I have been using wikis, a little bit, for awhile. Of course my favorite wiki is wikipedia, and as much as library folk like to badmouth it, I love wikipedia and use it. Granted, it's not an authoritative source, but it's useful, it's clean, it's well organized and it's easily searchable. This is more than I can say for most wikis that I have encountered.
I'm not very keen on wikis as a library tool because they are not easy to edit or add to. They seem pretty convoluted actually. My first experience with a wiki was with the SSLLI wiki and I added a short bio to it, but I found it difficult to navigate or maneuver, so I never used it. I'm also part of an e-Government wiki and once again, I don't find it very user friendly, I can't usually find the information that I'm looking for. Another wiki that I have recently gotten involved with in the ACLD storytime wiki created by a Librarian in Youth Services. This is the one that I chose to add content to. I typed up a couple of favorite old fingerplays for the wiki, but when I wanted to edit the title or delete it, I couldn't figure out how. So here is the link to the content I created is listed twice because when trying to edit it I create another entry...I gave up after that. Frustrating! You can see it at the link and it's called "Old ideas for programs."
OK, wikis are not my thing, but I did it.
