A wiki is a website that allows members/users to edit information.
The largest and best-known wiki is Wikipedia.
Wikis are easy to use, but one of the things that is an advantage is also a disadvantage -anyone can make changes. For this reason, using a wiki as a reference tool is not the best resource to recomend.
There are, however, many excellent uses for wikis in public libraries.
CCPL already has a wiki for tracking team progress and for our internal newsletter, Pipeline.
Viewing the various Discovery Resources brought to my attention other very practical library uses. I have listed a few below.
*subject guides
*community information (not the directory, but events and calendars)
*government information
*reader's advisory
I was fascinated by the Bull Run Virtual Library that is maintained bt one library patron! I particularly liked the Best Free Reference Websites for 2006. Something similar to this would be be very handy for our library users.
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