I have been using RSS feeds for several years now and thanks to them what would take me more than 2 hours will take me at most half an hour. RSS feeds allow you to view the headlines and updates to various websites from one location. This means that there is no waiting for various pages to load. Another advantage comes from the irregularly updated site, using RSS feeds you will imediately know when a site is updated without having to constantly visit to checkup on it.
It is also very useful for sites that have lots of updates. You can avoid all the posts that you aren't interested in and you won't be as likely to miss an article you want to read thats buried underneath all the others.
Libraries could use RSS feeds to stay on top of information but also to provide information to clients. The more ways clients can access information on our libraries the more they will access. You can even have multiple RSS feeds for differents areas of interest, one for fiction and one for non-fiction.
In a world of information overload RSS feeds allow for collation and filtering of that information in one place. They are probably the best way to stay connected and sort through information.
You took the words out of my mouth Monticello! Beautifully said.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chrissie. An excellent and thoughtful discussion posting about RSS and its role in libraries.
ReplyDeleteYour post is a pleasure to read. I would say Tom that you would make a good public speaker with a speech like that.
ReplyDeletewell said Kerry - and Tom says he doesn't do essays!
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