#16 &17 Wiki

Using a wiki as a subject guide like SJCPL did was an intriguing idea to me : who got to add to it, edit it etc. Does someone come up with the basic structure and people add to it as inspiration, time, orders come? It would certainly indicate over time which subject areas are more heavily used. I am thinking of basing a wedding resources display (and maybe booklist?) next year on this wikis' weddings page.
BookLoversWiki with its review of books by patrons could be adapted to our library. We currently have an online feature for reviews but it could certainly be improved with the addition of tags etc. I think to be better accessible to some of our patrons however, there should also be a way they could submit hand written reviews for a library staff to enter. perhaps at bookchats? The featured review on flushed: how the plumber saved civilization has inspired me to hunt it down at our library, or perhaps it was having to clean up a large amount of poo discovered in the junior area of the library last night?.
I was interested to see a note on the librarysuccess wiki about vandalism problems and the need for email confirmation. Ah yes, the freedom to be prats. I noticed that on the page Management Ethics, which had been accessed 4,508 times there was nothing on it! And that it had last been 'modified' on 15 July 2005. Does this say anything about our need for Management ethics and its actual availability?
I found the following blog http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/01/should-million-little-pieces-be-moved.html with its questions on where items of dubious accuracy (fact?fiction?) should be located and what our responsibility, if any, should be quite interesting. I also noted that my own cafe could be a good template to jazz up our own teenage webpage.

So, what's a good way to use wikis in our own library well... how about as an open forum for ideas/concerns so that issues don't take months going back and forth from and between committees?

Ooooh, you can blog with colours.
Oh, by the way, thanks to Lynette from Victorian Public Library Learning 2.0 for commenting on one of my blogs. Sombody out there cares, well a little.