Wow, thinking about my comment about the readings and questioning a point from Farkas and then going to the "Butler Wiki Ref"....I kind of take back my comment! After looking at the directory and browsing through and finding even student's personal entries about themselves, sort of user identification, wow'ed me! They really make it work. Then looking at the Wyoming author's wiki, that's kind of interesting also, and a neat idea. Great way to keep track of authors, their works, etc, and a good tool as a librarian to go to if anyone is ever looking for literature (of any kind on Wyoming!!).
As for the Princeton Public Library review site, I found it pretty neat, but I wondered if any user could add his or her comments to the books/reviews. Also what was neat with this site, if you clicked on the book, it brought you right into the catalogue, and you could see the item call number, location and if it was in or signed out.
The BizWiki is also interesting, however, when I saw the user list, I was surprised that it was so low (36). It made me wonder if students could not add to the wiki, and/or is the wiki limited to staff only for adding content? It is clear that the target audience is the university of Ohio: students, faculty, staff, and other library staff, etc. Overall, I like the chat widget that was added to the Main page, good idea/use of social software in an information tool.
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If you want to review books in the Princeton Public Library Book Lovers Wiki you have to enroll in their summer reading program. It seems pretty easy to do, you just have to send them an e-mail with your name and contact information. I discovered this by clicking on the FAQ (Frequently Aksed Questions) link on the main page. Maybe you should join, Jeremie!
cool, and thanks..wasn't aware of that, and I think I'll pass on that for now, lol..my life is busy enough as it stands :p
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