The use of electronic technologies is blurring the lines between what was traditionally professional and personal. This came into focus a number of times this week:- when our marketing manager was writing a draft of a policy about use of electronic media,
- a discussion with a librarian about the use of blogs and referencing them
- Some friends post really professionally useful articles and references on Facebook.
- LinkedIn groups contain some great ideas and complete rubbish
The content can't be judged by the medium. Don't judge a book by its cover?
So many new tools being developed all the time and people using those that they feel comfortable with are quite a challenge to academic traditions
Just pondering at the moment ...
