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| − | Utilizing this resource | + | Utilizing this resource does have a few limitations/parameters and may cause a few concerns, depending upon a variety of factors: |
| − | *Authors do not maintain copyright | + | *Authors do not maintain copyright on materials, since all content is released under a [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License Creative Commons ShareAlike] license |
| − | *Anyone can edit or contribute to pages, | + | *Anyone can edit or contribute to pages, so if authors are concerned about undesired contribution, they will need to carefully watch pages |
=Other Alternatives= | =Other Alternatives= | ||
[[Google Knol]] | [[Google Knol]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 20 April 2011
WikiBooks is a service created by the WikiMedia Foundation (the same group who maintains Wikipedia) as an environment for collaboratively authoring and sharing open-content textbooks. See the about page on the WikiBooks site for more information.
Benefits
Creating and sharing a book on WikiBooks has the following benefits:
- Easy distribution and access
- Easy collaboration in the MediaWiki authoring environment (the same software Wikipedia uses)
- High visibility (since the WikiBooks site is heavily trafficked)
Limitations and Potential Concerns
Utilizing this resource does have a few limitations/parameters and may cause a few concerns, depending upon a variety of factors:
- Authors do not maintain copyright on materials, since all content is released under a Creative Commons ShareAlike license
- Anyone can edit or contribute to pages, so if authors are concerned about undesired contribution, they will need to carefully watch pages
