#3 RSS

To be honest, I've been meaning to see what RSS was all about. I understood the basic idea, but never fully explored the capabilities. I decided to start by signing up for Bloglines. It was simple to sign up and even easier to add subscriptions and feeds. The idea of going to one place to get the information I want, is what I like about RSS. There are many websites and blogs that I find and try to remember to check for updates, but most of the time I forget or run out of time. RSS solves that problem. I will definitely be using this more to keep up with different library websites/blogs. Personally, I can add newspapers from different places I have lived and visited to keep track of what is happening in that locality...I already signed up for the Honolulu Advertiser news feed.

At our library, I think RSS feeds could be useful in keeping track of community information, events and news/weather. As a library we could have patrons subscribe to our feed to keep track of library events, changes, closings and new services or materials offered.

Adding feeds was easy by URL if I knew it or by finding the website and using the icon. It's very easy to get quite a collection of feeds and as the warning said very addictive!