Wikis

I found the short video not only useful but also a pretty convincing tool -- in the example given, it makes sense for interested parties to communicate via a wiki rather than send a boatload of emails. I've complained to my LEAP team members about the difficulties of responding back and forth via email as well as reading all the threads in order and a wiki could eliminate a lot of that frustration and allow us all to add comments to the joint work we do.

I read through the Library Outreach Wiki which had interesting information and was easy to navigate. I also really liked the Graphic Novels articles at the Grand Rapids Public Library's wiki. There were links to new titles, popular authors and artists in the GRPL catalog as well as to review websites, publisher's websites and the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco -- all things that fans would find very useful and interesting.

The wiki application at GRPL allows for librarians to add and update new pages -- the usefulness was the organization of topics of interest and specific collections and the links to the catalog. I think a wiki like this would definitely enhance the library's collection by focusing on subjects of interest to the community and to the librarians.