Computer mediated communication technologies such as instant messaging, blogs, wikis, and podcasts provide new avenues to foster communication and collaboration in the academic library environment. These tools provide innovative ways to reach new technologically savvy academic library users, highlight library services, and allow the library to remain the intellectual center of the academic comm...

Shun Han Rebekah Wong is Assistant Librarian in the Multimedia Services Section and T.D. Webb is previous University Librarian, both at Hong Kong Baptist University Library; e-mail: rebekahw@hkbu. edu.hk, [email protected]. Sincere thanks go to Dr. Tong Chong Sze (previous Academic Registrar, HKBU) and Mr. Manson Yiu (Executive Officer, Academic Registry, HKBU). Without their cooperation, thi...