I had a look at a few of the wiki's posted up on the hblwebolution site - including Library Success : A best practices wiki and The Bull Run library wiki
I can definitely see the benefits and appeal of the Library Success wiki. It gives library professionals the chance to share ideas, thoughts, experiences on a whole range of subjects etc. I'd love to see more sharing of ideas on there though...such as ideas for 'themes' and 'displays' etc. The site doesn't look well utilized which is a shame. It's rather simple to navigate - the categories page lists a number of headings and after clicking on these we're given a list of subcategories and a list of relevant articles.
I found some categories that I thought weren't really needed - eg. in the books category there are some articles that probably aren't really warranted for the wiki - they being recommendations of books in certain genres. If I were looking for a book in a certain genre, I don't think I'd bother checking this wiki. I'd be using this wiki to give and get ideas on stuff such as 'programs' and 'courses' and ideas for 'displays' and stuff. Lots of stuff. But not recommendations on what books you could recommend to someone who's read all the Gossip girls books. Perhaps I feel this way because this part of the wiki doesn't have many contributions, and perhaps if more posted their ideas on books etc, I would head here if I had a moment of doubt on how to help a patron out.
The other site - The Bull Run library is pretty basic. It has info on the library and it's current programs/news etc. I'm a bit confused however as to who contributes to this site - patrons/staff/volunteers? A note to the side says that it is not not sponsored by nor associated with the Prince William County Library System or Prince William County. It just seems to be a 'noticeboard' of stuff to do with the library.
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