Monday, March 31, 2008

RSS - I like the "real simple" part...

My guess before this lesson had at least one "S" Standing for "streaming," but now I know better. In my opinion, one of the benefits of RSS feeds is that instead of signing up for e-mail alerts from websites I visit (and cluttering up my inbox) I can just sign up for the feeds and have all updates in one place (my feed reader) -- one stop shopping, so to speak.

Libraries could use this feature in the same way individuals do -- to keep up with the latest news on topics of interest. They could also produce their own feeds to let patrons know the latest news (programs, new services) available at their branches.

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