It is nice to know what is Wiki ; not Kiwi :). It means quick in Hawaiian, was developed to allow for easy and fast collaborative development and editing of a website. Anyone in the community can add to or edit anyone else's writting. Theorically, the final content should represent some sort of consensus within the community. This is cool, but the problem is there is no guarantee that the final version is true and correct. The user may also get wrong information at a particular point of time when the correct information is edited and replaced by a wrong one.
Wiki has many applications for library. I think what benefit readers most is the possibility of annotating the catalog. If there are reader's comments or book reviews attached to the catalog, it will certainly help readers to choose the right book.
I have also come across some information on RFID that we are going to use very soon. It will surely bring a lot of convinences to library staff and customers.
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