Wikis

Somehow all the stuff I wrote about wikis did not save when I went to publish it which was very frustrating.
In short-:
1. My impression of wikis was different to the ones I looked at as examples. I thought they were more collaborative in nature. The wikis we were mainly looking at seemed very audience focussed. I had thought they might be more like Amazon's reviews where a range of opinions may be expressed.
2. Due to the geographically dispersed nature of the State Library, wikis could be quite useful for information dissemination and collection if we can persuade staff to actually look at one.