It's a Wicked Wiki World

I think that wikis are something, like RSS, that I've known existed for a while now and even use on occasion (Wikipedia anyone?) but have never had the desire to pursue beyond that. So it was actually with great trepidation (and a little confusion as to what was being asked of me) that I entered into this exercise.

Out of the three suggested wikis I found the Book Lovers Wiki to be the ... nicest to use I suppose you could say. The other two I found a little confusing over the information available within them as there was no clear introduction, while Book Lovers was small and purely for reviews of books. I could definitely see a possibility for something like this within Manukau Libraries, especially when it comes to readers advisory. The subject areas could be divided into headings similar to those in our libraries (crime, adventure, thriller, sci-fi, NZ fiction, YA fiction, children's fiction, history, cooking, etc.) for easy navigation and patrons and staff can have access to add to it. I think there needs to be some level of moderation.

Just my thoughts on wikis.