Wikis are one of my favorite aspects of this whole technology ride we are on. I'm not saying that I have any experience in posting to them, just that I like to use them even with all of their faults. To me, the almost fatal flaw for research using wikis is for students and the gullible among us that believe everything they read without any type of verification. Having been a classroom teacher and a school library media specialist, I probably wouldn't allow wikis to be used as a sole-source reference. I probably would allow high quality wikis to be used as a starting point.
I was so caught up in the Bull Run Library Wiki that I forgot where I was. I can see how they earned The Best Library award. For our library, I would love to see wikis for school projects, summer reading programs and book discussion groups. Except for the summer reading programs, we usually get hit with big school projects after the fact and the first student comes in and checks out every book on Eqypt for example. With a School Project Wiki, the teachers could post the assignments ahead of time, we could be prepared and even parents could see what's on the horizon. We are also in need of a supplement to our antiquated library catalog (sorry.) Note: no where in this post did you see me volunteer to set these up---that's for you full-timers that make the big bucks ;)
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