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Mintwiki (Created by The Mint Museum Library, North Carolina, USA)
This wiki provides information on the permanent collections housed at the Museum. Examples of these include collections on African Art, Chinese court robes, performance masks of Mexico and platform shoes.

Wookiepedia

This wiki is for Star Wars fans everywhere. It is an extremely detailed online encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Star Wars Universe. Examples of entries include:

• The "Quote of the day"
  
  
• On this day - important events listed in chronological date order and


• Did you know? - brief snippets of information e.g. Did you know that hermit crabs existed in the galaxy?
  

Library success : a best practice wiki

This wiki provides up to date information on all things library related. The sections on training and developement for librarians and on technology would be of particular interest to anyone trying to keep their skills current.

What use could a wiki be to libraries?

Wikis would be a really good way to answer to that famous question "What could you recommend I read?"

You could have both library staff and library member suggestions. Books could be arranged in different categories e.g.

• Fiction - Genres such as: crime, fantasy, sci-fi, humor, romance, historical, world (different authors from or writing from a particular countries viewpoint)


• Non Fiction - Subjects from A to Z.
  

You could also have suggestions listed for different audience groups, for e.g, child, young adult, speakers of different languages, book clubs, etc.

Why do I like wikis?

Wikis are great in that they allow interested parties to contribute their own information, viewpoint, etc. at any point in time and from any place. They can be as simple or as complex as desired and can use all forms of media to provide the information.