Wiki's

I quite often read wikipedia and can often become distracted by it as there is so much fascinating information available so quickly. I had never really seen many other wiki's though so I found this weeks 'discover' activity interesting. Seeing how wiki's can be used in a variety of ways was an eye opener. The first wiki I visited was the BookLoversWiki done by Princeton Public Library. I thought this was a great idea for a public library having clients review books and providing a link to the catalogue - I see they are now attaching reviews to the catalogue which is also a good idea. I was also intrigued by 'wookieepedia' so had a look at that. I think this would be a great place for Star Wars fans however as I know nothing about the films I found it a little hard to follow, it is a good example of a wiki for a niche audience.

In terms of applications for the library I think wiki's could work well internally for working on group projects especially as we are a large organisation. I also think it could be useful for certain client groups such as professional researchers to share resources with each other and librarians could contribute to this as well. A wiki could also be set up for client groups and edited by library staff only. I thought the SJCPL subject guides provided a good example of how we could do this.