#17 - Wikis

When they named the wiki, they were right! Quick! Wikis are a quick way to find a wealth of information on any given subject. There are a wealth of links, and to top it off, wikis are editable!

Wikis are the big fat be-all, end-all of information on the web!

I use Wikipedia quite often when chatting with my friend in Malaysia to show her things from the states.... and she does the same to teach me about her culture.

In the exercise today, I looked at the wikis included, and I have to say that the Saint Joseph County's subject guide really struck me as interesting. There's just so much information there! Naturally, I enjoyed the KDL wiki too, but SJCPL really got it right! I also found the Book Lover's Wiki to be interesting.

I think the ways those libraries are using the wiki is very helpful and innnovative. I could see this becoming an alternate way to find new reading material for pleasure reading, and also utilizing it as a search for reference materials pertaining to any given subject.