Yes wiki was more straight forward than I thought it would be. I can see the benefits of the technology but unfortunately I do not think it has been particularly well used by librarians.
Looking at Kelly's examples, there was nothing that shouted "wow only wiki could have made this happen" and other technology would have worked just as well, forums, websites, blogs, etc
And to be honest I am having trouble thinking of a way that we could use the wiki successfully in a public way; yes we could use it for a book club, a la Book Lovers, but in terms of our members I think the blog is probably less intimidating than a wiki would be. Perhaps for younger generations such as RiFT or Mannix it might be more successful.
Internally a wiki could be great for staff, (I am thinking it could a nice alternative means of communication for Digital Services to use as a way to communicate, but then again who know may be it would end up being blocked...) if it was able to happen - it would save on meetings, travel etc, though I guess if the discussion was sensitive it would have to be a lockable wiki as opposed to completely open...which seems to be a bit of an oxymoron.
straight up from Luza's mouth as always
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