"Wiki-Wiki-Wiki....!"

No, I am not quoting a line from "Jam on It", a bad early 90s song! I'm talking wikis, ya'll(wikipedia, pbwiki, wetpaint, wikiseek, etc.)

But, remarkably, just as the song lyrics say, we have all been sayin' "Wiki- Wiki-Wiki..." for a while now as we use this tool to make our searching life easier in the library, or... we say it as we scold teens for doing a bit too much cutting-and-pasting from it! Ahh, the internet.

But Wikis can be invaluable tools. Here in the Riverfront Library we keeps lists of direct links to non-oft-visited websites that have great -- albeit Impossible to Find-- information, as well as lists of local agency phone numbers and extensions that are hard to come by.

It is a collaborative tool and a content manager that is easily accessible by everyone with the password to get onto it, since our wiki is indeed password protected.

And the first time I ventured onto the wiki comparison site, wikimatrix.org, I was blown away by the sheer breadth and types of available wikis, apart from WikiPedia.org.
I think Wikis will continue to be valuable tools as long as we don't abuse their content and the rights of the people whose content often gets posted on it.

Cue "Jam on It"....it's time to Wiki...Wiki..Wiki....!