Thing #4: RSS and Newsreaders

Well, I learned a lot about RSS. They are great. I like the fact that you can subscribe to a blog or news feed so you don't have to keep going back to the webpage each time its updated. If you're like me, you definitely don't have time to go to 5 to 10 webpages or more each day. I used Google Reader which I like. I also used the Google blog search to find the feeds too. Like in my previous post I prefer Google over the other sites so using their tools was easier for me, plus for my other favorite websites I just went to them and subscibed, a lot of them were saved to my bookmarks so it was easier to get to.

I think librarians would find this very helpful because I know at our library most days its very hard to find the time to look at your favorite websites or ones that are helpful or blogs that you like so having them all in one place is great and it saves a lot of time...which is what all of us are striving for these days. I know I'm setting mine up to look for the latest software and technology that comes out so I can incorporate that into my computer and internet classes that I offer to the public. Plus its just helpful to know.