Week 7: #16

I really found the wikis to be very interesting. I never actually knew what a wiki was until today. I've heard the term before, but I always assumed it was some type of hand-held gadget. I like the fact that you can voice your opinion on a certain webpage and type in your two cents worth. However, since anybody can literally edit something that you typed, there is the possibility of editing wars. I think that libraries can benefit from using wikis, especially in the form of creating a favorites book section, where the customers can have a say on their favorite reads (even though this is a feature that is already part of our website, but not in a wiki format). Customers can also create and edit a wiki webpage to advise other customers on their library research experience. For example, if they had a research project to do on a certain topic, they can state exactly what books were beneficial to them. Another example would be if a customer was searching for a certain recipe, say green enchiladas, they can share their book recipe hunt on the wiki ("use this recipe found on this book" or "stay away from this recipe on this book", etc).