Wikipedia - Admit it, you use it.

We are supposed to eschew all things Wikipedia, right? But, do you, really? I find myself using it often as a first resource. There are times when a patron will ask me to find information on something that I have never heard of. To get started I end up looking it up in Wikipedia to get an initial definition. From there it becomes easier to find it in more reliable resources.

I do have one good question about Wikipedia: How is it that they are always the first result for a Google search? I suspect that costs a fortune.

I do find the wikis that are being used by AACPL to be extremely useful. The MatMan wiki is a good source of information. I haven't had much cause to use the other wikis we have. I suspect these are time consuming to keep up. But they are, from my user's point of view, worthwhile.