# 16 - Wikis

Book reviews, reader's advisory, general knowledge sharing between staff, best practice and policy updates: there are a number of ways in which we could use wikis in our libraries to communicate ideas to staff and the public. I suppose the issues we need to consider when opening up a collaborative project involve confidence in the participants and quality control - among many other things. How much do we restrict input and how much are we able to censor or monitor the input without compromising the principle of collaboration? I think it has potential but I have to admit some of the examples weren't particularly convincing as they didn't have the appearance of being well planned or structured. Perhaps the scope needs to be clearly realised at the outset and not too ambitious? The book reviewing and reader's advisory applications seem to work best.