Challenge # 16--SO WHAT'S IN A WIKI

I found information on WIKIs to be interesting as well as full of pros and cons. If I understand correctly that in many cases, anyone can contribute and edit--or even delete a page altogether--then I don't think that public wikis would be valuable for research purposes. They would of course, serve to bring up various points-of-view. I think that within a given group, using a wiki designed for collaborative work is a great idea--saves on using e-mail that members then must save anyway. There is also the fact that every document posted to a wiki doesn't have to be open to editing. Internally, I think that a programming wiki for librarians would be a great thing to get started--lots of creative ideas, discussion, and sharing of links would be very helpful. A public "Community" wiki would also be a great idea for a library to maintain--a place in cyberspace for our patrons to visit to learn and contribute to what's happening in the library and in the Mahoning Valley.