#11 What wiki would we welcome-well we wonder?

What a marvelous tool a Wiki is to exchange ideas with others, to pool knowledge and to have easy access to editing information. These are a great way to encourage input from everyone.Although you would have to be very careful about the subjective input and authority of the content.



I reckon the use of a Wiki would be good for :-

• Reader Advisory-Creating booklists and reviews that our patrons could have input into.


• A Reference resource for sharing knowledge accessible form the reference/information desk. This could be where current topic resources are listed.


• Recording staff meeting minutes and staff announcements, accessible outside work hours.


• A communication and file resource to use for library projects, eg Library week developments


• Staff information where things like the library procedures manual could be listed.


• Each library have a wiki for their community to into information pertaining to that community. acting as a information sharing resource. Accessible with library membership.

I particularly like the format of both the Library Success site and the Book lovers pages. They were clearly laid out. The list of the contents and navigation bar help make it user friendly.