Wiki World

I first came across the expression"wiki-wiki" in a book I read as a child concerning a family living in Hawaii. It never occurred to me to link this with the Internet wikis that are proliferating. They have some very useful library applications. I especially liked the idea of using a library's website for a community page wiki; it would become an online bulletin board that could be updated easily and often. The instructional wiki is one we're becoming familiar with, and Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day from is a clearly organized example. The Booklovers Wiki of Princeton looked like fun, since we all like to talk about new books, don't we? Wikis seem to be able to stretch and expand to accommodate all kinds of information, opinions, and potential uses.