Saturday, February 19, 2011

RSS Feeds - Exponential increase

  • What do you like about RSS and newsreaders? Compacting information, easy to use, choice
  • What sites did you select for your RSS reader? Powerhouse Museum Picture of the day, Apple, ABC News, ABS and Art Deco Posters
  • How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work? Learning about new e-resources, Up-to-date info on databases, etc
  • How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology? Readers Advisory - feeds from online bookstores on what is new, what is selling? Own RSS sending out to clients - what's new, new purchases, what's hot?
  • Did you find any good examples of other library blogs? Save this for next week

Monday, January 17, 2011

Learning starts

Discovering blogs: a useful way to share information that is realated to date.
Blogs that integrate with websites are inspiring. I hope to see blogs being used by libraries to share news, events, local history information and perhaps even readers advisory and reference assistance. The most exciting aspect for me is the interactivity of blogs, potentially allowing customers to provide feedback and to contribute to library websites.