Wiki's are certainly growing in popularity. It seems to be easy to start one and the possibilities for content are endless. I think the tool is wonderful for encouraging community collaboration. Initially, I was thinking of just a kind of intranet for the librarians and LA's but after some investigation, I think a wiki inviting patron input is also a good idea. I guess it's difficult to imagine the kind of time allocation that is required to monitor the input from so many different sources. Clearly, someone needs to be watching the posts for appropriate content.
It might support an online book club where members could post comments about a book as they are reading it and then use the comments as discussion points for a face-to-face book club meeting. This concept could apply to almost any kind of library-sponsored patron group.
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