Wikis

My feeling on Wikis is that they work best as an internal collaborative tool. Those that I am just accessing for information - just feel like accessing an ordinary web-page if I am just visiting to look at the content. Though the knowledge that they have been created so easily is a definite plus. And the fact that they are created so easily but look very little different is also a huge positive if you don't have access to web designers, publishing software etc.
It means even a small club could easily set something up with very little knowledge.

In previous work situations I have used Wikis for a few things. We planned a staff development day where all staff had to access the Wiki to get info about what was going to happen, and the staff on the committee used the Wiki to put together the programme, plan the day and events and so on. This was really useful in a situation where staff were based at different branches, had access to different computer networks and no shared drives, and couldn't always make meetings.

And it is really interesting to see how the test wiki we have been using has evolved.
They are probably a much more amorphous being than a web-site. The comments on customer service and why people became a Librarian have really evolved from each other.
So its really nice to see how these sorts of discussion can grow in this sort of environment.

I think things like Google Docs also have these benefits - where they make collaborative projects between people from different locations and organisations a lot more accessible.