Having heard about wikis before but not really knowing anything about them I found the reading for this "thing" very interesting. I liked Library Success : a best practices wiki and thought their philosophy of using other people's success so that noone needed to "reinivent the wheel" very appealing.
Being known as being a little bit anal I had to have a laugh when looking through "Wikis : a beginner's look" and at the bottom of one page is a little line, "if control is really important to you, then a wiki probably isn't the right tool". I love the idea of patrons being able to add reviews on the OPAC but wonder at how this would be controlled, moderators would obviously be required and how can we use this tool without opening the whole catalogue up to the world? I did notice that many of the wikis used as examples now require you to sign in, some stating vandalism etc is the reason behind this. It is such a pity that there is always a downside to such a great tool.
Creating a community hub that extends to information on restuarants etc is a really cool idea, especially as many people expect that we already know everything about everything, and with the help of the community using a tool like this we will!
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