#8
So this week I learnt all about RSS feeds which was quite helpful because I had never heard of them before. RSS feeds are really great because they mean you only need to go to one place to locate the latest articles, news and information from your favourite websites. This is good for my work at the library because I subscribed to a number of fiction review sites so I can keep up with all the lastest books that have come out.
I set up a bloglines account and subscribed to some of my friends and co-workers blogs. I also subscribed to the readers club - short stories RSS feed as well as the New York Times review of books so that should keep me busy. I also subscribed to the Web 2.0 RSS feed and the unshelved cartoon feed. Even though the idea is great I actually found bloglines quite annoying because I constantly have web access problems when using it. I don't know whether this is to do with the library internet or with the site itself but I noticed a lot of my co-workers having the same problem. Bummer.
My public bloglines URL is http://www.bloglines.com/public/gwenorcliffe
This RSS technology could be used at the library to distribute news of what events are on and to keep people up to date with what new books are available at the library. There could be a librarians choice RSS feed for example.
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You can't spell "Genius" without "GN" ;)
It will be interesting to see how libraries use web 2.0 technologies to deliver services to their customers, particularly when there are so many glitches that can occur when using computers!
Hi GN
Great to see your blog up and running still from last year. Can you please read Thing 2 and in 50 words write about Web 2.1 and tell us what you are going to enjoy doing out of all the new things that there are to learn this time. Look forward to reading your new blog :-)
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