Wikis are a fantastic way to give the librarian a simple website that can be added to the school's main page with very little effort from anyone else.
The Steller library wiki can be found at www.stellerlibrary.wikispaces.com. I have 8 pages on information that folks tell me is useful. They can find the volunteer calendar there, as well as the ebooks and online references with live links. One large page is devoted to Career and College Resources.
Wikis can be customized to fit many needs. I liked the English teacher who added a Mebo window so that the kids could connect with him in real time if he was online.
It's also interesting to see how other libraries deal with their situations and plan for the future. Lots of that planning is centered around training users how to use the online resources.
All in all, a very useful, simple to use tool.
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I have a library website rather than a wiki. Do you have any comment as to why use a wiki rather than a website?
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