Excercise 16 &17

I am going completely out of order with these excercises now.

Excercises 16/17 were about wiki's and how they can be applied to libraries today. I added my blog to the PLAN wiki, and my favorite vacation spot.

I have actually used wikis before, in college in one of my LIS classes. My professor set one up and members of the class were required to contribute to it. It was a neat idea, but I didn't see any practical purpose.

I have also used Wikipedia. While I realize that anyone can add to wikipedia so it is ovbiously not 100% accurate, it is a great resource for finding information quickly.

As far as how wiki's could be useful in a library setting, I am not sure I see a lot of practical applications. It could be neat to have one in conjunction with a book club, where members could reccommend their favorite books, or even just one for favorite books, but beyond that, I don't see a lot of uses for this particular thing.

I have gone a little bit crazy with a lot of the activities on here and I am having a lot of fun, but I think it is safe to say I won't be setting up a wiki anytime soon.