What did you find interesting? What sort of information could your library put on a wiki - internal for staff only or external for customers to use and edit?

Wiki Definition: A wiki ( ) is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. ...
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To start off, I think Wiki’s are overall great! I use Wikipedia all the time for my background research projects, especially when I do not know: ‘who is......’ and ‘what is......’ and ‘where is.....’  and what is the meaning of the word..... type of questions. But, in saying this, as a uni student, I was advised not to use any of the Wikipedia references in my assessments.  I could not really understand why?? However, after viewing the Wikis in plain English I now know why! People can edit information freely - anyone.  My only real concern is – if people do make changes, what is the guarantee that the information is 100% correct?  Anyway, this is just my own ponderings......   

However, I still think Wiki’s can be great for any library. They bring all information logically together. I thought, the Antioch University New England Library’s motto - "WWW" (When Wondering? Wiki) is valuable. (I can speak for myself :)

The Games and public libraries Wiki is very interesting too.  Clearly, everyone can participate and contribute their gaming experiences, findings and choices. This definitely is a must have in any library! However, gaming is not available in all Australian libraries. I know for a fact that overseas libraries are well-advanced in this area.  Anyway, I think gaming would be a tremendous hit with our Young Adults, not to mention our Adult user groups.

I realised that when clicking of the Montana History Wiki’s Subject Guides, there were lots of interesting information, like the Military History. But I did notice that the “Cooking and Cookbooks” subject heading was still empty. 

Information: Library Wiki’s (Internal)

• Meetings
• Agenda/Minutes
• Procedure manuals
• Cataloguing (new rules)
• ILLs  
• New staff
• Current Events & upcoming events
• Staff training sessions   
• New ideas
• Large Print Collections
• AF/ANF Collections
• AV collection
• Story time ideas
• PramJames
• JF/JNF Collections
• Local History Collection
• Book clubs

 Information: Library Wiki’s (External)  

•  New books
• Readers’ choice
• Gaming
• AskKnow
• Reviews
• Book Club
• Events
• Subject Guides