Google Calendar

So many things - ipods, phones, email etc - offer calendar functions these days, trying to make use of them all could lead to utter confusion! At work I currently use both Microsoft Outlook's calendar and a paper diary. The paper diary shows the whole week at a glance, and I can quickly refer to it even if I'm logged out of my computer. I can also take it home when I need to. Outlook can only be accessed at work, but it allows me to set pop-up reminders for appointments and tasks, and since I'm always logged into Outlook when I'm at my work computer, I can be sure I'll get these reminders during the day. When it comes to Google Calendar, I can see the following pros and cons for me personally:

Pros:

1) I can access it online from anywhere.
2) I can share it with others if I want.
3) I can have it display on my igoogle page and access it easily there.
4) It has a very clear layout, is easy to update, and the agenda view listing everything coming up is particularly nice.

Cons:

1) Email reminders will go to my personal Yahoo email, since that's what I have used to create the Google account, and unlike Outlook, I'm not constantly logged into Yahoo during the day, so I won't always see the reminders. As far as I can see there is no option to have them sent to a different email address.
2) I assume that popup reminders only appear if you are logged into Google, and again I won't always be logged in to that at work.
3) Although I can access it from home, I will need to be online to do so. A paper diary does not require hardware or electricity.

I'll try using it for a while and see if the pros outweigh the cons.

Our library opening hours at King's are pretty straightforward and unchanging, and our students get 24 hour card access anyway, so there is not a great deal to feature on a calendar, but I suppose we could use it to inform people of events like open days and exhibition days so they have forewarning of dates when the library is likely to be especially busy. For libraries which vary their opening hours more, or host more events, I am sure Google Calendar can be very useful.