I had no idea how many different sort of Wikis there are out there, some free and some with a small cost. The names of these Wikis are interesting, especially PBWiki which I discovered is short for PeanutButterWiki - guess that makes it a StickyWicki. I found a good tool for the comparison of Wikis and their features at
http://www.wikimatrix.org/. Looking at this comparison tool and comparing a couple of Wikis I came across the word 'CamelCase'. I now know that CamelCase "is the practice of writing compound words or phrases where the words are joined without spaces, and each word is capitalized within the compound eg.LookWhatIFound".
Things that libraries could use Wikis for:
- manuals/procedures on how to do things in the library
- intranet
- library web site
- group discussion/forums across branches
- project development and implementation of a new service - central place to provide staff with access to the latest information
- allowing customers to provide feedback on library services or suggest what they would like to see in the library
- local history resources
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