why wiki?

it's great to learn about new technologies and feel abreast of developments in the library world.  but i know i'm not the only one constantly asking myself during this course "great, but how am i going to use this at my institution, and what problems will this technology solve?" 

the most appealing thing about a wiki from my perspective is that it allows you to essentially create a web presence without the barrier of learning html/css or other coding.  anyone with basic technology skills can participate and contribute to a website.

i'm thinking that in my library, a wiki would be a great tool for creating an "intranet" of sorts.  a place to schedule our instruction sessions, create an instruction request form (i'm assuming there's a way to do that, right?), post library procedures, maybe have a page for "new staff orientation", and a link to any shared documents (which right now are kept in several different digital and 3-d places, without a shared network for all staff).  

this would definitely solve an existing problem, and use an available technology.  now the trick: getting all of us to use it...hmmm.