Week 4 : Exercise 1 : Thing 2 - On RSS

OK! The reader is running - Actually, it was already running - I've worked with RSS for a while... Anyway, thinking about this exercise:

Thinking about how RSS could be utilised at work, I realised there would be a lot of functions it could provide: For a start, it could be integrated into MyInfo on the library's website, so patrons would log-in, not only to manage their record, but to access information. When they log in they see the latest news on new books, specific genres, events at Auckland City Libraries, etc. This could take the place of (or complement) the email subscriptions that are currently in place. Other recommended feeds could be on the site as well. Employees could access Library Zone and CityNet in the same way.

I've found that using RSS has become part of what I do everymorning. I go into my reader, and see the latest articles that have come up overnight. This has become part of my daily habit, and makes accessing that info a breeze! By placing my feeds in reading preference order, the reader allows me to keep up to date with news that I'm interested in - and if there's nothing there, then at the bottom of the list I've got some others that are less important for me to keep up with. The main thing I like about RSS is that it's fast and easy to access info from a wide variety of places and the technique of "processing" these articles (i.e. reading and saving/moving/dispensing) is the same for all of these sites. I know I haven't missed anything, because the feed has all of the articles there in chronological order.