I use Wikipedia to find answers to trivia questions. If you need a credible source, it's probably not the best site since anyone can add or delete information. You can find just about anything on wikis, they can be create for any subject. I wiki is just a way for multiple people to collaborate/have input on one site. One thing I don't like about a lot of wikis is that they're really busy looking. Sometimes they are 3 different columns of text and it's a lot of information to digest at once.
While exploring, I saw several potential applications for wikis within libraries. The library could set up an internal wiki (not viewable to the public) where staff could share ideas and insights about library operations or information sources. Another potential application coudl be either internal or public. Much like the Book Lover's wiki at the Princeton Public Library, a wiki could act as a reader's advisory tool. Staff (and maybe public too, though adding public would require a great deal more monitoring of posts) could post reviews of books that they read. This would allow other staff members to provide better readers advisory in unfamiliar genres and possibly provide an answer to the "What did you think of this book?" question. (if someone else has read it and posted a review).
I haven't actually posted anything to a wiki yet, I think that's the next "thing".
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