write my paper on my own, but that time I was in need of professional assistance. So this post is kind of �thank you�. Because of the diversity of our audience, we will use this wiki to present a wide variety of resources. The following criteria will guide our selection of resources and our writing of the annotation that follows each resource.

Selection criteria:

1. Relevance to Rural Librarians and Libraries. While the resources in this wiki need not address rural librarians and libraries specifically, they must have value for rural librarians and libraries. Resources may be either practical or theoretical in nature, and they should encourage rural librarians to continue to develop their own knowledge and skills and/or provide rural librarians with tools for serving their patrons and communities.

2. Formats. This wiki may include resources in the following formats: books (both fiction and non-fiction); articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; audiovisual material (videocassettes, DVDs, books on tape and CD, and CD-ROMs); and Web sites.

3. Uniqueness of Resources. Resources selected for this wiki must not be duplicated within the wiki itself. Resources may be duplicates (with original annotation) of those chosen by our predecessors, the 2005 ALS/DOM Cohort, for inclusion in their wiki.

Annotation Criteria:

1. Description. Each annotation should include a description that states the format of the resource (book, article, Web site, etc.) and gives a broad overview of the content.

2. Explanation of Relevance. Each annotation should include an explanation of the value of the resource to rural librarians and/or rural libraries.

3. Length. There is no specific requirement for the length of each annotation. Annotations should be concise (approximately 3 – 5 sentences) and of sufficient length to describe the resource and explain its relevance.

4. Citation of Reviews. Annotations may cite reviews of the resources, but are not required to do so.