Wikis do seem to be the way to go for some projects. My library is thinking about starting one for the reference staff so that we can keep up to date on things happening while 9 of us work various everchanging hours on the desk. Right now if some special assignment comes up, we leave notes on the desk or send around an email warning the others what to expect.
Some of the wikis i viewed seem to be very organized and up to date (the ALA ones). Others started off well but seem to have slowed down or even died. I am a little afraid that if this proposed one here at my library takes a lot of time and planning that it could be spending resources and time which we should devote to projects for students. We are going to start doing in house training with camtasia videos and Libguides soon and they will take up a lot of time . On the other hand we may just jump in with little concern for organization and good looks and get started right away on a wiki. For one thing the wiki is "free" and the other projects are going to have to be purchased. And isn't one of the great things about a wiki supose to be the ability to go in and then keep editing it and improving it as we go along.
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