Method 3

I was very interested in this topic, having long used my web-based email as a back-up file to saved information somewhere out there in cyberspace. Obviously Google and others have seized upon this concept and made Google Docs, for example. The implications for libraries are interesting. Since I am a proponent of library as teacher, there would be an instructional component that would have to accompany any library push for a certain service. I can appreciate the savings involved in not having to provide Microsoft Office on every computer, but working with patrons every day, I recognize that many are not ready to move beyond the comfort of Word. In truth, many aren't even comfortable with Word. Evolving technology means evolving instructional service, a job libraries should step forward to fill so that we can evolve parallel to rather than behind the technology and, in the meantime, retain the relevance that is so important.