Status: 9% zombie, 91% perk
Time. Time, time, time. Who has any? Not me. Finally catching up - or trying to anyhow - with my web 2.0 assignments. Seems the last few weeks have been so busy I haven't had a chance to sneak these in. So here I am today, checking out wikis while I have a bit of time.
And I have to admit - they are pretty darn nifty. Since most of my wiki experience so far has been with the librarian's enigma, Wikipedia, I found it nice to get a broader look at some different wiki applications.
I do like the idea of centralizing information. The example in the video - a small group of friends planning a camping trip - helped drive home the point that wikis are about efficiency. I like efficient things, and I can see the value of such a site for planning and exchanging information. I tend to think of wikis as very large creations (blame Wikipedia!), but they don't need to be. They can be very simple, even temporary stores of information.
Wikis seem like very useful tools for libraries, especially for internal communication purposes. For example, the teen librarians could create a wiki of programming ideas. Even though there are already some larger-scale wikis for teen librarians, having one specific to our needs at Sno-Isle could be quite useful.
One downfall of wikis is that they do vary in quality quite a bit. I did a quick search for wikis on sustainable living, and found one from Olympia that looks all right, but has very little content associated with it. I found another from Bellingham that looks sparse, but actually has quite a lot of good local information.
But back to the time issue...or lack thereof. I just don't see myself having a lot of time to sit and fiddle with a wiki, at least not right now. Maybe in the future, or for a very specific purpose. But not now...too much life to be lived!
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