OK - so NOW I get Wikipedia. Always sort of loved it as a place to start when I'm trying to answer a reference question, but I can see how the John Stewart "Wikiality" happens. In about 5-10 minutes (including subscription time) I went to PBWorks and set up a 'practice' Wiki. It's just a note and a picture, and it happened to only be about my cousin's wedding a couple of years ago, but it could have been anything. I'm a self-proclaimed expert on Tudor (and specifically, Elizabethan) England. I could have Wikied (sp?) about that, and put it out there for anyone and everyone. Hmmm... OK, Cheryl, focus.
If I've got you curious, check out my Wiki. The link is to the left.
I can certainly see not only how this can be addictive on a personal level :>) but how it could be very useful in a library setting. Librarians can Wiki about - well - just about anything. It is a great way for them to share and to present information - Similar in that respect to a blog (difference being that I get more of a sense of permanence about a Wiki). They could, for example, put together a Wiki on - I don't know - APA 6th, or MLA citation style rules for patrons to access. I know in my library we get school children who are all doing the same class/ school projects each year. We could Wiki Pathfinders for some of the more commonly selected topics. Come to that, each of the librarians could Wiki a pathfinder for whatever their personal topics of interest may be, including information about their own personal favorite authors. I can just see loads of ways this could be used within a library context.
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