#5 Feeding the Monster

I have never used RSS readers or feeders as i'm not much of a farmer. I do like how it updates and keeps all the new content readily available for me, but sometimes i don't have the time to even check that. So i may end up having alot of stored up new content to skim over regardless of what site i visit. The only benefit i can see is if the RSS keeps your content past the experation date of the site that hosts it. i know with come news articles as soon as it's old it's archived or removed to make room for new content. This would save the trouble of searching archived material. The three i subscribed to was Dilbert, Lio, and Anandtech.com. I may use it more if i find or read other sites for information. I do also like how they have a mobile way of sending out feeds so that people can get there information on the run. I believe the biggest benefit the library would have about using RSS feeds is maybe in support to library events. Examples being Childrens story time and teen events. This way people don't have to dig for events but can have what events they want to attend sent to them. Or maybe being used as a "new" book list update once a week for those that want to know whats hitting out shelves on what days and want to reserve a copy before it does. All in all i'm pleased with learning about them just a little even if i don't pursue the use of them in the future.