My poor little Blog has not been used for much lately. After being set up a year ago it was abandoned, but not forgotten. Now it has a new purpose and maybe new life beyond. I am currently enrolled in a Web 2.0 class. I know some of the technology, but not all and I'm excited to learn. So without further ado, my blog assignment for week 1.
How do you think you could use RSS feeds at your library? How do you think patrons could use RSS feeds? Write a brief response on your blog.
I think RSS feeds could be used in the Library as both a tool to receive and push information. At our Reference Desk we could set up a blog reader to receive a variety of journal TOC's and update information from PubMed, EBSCO, etc. This would give us information at our fingertips and keep the reference desk informed. I also think we could create our own feed to push library information to our patrons. They could receive library information and when they come to the library we could help them to set up reader accounts and to subscribe to not only library information, but also to their most frequented sites and publications. Many researchers on our campus would also benefit from a reader account that updates them with the latest studies pertaining to their research areas. The library staff could help them to set up search feeds as well as journal feeds.
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