Wikipedia editing

I have edited the "Shire of Hinchinbrook" and the "Ingham, Queensland" wikipedia pages. See the "libraries" entries, they are mine. I found it quite straight forward but from the tutorials etc there are numerous tools that need much further investigation. Also Wikipedia wants primarily informative articles as in encyclopedia type entries, so using wikis for Library Policies and Procedures would only be suitable if the library staff build one themselves using one of the applications like Wetpaint or PBWiki. The wiki makes policies and procedures easily disseminated throughout the organisation and easily updated.

The Booklovers wiki is an excellent book review wiki but I would think a blog is a more appropriate tool for book clubs/reviews and as Princeton found the new Library Management Systems also allow for book reviews directly on the library catalogue. 

Library Success is more suited to a wiki as it is an information service sharing and updating practical information rather than opinion.

The use of the wiki for local history is the other great avenue for Wikis in Public Libraries, as discussed earlier.

BAM