Wrap up; social networks and catch up

It was interesting to read through some of these articles and see just how much things have changed even in the few years since this was written, for example the myspace pages linked have all but been abandoned. I guess it highlights the need to keep up with what is happening which being active in social networks would keep you?
Online social networks are so pervasive today that I think that is the way to engage with people, the new public noticeboards are online. The interconnectiveness of people on social networks means that it may be easy to reach a wider audience, you don't have to convince people to tell their friends, they just have to connect with you (like, friend, add, whatever) and all their social connections can know. So being involved in social networks is a way to engage in the community. I think these days it is not a question of should, how can we use social networking for client interaction, marketing and networking opportunities but just to join networks and be active.

Online applications and tools

Version control is the greatest application of online applications and tools. This is great for a library system where people are in different locations, but also I can see that actually maybe the application that might be the most useful is for documents that only one or two people are working on.

I can also see the benefit of tools that can be used online rather than having to purchase, install and maintain software especially for programs that may only be used occasionally.
The downside is of course that if your Internet access goes down you can't use it but that is one of the risks of the online age.