2 posts tagged “rss”

Week 11 is finished!  Library 2.0 training has flown by as most aspects of life seem to do these days.  For part one I searched nutrition on the Health Source database and put the feed into my Bloglines account with no problems.  I searched Library 2.0 for part two and also had no issues adding it to my growing list of feeds.

I think students doing a large research paper would really benefit from this service.  The alerts pretty much do the research for you and what stress ridden academic wouldn't appreciate that?  I think information on database feeds should be added to the homework help area and the teen page of hpl.ca.  We all know that the younger folk know far more than we do and would love the extra help with school work.  I have some friends working on their thesis and would have ADORED a service like this during the many months of research.

As information folk I'm sure we can find numerous uses for these feeds - regular searches made easier, curriculum based searches and so much more I'm sure!

I enjoy going into my favourites and hunting for the blogs I love to read and seeing what goodies are in store.  Since I set up my Bloglines account two weeks ago I have forgotten to check it and see what updates are available.  This could be scary...let's check and see.  Before we do, here are some of the spots I've "RSSed."

http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php - Great young adult stuff

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html?partner=rssnyt - Read with a dictionary...numerous $10 words

http://www.boingboing.net/ - Techy and strange stuff for the geek in all of us

Upon logging in I've been notified that I have 200 posts to catch up on for both Wired and Boing Boing....I'm thinking those will take me some time to get through.  I also have 14 YALSA posts and 48 New York Times Books pieces to read as well.  Not to mention the links for my usual haunts that I have naturally been reading on my own. 

I guess this is the point when I make some sort of resolution to check my Bloglines daily and use it to connect to all my favourite blogs being 2.0 savvy.  Perhaps...