RSS and newsreaders are the coolest. I can't believe I haven't taken advantage of these yet. Now instead of clicking through tons of websites per day, desperately waiting for updates, hoping and hoping that sites will be updated, I can now go to one website and check periodically. I also like how past posts are kept, so if a site updates frequently I have a backlog to look through. I can just feel how much time I'm going to save by not aimlessly clicking on websites. Professionaly, this is a great way to keep up on current events, and if every department had a blog, we could get updated at our leisure on the happenings
Now applying this in a strictly librarian sense. Departments could feature their events, or news for the general public. We could give readers advisory through RSS, or give types for encouraging literacy. This is a great way to push library websites more towards a place to visit, rather than an online catalog.
I really like newsgator. Its interface is very easy to use, just put in a website and it is added. Its viewing features are a lot like other programs I'm used to. Its browsing feature, and featured stories feature are also very cool. A lot of what I did to find my feeds was to type in websites I continually visit and see if they have RSS feeds. Most of them did.
No GREAT feeds yet, but I will report back when I find them.
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I added your blog to my RSS feed! You should feel special. =) It was mostly because the name of your blog is easy to remember.
I'm commenting again. I just wanted to let you know that I'm already done with thing 5! That's right, I'm destroying you!
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