Confluence is free for non-profits, but for academics they charge a reduced
fee.
http://www.atlassian.com/licensing/confluence

If you just want a basic wiki mediawiki would work, but for more elaborated
access control (and other features) Confluence would be better.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You might want to look at Atlasssian Confluence. They offer free
> licenses to non-profit and edu.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Stuart Yeates <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > The wiki software with the largest user base is undoubtedly media wiki
> (i.e. wikiepdia).
> >
> > We're moving to it as a platform precisely because to leverage the
> skills that implies.
> >
> > We're not far enough into our roll out to tell whether it's going to be
> a success
> >
> > cheers
> > stuart
> >
> > Stuart Yeates
> > Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Nathan Tallman
> > Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 8:34 a.m.
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Wikis
> >
> > There are a plethora of options for wiki software. Does anyone have any
> > recommendations for a platform that's easy-to-use and has a low-learning
> > curve for users? I'm thinking of starting a wiki for internal best
> > practices, etc. and wondered what people who've done the same had success
> > with.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nathan
>
>
>
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com
>