Library wikis: I am all in favor of patrons being allowed to post synopses and reviews of books they have read and movies they have seen! I would like to see these in different languages.
Community wikis: Great idea to use the library's website as a community resource - with posting and editing done by residents, tourists, et al.
Staff wikis: It would be extremely useful to have instant access to updated staff policies, circ/reference manuals, etc at the click of a mouse!
Wikis definitely get my vote. However.........
This beautiful, sunny, morning I have spent two hours at my computer reading my emails, blogline newsfeeds and now researching wikis. How much technology is beneficial to us and when does it start to become detrimental? I think we have reached our limit. Do we really want our children to acquire their knowledge of the world from a machine, which represents the thoughts, fantasies, truths and lies of billions of strangers? Is this a new form of brainwashing, albeit voluntary? What happened to seeking out our elders, grandparents and respected community members for their vast wealth of information and life experiences that could be listened to with open ears and questioned with enquiring minds? Let there be balance in all things.
Play Time!!!
Where I wish to be....pretty much all the time!!!
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