I am thoroughly enjoying the SJCPL Subject Guides . This is a fantastic way for a library to reach out to its community using a current, popular technology. So many of our users come in for reader's advisory and it would be wonderful to be able to give them a link to the library wiki that includes staff recommendations, items on the new shelf, best sellers, award winners, and classics organized by subject. The SJCPL wiki also includes lots of additional goodies like library events, tips on locating and using library resources, and tons of links to relevant online information. Of course, some users wouldn't like receiving information in this sort of format, but I think there is a growing user base that would enjoy it.
On the down side, I think that wikis can be overwhelming, the awesome St. Joseph County wiki included, simply because of the enormous amount of information that they can contain. It is important to keep library wikis organized so that they can be easily navigated by the public who may not be familiar with this type of technology.
The Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki is a great resource for librarians. It contains information, thoughts and ideas on just about every aspect of the profession and I would imagine it is a very useful tool - an online library community even.
Princeton Public Library's Book Lovers Wiki was also a fun wiki to explore.
I'd like to spend more time looking around these library wikis...
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