I think wikis definitely have a use in library land. The examples given in the blog post are excellent. In addition to those, I can think of a couple ways to use a wiki. Almost every reference department I've ever worked in has those little recipe cards of answers to frequently asked questions from patrons. These are usually of local flavor, so there may not be a website that gives the answer. If there were a website, then delicious might be more appropriate to use. Anyway, a reference department wiki could be created and all of the staff members could be adding little tidbits of this type of information as questions come up at the desk. Here at the State Library, one of the questions we get is for information on the "Think...why die?" signs that are posted beside highways throughout the state. We have information on how that was started, so it could be put into a wiki instead of my "good to know" folder that I keep in my email.
Another idea that has been floating around the State Library is creating a wiki of SD authors. First we have to define what a SD author is: were they born here, do they live and write here now, etc. It would be a quick way to keep track of SD authors and people could add more as they come across them.
Wouldn't it be cool to create a family wiki? If one had tech savvy family members, rather than send emails out on occasion, the family could be posting activities and updates on the wiki. This would eliminate having to bookmark and read everyone's family blog, although that would be easy too with RSS. But then there is also Facebook.... So many possibilities. One just has to experiment to see which 2.0 tool will work the best for each project or idea.
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