Week #3-RSS Feeds

Okay, I know much about RSS feeds since I happen to subscribe to a couple in my personal life. I agree that they do save you time by bring the "news" to you. But, if you are like me once I get the updates I go to the site. I like looking at the sites and commenting if I feel something is worthy. (The RSS feeds helps me in being one of the first people to comment). While it is a useful tool it becomes annoying if you are getting feeds from sites that update a lot (like CNN or TMZ). Be careful on what feeds you choose, because there's nothing worse than trying to get a job done and you keep getting interrupted.



I can see how RSS is important to larger library systems like New York Public (89 branches) and Miami-Dade County (44 branches) and others with multiple branches, I can't see much use in smaller systems such as ours. Although, any system could benefit from having one.



If the feeds are set up like Library Journal's where you could pick from feeds then it could benefit those members that are interested in computer classes and films but not in children's events and vice versa.