Wikis

So, I've been looking into wikis lately.  I really looked over the Princeton book lovers wiki.  I thought ida s a really cool concept to get the community involved.  This wiki focuses on summer reading lists.  It's pretty easy to get around.  In order to edit it or add to the content on the page you have to be a member, achieved by emailing the Princeton public library- seems like a lot of steps to get the public involved :/

My favorite wiki that I looked at was the Library Success wiki.

It was set up just like wikipedia, so I felt like I knew my way around.  I really liked the concept behind Library Success- it's all about best practice in the library.  Really cool.  It needs more librarians to add things!  I kind of think that wikis are cool, because it isn't owned by anyone, it's owned by the community of people editing it.

Wikis seem pretty great, although the amount of information can get confusing if the set up isn't really easy to get around.  We used wikis I our 505 class when we were working on our group projects, and again when we were editing our papers.  I really liked the set up because people's comments just kept coming and it was very easy to access.

I think that more libraries, especially school and public, should incorporate book list wikis where people can comment on what they are reading.  I think that kids who are so used to texting would really latch on to this technology!