Google Wave

Google wave promises to revolutionise the way in which individuals can communicate and collaborate. Unlike conventional email where by a message once sent cannot be edited a wave conversation facilitates continual online collaboration by all participants allowing for a diverse range of mediums to be embedded into the conversation at any point. Well that's my initial impression at least.

What does this mean for libraries? Well it may provide a new platform by which we can communicate with our clients or influence the evolution of the exiting communication platforms that we are using.

For a detailed overview of the beta version have a look at the Google Wave Wiki manual.