RSS

I have set up 5 different RSS feeds on my Google readers. They are 1) Powerhouse Museum Picture of the Day (as recommended) 2) Sky News (UK) 3) Tate Modern 4) LibraryBytes 5) Design Hub (Powerhouse Museum). There are more that I would like to set up but I am already on their mailing lists and it would be a duplicate to get their RSS again. I have also tried to set up a news feed in my own blog and only discovered that it will give away my identity! I got rid of it straight away.









1 thing that I like about RSS is I got to have all my news in 1 place and don't need to worry about the limit of my mail box. However, I don't always get to look at the page everyday. I think it would be fun to share the news with my friends and I would like to do that for non-work stuff.







Another interesting thing about RSS is not every website has the service! I am surprised some well known organizations do not have RSS but just mailing list. I suppose it still serves the purpose of spreading the news.

In regard to using RSS for work, I think it would be good for notifying clients of our new exhibitions, new books, new services or any news (including conducting surveys or user groups). The little booklet that we got (I think it is called @ the Library) can be distributed as RSS. However, there is always the concern of the age groups of our clients. Not everyone is using RSS yet. Internally, we can also set up the RSS for Newsbreak or branch news.

I quite like the NLB Blog from the National library of Singapore. It got an interesting 'loose-leaf' design and very chatty and casual. The graphic and photos are quite funky too. I found a lot of funny blogs from librarians over the world but not that much from libraries.