I heard the word Wiki before but did not know what it was. After visiting some of the Wiki websites I have a better understanding of what they are and how they can be used. Wikis remind me of blogs. They appear to be websites of certain topics where people can post comments, reviews, or their experiences related to those topics. In the Book Lover's Wiki it contained reviews of books. I have seen those before on Amazon. I always ignore the publisher's review of their books because those are always positive. Reading what a consumer wrote about a book or product is usually a more accurate description and review.
The Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki was very informative. I visited that website and learned what the policies were in various libraries on topics that we deal with everyday. Many of the libraries' policies were similar to ours. The unattended child policies were very similar to each other. I think it would be good for us to have a Wiki section on our Intranet. We could post patron problems that we have encountered at our branch and how those problems were solved. It would also be a good networking tool for us. Staff that are interested in the same topics could form committees to create or update current policies.
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