Wikis

The use and usefulness of wikis as applied in a library situation would seem to me to depend on how "open" a system wanted to be. And would participants (both external and internal) get to post with or without a gatekeeper? No gatekeeper or filter opens a library to all comments, not just positive ones, and they are out there for the public to see. Gatekeepers mean extra time and staff. (I'm not sure gatekeeper is the correct term.) But the variety of topics or focuses looks like it could be unlimited: in addition to publicizing events and reviewing materials, there could be wikis devoted to different age groups (even preschoolers can have their parents post their comments or photos of pictures they've drawn, etc.), to different interests from authors to genealogy to tough reference questions to poetry favorites, and on and on and on. Here's a link I found when looking for wikis through Google: http://librarygoddesses.pbwiki.com/

Kitty picture link is http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevlar/1152595430/