Week 5: Wikis

I have been using Wikipedia all the time to get basic information on some topics at work. It is good to know that the German Wikipedia came out on top in a study regaring to accuracy, completeness, up-to-date informaiton and ease of reading.
The nature of Wikis is to create a collaborative piece of information, sharing the knowledge of all contributors. It can be used for sharing knowledge in a community of interest. Libraries can use the idea of Wikis for their procedure manuals, book reviews etc. Librarians can also use Wikis to work collaboratively and share their knowledge in providing Reader's Advisory service.
The SJCPL Subject Guides wikis is very handy to locate resources on specific subjects and only librarians can edit the information so that it is more reliable.
Montana History Wikis is a collection of information to guide researchers to the resources and it also contains collaborative projects to meet the needs of particular groups. For example, you can find all sorts of information on African Americans History in Montana, such as oral history collections, manuscripts, local government records, newspapers and books. This wikis is not opent for editing but you can email your comments to them.
Readers shared their books on the Book Lovers Wikis and reading book reviews from other readers is really fun.