I love Wikipedia, more over I love their companion photo site. While most people use Flickr Commons as a way to post photos and make them public there is also this feature.
I've taken a look at the Saint Johns Library Wiki and while I understand this is a great way to advertise their collections, I don't really understand the benefit of a Wiki over providing this content via the library website.
I tried adding an entry to the NEFLIN blog, however I'm at home and I used my work email to generate the login for the account. I don't have access to my work email from the house.
The wiki concept is fascinating! That anyone can provide their own knowledge or opinion on a subject for all to see. I think we all have our own experiences and perspectives. Each one of us is an expert in some faction of the world around us, and why shouldn't we all have the opportunity to have our point heard?
This being said, I can also understand a Teacher restricting the use of Wikipedia as a reliable resource for a research paper. Just because I believe I have an opinion about a specific topic, and can provide a small nugget of information on a topic, does not mean that the information I provide is "research" worthy. What we perceive is not always the factual truth as to what may have occurred.
I'll try again tomorrow to post a note on the NEFLIN wiki.
What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?
What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki?
Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research.
What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?
Which wiki did you edit?
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