Wiki is here to stay - for better or worse. Yes, it does have its advantages, but it also has disadvantages. Look what Library Success had to do - e-mail confirmations are needed now. I like how ALA has their 2008 annual conference set up. This would be a great tool for a first timer going to the conference.
How can we utilize a wiki at PBCLS? Well, for staff, before the budget cuts, when we had Annual Training Day, we could have set up an event specific wiki, like ALA did. That way, we could have saved on time and money - labor, copier costs, paper, etc. Everything we needed to know would be on one site.
Another way staff can utilize wiki is to have our own PBCLS site and allow current employees access to it. It would be a wonderful tool for the employees, more than our intranet, because we can add and edit. It would be a great collaboration tool.
I don't think the public would be ready for this. In looking at Bull Run Library's wiki, it is not user friendly. It imitates a regular web site. Also, if we allowed the public to edit, then we must have employee(s) to preview before it is posted online.
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