This week’s Things deal with RSS and Thing #8 has us signing up with Bloglines and subscribing to some feeds. Well, no problem for me there as I’ve already got an account which contains about 500 feeds. So, yep, I’m stuck for something to specifically blog about. Well, the thing’s built in questions have come to the rescue!
What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
Simple, the fact that they make keeping up simple. If I had to actually bookmark all of these resources and check daily for what’s new, at best I’d go insane. With RSS, all I need to do is subscribe and all the information comes to me as soon as it can
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?
My problem is that I use this all the time in both my work AND personal life so much so that sometimes it’s hard to differentiate between the two. If I read a feed about cool technology, is that for work or is that personal? The answer is "yes".
How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?
Libraries can use RSS in two ways. First librarians can use it to keep up with news and the opinions of other librarians. The libraries themselves can use it as a great way to distribute information to their users.
Hi. Some other ways of using RSS in libraries are detailed here: http://www.freepint.com/issues/260707.htm#tips