Well, we have been using Wikis for a long time, since many of us know that Wikipedia is a useful and "on point" resource for lots of general information. Often when we figure to start looking for something in Google, one of the first hits is the Wikipedia article on the topic. Wikis have a lot of great applications for building a center of shared knowledge and I do think that over time a wiki inherently becomes authoritative. Even with the open quality of the editing and the ability to add, subtract and comment, what will rise to the top through time and testing will be the most accurate materials. I often use a Best Practices wiki when viewing top library web sites for ideas to "steal" for our library pages:
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Website_Design.
Also, thanks to Linsdsay Donovan for updating the entry in Wikipedia for the Scottsdale libraries and sharing that with all of us. Nice to know we can be found there.
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