Week 6: What can libraries do with Wikis?

I really enjoyed the article Using Wikis to create online communities by Meredith Farkas. I heard that she is an expert on the topic before, since I listened to a session she has done with the SirsiDynix institute. This particular article however really pinpointed what are some of the things that a library /librarian can do with a wiki. I liked that her examples included creating web subject guides and maintaining them. For any one who ever worked in a library at the reference desk, he/she would know what happens with those subject guides expecially in a large organization. In addition to that, Meredith Farkas talks about the intranet and the fact that many times only one staff is responsible for updating information and most staff don't have much input.
The community wiki is another great idea for people to share information, but I have to say that personally, I don't support it that much since there is the risk of being used in innapropriate ways (advertising, innapropriate language, etc), but then that's always the case with a wiki that's open to everyone.
The idea of using a wiki to annotate the catalogue is quite neat and I'd like to see what OCLC will do with that. Although what the author is saying about basic content in a record is true in most cases, vendors offer added content for an extra fee including summaries, tables of contents, reviews and links to Amazon (Sirsi Dynix).
The wikis for librarians is the best. How many emails does one get and how many people does one have to cc? Trust me, I know only too well. Using a wiki to work on a project with a group is great. For our presentation next week, our group is using a wiki to create the content....