I explored the discovery resources, which provided me with a better understanding of what RSS feeds do and how I might use newsfeeds. I created a blogline and subscribed to 10 feeds, including the NYT Book Review, knitting, and other news and information sites.
I found the process to be fairly simple, but in some cases I felt the instructions from 2.0 lesson were not entirely clear. Christine was helpful in getting me on track with the sharing apsect of the blogroll, but it was a little too time consuming and somewhat frustrating. I think in general the instructions should be tested first against the display, an make sure that they make sense and are clear--especially for those who are not techni savvy.
As for the RSS and newsreadres, I think this techonology is really great, and can really reduce the amount of time spent viewing various webpages. The best part of this techonology is the elimination of spam and other junk mail. I know that several libraries are using RSS feed, but I am not sure what the real benefit is, outside of getting various news and information in a summary format. I don't think that most edu/library website hae advertisement spam, but I would be interested in seeing some concrete examples that I could apply to a special collections blog.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/danelle
One of best special collection blogs I have found is from the Univeristy of Oregon
http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/ I would like to create something similar for special collections.
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Your blog is great! Here is the url of the blog of the Archives of the Sandusky Library if you would care to take a look:
http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/search?q=moss+library
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