I'd like to begin with a quote from Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia:
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join us in building a better and more rational world.
And yeah, I got that quote off a Starbucks cup, but it's profound. I love Wikis for the same reason Jimmy does. Wikis are romantic (in the philosophic sense), imperfect, and democratic. They are grounded in the same spirit that fueled the US Constitution, the same spirit that made John Lennon so controversial. I use wikis all the time, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Web 2.0 and Librarians 2.0 are all about leaving behind that "us and them" concept of information provision--now it's all just "us."
PS LURVED the Book Lover's Wiki! What a great idea--fabulous for book people and the clubs they belong to.
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