I noticed that one library lists all of its annotated resources on a wiki and lets students add to the notations. I really like this because students usually know their assignments much better than the librarians do and can use these notes to guide other students to the resources that they find most useful. Plus, a glowing recommendation from a peer is bound to be considered more valuable than the opinion of a librarian ;-) .
I am a member of the planning committee for the 2009 meeting of MCMLA and we are using a wiki to organize our committee information. It has been very useful and prevented a lot of email clutter. Only committee members can edit the wiki.
The main pitfall I find for some wikis is the lack of control over who can edit the information. If this is not controlled, it can lead to too much oportunity for misuse and inaccurate information.
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