I've used Wikipedia personally a number of times. It's easy to read, and gives lots of facts. I know it's not necessarily accurate. Sometimes I've used it to find dates, or names, and then verified them from legitimate sources. I would not use it at the reference desk, or recommend it to any patrons. I've never found anything that I felt should be edited.
I liked the library wikis. The St. Joseph wiki had lots of subject headings to choose from. The wiki was set up to be edited by librarians only.
The Library Success wiki looked just like wikipedia. Some of the headings had little or nothing under them, but it was simple to use.
I really liked the book lovers wiki. This is something that I think would be very useful to patrons. Keep in mind that a lot of older patrons do not want to use computers, so having a book lovers wiki would leave out a number of patrons.
The Bull Run wiki is a work in progress. I was surprised to see that it's maintained by a patron, and not anyone from the library. I did not like the way it was set up.
I liked the SCLA wiki- there were some good links on it to library blogs. I noticed that some wikis have been subject to vandalism, so emails must be registered in order to edit.
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