When Wiki's get integrated into other library services it starts becoming exciting. Everyone is familiar with Amazon reviews... And almost everybody is WAITING for library vendors to release this in an OPAC.
OCLC's Worldcat is doing exactly this. This slick interface has it all, faceted searching, tag clouds, and integration with the largest bibliographic database in the known universe. It also has integrated a wiki for patrons and staff to comment on items (see the pdf " Wiki Comes to Worldcat", from 2005).
I think it would be wonderful if everytime a reference question was answered using a cataloged source, that question could be logged into the records wiki by the reference staff. That way, a more complete feel for the usefulness of the source good be ascertained by the user.
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