A Wiki is quick to build, easy to edit a website. It can be rewritten by members/users of the site. Wiki pools knowledge, anybody can write an entry. This can be good and bad, Wiki is updated by enthusiasts w/interest in the subject. Wiki is subjective influenced by opinion, one opinion on Wiki's mentioned that users should just go to a reliable source to begin with.
HTML language is not needed for a Wiki, it involves the user in an ongoing process of creation. They can be disorganized, and include spam. Wiki allows collaboration between the library and it's patrons.
A wiki is self organizing group behavior in action.
What the library can do witha Wiki:
updating subject guides, doesn't put the burden of finding websites on the librarian, annotate the catalog, patrons can add reviews to entries the library has made, libraries website becomes hub of the community & becomes one stop shopping for community info, collaborative group work, organizing group effort, and it is easy to edit anything.
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