Week 6: RSS

What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
I had largely ignored RSS and newsreaders because, as part of my daily routine, I would actively go in search of whatever it is that I'm wanting to look up/research. But just experimenting with RSS now, I see how much time I've potentially wasted in the past as it does the search job for me. It is very handy. At the same time, I can see how I can potentially "waste" even more time going through all of my news items ... almost like the constant battle I face with my email inbox -- I demand Zero items unread, Email inbox demands I have 186 items unread -- I will want to make sure everything is read and won't be satisfied until I'm at 0.

But I think this says more about me than it does about RSS feeds ...

What sites did you select for your RSS reader?
The recommended ones:
ABC News Top Stories
ABS Blog for Librarians
Powerhouse Museum Photo of the Day
SMH News Blog (which I'd never had much use in reading before but now that I have it as an RSS feed have engaged with it and have found some of it to be quite entertaining)

Have also added the RSS feed for Yahoo Sports - Tennis which, apart from my Yahoo Mail, is probably the site that I have visited the most in my internet career to date.

How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work?
I think this will help in terms of subscribing to the latest news that pertains to (or close to) the line of work we do. I think it will probably encourage me to incorporate more professional reading into my day, which I think is somewhat important.

How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?
Unsure as yet re: how but the potential is definitely there. Perhaps the Library can provide an RSS feed to the latest news or events?

Did you find any good examples of other library, or other relevant, blogs?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibraryJournalNews