Sounds like someone is calling their little dog! I browsed many of the wiki links given to us for the exercise. I think they have their place in some applications, but I can certainly see that the "unprivateness" of them could lead to their becoming completely useless. I will say that my daughter and her then fiance set up a wiki to disseminate info about their wedding and it was a big success. They filled it with the schedule data, places to stay, things to do and see, as well as their gift wish list and some proselytizing(they are big on their Catholic faith). As with all wikis, visitors are free to read or not read anything they choose. They also have the opportunity to comment or not. That's the best part of wikis, getting lots of opinions in one place. It's also the worst part, as it gives nutcases a place to be stupid and post inappropriate or unrelated stuff.
Libraries could use wikis to keep reading recommendation lists current and user friendly. I just think it would require at least one person to keep out the riff raff and monitor postings. Wiki on!
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