in our suburban public library system, we do have a reference wiki (which every time i hear that word it takes me a millisecond to realize i didn't just hear 'wookie', as in star wars, and all i picture is Chewbacca for a flash) but honestly, i'm not sure how much it's used. or in my case i guess i just outed myself in that i do not use it. am i allowed to use the old 'there's just not enough time in the day' excuse to do reference work, ordering, selecting, related projects *and* serve the public at the desk?
i can see how wikis can help make communicating and working together on one common project easier by having a central location by which all people work from and give and receive information. as in the camping example in that little video we were asked to watch.... email is already one tool that it's easy to get bogged down or behind in and if there can be one wiki to prevent having to forward, reply and write many original emails for, then i'm for it.
i can totally understand teachers or profs banning the use of wiki information in research reports, with the whole angle of where is the information coming from and is it really credible. this is one more exercise for me to wonder what i'd really think of being a student in this day an age versus the last time I had to turn in any kind of research, which was 7 years ago.
After learning more about wiki's, i hope to use them more as i find them apropos to my work and i can see how they would be great tools in planning a camping trip with four or more friends.....(hint hint ya'll!) and having 7 children's librarians in varying buildings and having projects we all work on at times would make a wiki very handy to have around. or a wookie for that matter....he'd be a great hit at storytime! may the force be with you.....~jd
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