Because my goal is to work in academic library reference and instruction, I've done quite a bit of thinking about wikis - their value and role in scholarship and research, and their place in the landscape of resources that patrons draw on to find the information they need. So I was glad that Week 8 gave me a chance to focus on wikis and what they might mean to LFPL patrons and staff.
I edited the "favorite restaurants" and "favorite actor or actress" pages in the LFPL Sandbox wiki, and enjoyed seeing what some of the other staff members' picks were. But I have to say that my slightly OCD nature made it very hard for me to just add my favorites without formatting the items on the rest of the page. I think that wikis are a fantastic tool for assembling a group's collective knowledge, but to me our experimentation is a great demonstration of the way that this info can get out of control, fast, if it isn't well organized. But that's not what we were there to do! So I just added my faves and moved on.
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