Wikis are probably one of my favorite of the Web 2.0 tools. I can envision dozens of uses for wikis in libraries: internally, we can use wikis to write and update policies & procedure manuals, for instructions on special projects (summer reading, etc.), and more. For the public, we could use wikis to create fast, simple staff recommends lists, collaborate on assignment-specific pathfinders for school projects & visits, and more.
This past summer one of our teen employees started a Teen Recommendations wiki. She put lists of recommendations for specific situations (while on a plane trip, while on the beach, with your mom, etc.) as well as "read-alikes" (If you like LOST, you'll like...). We are discussing ways the Teen Advisory Board is going to continue this project. It's a great, simple way to let more than one teen contribute and it has the added bonus of being separate from the "official" library website. It makes a distinction between the "recommended by librarians" lists and the "recommended by teens" lists. And the teens can work on and edit the look and feel to make it more their own.
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