Thing #15 Wikis and how libraries are using them

After looking at the articles on wikis, it seems that they are easy to use and that they do give the patrons the opportunity to add to them. It was interesting some of them have put passwords in place to keep scams and vandalism from happening to them. This seems like a good thing to have. There are numerous ways that a wiki could be used in a school library. Some of them that that were in the articles were like a summer reading program, social bookmarking, copyright issues, book list of all kinds, and book reviews, and of course the one from our library services on MISD Policies and Procedures. Also, I would think that a wiki could be set up for teachers and students to recommend materials to order. A wiki could be used in the research process as students, teachers, librarian find information on a particular subject that they would put the place of information on the wiki. I would not want it to be just a blanket of information, but more of a source of information. Some one else had suggested that for book studies that a wiki could be set up to share ideas and not have to meet in person so often. I think that these will be very useful.