Looked at http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Travel
http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library
http://libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
which looks a goldmine, and opened a few library wikis on
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Wikis#Examples_and_Information
A new universe out there. I use Wikipedia a fair bit & find it very informative, as well as covering very recent stuff or things not in a traditional encyclopaedia. Just on things of personal interest, so fortunately I’ve never had to confront the issue of authority where it really does count e.g. in study. I heard on talkback radio ex Gov Gen Peter Hollingworth inquiring of founder Jimmy Wales about the entry on him, which he found inaccurate, & wondering about the need to balance democracy versus accuracy, & also Wikipedia’s view of the risk of libel.
Things like new books, staff picks & potential subject resources would be extremely & immediately accessible in this form & mostly those risks don’t arise. A previously impossible vehicle for customers to access a whole lot of info they'd hopefully love to have.
And great potential for arriving more quickly & with less stress at a better, more complete product, document, project or whatever, whenever & wherever a group of people are contributing to it, & that’s all the time now.
Not to speak of it being so easily accessible to others who are trying to invent or modify a wheel & again that’s everyone at some stage.
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