Wikis are wonderful tools for collaboration. I have seen it work really well in both the work and school environment. At our academic library, we use PBWiki as a source of collaboration on recurring reference questions. The site is a one-stop compilation of handy reference tools to use based on the topic, course, or professor. As a current student in an MSLIS program being pursued via distance education, the use of PBWiki was an invaluable tool to write a group paper on Collection Development.
In looking at some of the sample wikis that were offered for examination in this "Thing," two really stood out to me. One was the Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. This site was actually stumbled upon in the above mentioned Collection Development paper. It proved to provide several ideas that could be implemented into our overall document. The other site that I really appreciated was the St. Joseph County Public Library System Subject Guides. I really like the idea of offering patrons "subject guides" or "pathfinders" to kind of "jump-start" them in their research. Prior to this demonstration on SJCPL's wiki, I had not considered that as an option for offering subject guides to a patron. It is a neat idea.
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