Thing 16 - wikis

For me the most interesting ways to use a wiki is in the more creative ways that are interesting to many different types of people. I especially loved the concept of the booklovers wiki found at http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library because of how it got a large variety of people involved in editing and adding content in the forms of books reviews and analysis points. The wikis concerning AlA conference and ones on library success are useful as well, but they don't have the same excitement as the booklovers wiki. They only focus on getting already involved librarians involved in the posting and editing in the wiki and therefore are less outreach oriented. Helpful and useful in their own right but definitely not as fun or as interesting to most library patrons to be using.

And looking at this wiki in particular really made me want one for "my" library. How sweet would that be to be able to read comments on books and magazines from my own fellow Omahaian books lovers?!