Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Favorite sites or feeds?


Which method of finding feeds was easiest - going to your favorite sites or searching for them?

I actually found that looking at some of the sites I enjoy visiting was the best way for me to find feeds quickly and easily. If I had more time I would really like to do more indepth searching for feeds on subjects that I am interested in, but that isn't now! Which search tool was the easiest for you? I enjoyed looking at Topix.net, but to be honest, not one tool stood out as being fabulous, compared to another. How can you see RSS feeds being used by the library? The library could use RSS feeds to get out up- to- date information about programming around the district and relay information about the newest items to hit the 'virtual shelves'. What kind of information would library patrons be interested in getting via RSS, if it were available? New titles and resources are what people get excited about.

Monday, March 3, 2008

RSS - Is it Really Simple?!


This took me quite awhile to actually understand, as I expected it to be more complex and felt like I needed to read over everything over and over again, before I could attempt to add RSS feeds. Once I started looking for feeds and adding them to my Bloglines account I realized it was so much simpler then I expected.

I do think there is value in having RSS feeds that you subscribe to, but it would be really helpful if you could fill out a outline survey listing all your interests and have suggestions sent to you, sort of a customized menu, with sights that were preselected by authorities on those subjects.


Anyway, when I have more time I will do some further investigating for sites that interest me.