On Library Wikis

I really loved the Library Success: A best practices wiki which I think works well. I even bookmarked it because I may want to look at it again. I'm a big user of Wikipedia and have even updated a couple of footnotes for entries, and remembered using the ALA Annual Wiki a few years ago, updating it with transportation information. Wikis seem to work really well for information like this if there are enough people to monitor it and keep it up-to-date. Wikipedia, however, is a fine example of how uneven the information can be. A well documented, scholarly article on one subject, and mere "stub" of an article on another. I read something from a teacher that mentioned the collaboration possibilities for students working on a project and its availability 24/7, which would be another good use of wikis.

The Loudoun County Public Library has an attractive wiki (http://www.loudounpedia.org/) that can be added to which seems to work. PLAspace on the other hand, is an example of a library related blog/wiki that is completely moribund. Making people aware of these wikis is one thing (a number of people looked at PLAspace when it first went up), but they need to be easily accessible (possibly from another site frequently visited) and there also needs to be relevant, interesting content so that there will be reason to return to the site.