Looking at the various wikis what I found interesting was how one topic could be expanded on in a variety of directions given the response of the person reading and what they wished to add. A number of people commented that this is a good way to organise information on a specific topic for a specific group in one place but what I liked was that the information provided could come from anywhere (in the world) and any category of person e.g. librarians, library clients.
I found that I dislike the heavily text based nature of Wikis but I do like the amount of related information that can be found in the one place for further exploration.
I have to agree with not liking how wikis can be edited anytime, by anyone, anywhere. I feel there are times and places for wikis, but feel that open wikis in libraries are not the best thing for the industry
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