I always liked looking up things on Wikipedia. I think it's a good concept. Although I did hear on NPR that some political party members were editing their competition's articles and that the editing was able to be traced to the source, thus causing embarrassment.
So, is it a useful idea? After reading the library 2.0 info, I still think so. It seems fair allowing anyone to join in to contribute to a wiki, without a lot of computer know-how. It also promotes collaborative efforts and info sharing, depending on the type of wiki. That said, with a dedicated staff, a public wiki on the library web site might be used for community events or book reviews. I thought that was interesting, as long as people are sincere. That's where the staff comes in to oversee that submissions are legitimate. Wow, this does get complicated, is checking comments for obsenities, or fluff considered censorship? I guess you can take a wiki for what it offers, keeping in mind its limitations.
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