Wikis

I have a wiki I use for my research on ancient coins. My editor lives in Bradenton, and she can easily proof my grammer, suggest alternative avenues of research, and throw darts at my conclusions. She has a wiki as well, since she writes mystery short stories set in ancient Rome. I edit her fiction, and help with historical research.

But I have not been able to think of many ways that a library can use wikis. So I found this exercise very helpful...there are lots of ways libraires are using wikis!
--subject guides for users, which can be accessed and edited by lots of subject librarians

--reading programs, where each participant is encouraged to write and edit reviews

--a wiki designed for the worldwide library community, where librarians are encouraged to contribute ideas that have been successful at their library

-- a conference guide

-- a wiki designed by one library patron (while I think of wikis as group projects, it can be used solely by an individual)

-- a collaborative tool for instruction librarians

We just designed a wiki for Technical Services at the Sherman Library. We are using the wiki as a collaborative project to formulate and edit the department's strategic plan.