Wikis could be a good idea for promoting communication between the library and users. It is interesting to read about libraries' experiences, and how one library found it more convenient to use paper updates after introducing a wiki. One issue is how to handle a lot of material and how to have consistent metadata or subject headings, as there would not be control over headings provided by the public. The pages could also become too lengthy and difficult to navigate. However, I think a wiki could be very good for timely information for the public eg New books in Redmond Barry and the Domed Reading Room - the public could add their comments and recommendations and Events at slv.
I found I could not edit the wiki in Internet Explorer, so I tried Mozilla Firefox and had no trouble. The format was quite different.
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