Lesson #8

Discovery Exercise #1:
With 50 million blogs in the U.S., RSS feeds seem vital to manage it all.

Discovery Exercise #2:
I subscribed to Google Reader because I did not want to wait for a verification email from Bloglines (which has yet to arrive).

Discovery Exercise #3:
I subscribed to these five:
Chronicle.com - Today... (1)
CNN.com - Politics (4)
EKU Library Learning 2.0 (8)
Huffington Post Full ...
NYT > Opinion (10)

Questions:
What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
They are an excellent gathering tool for those who explore multiple blogs.

How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?
For example, as the political season has already begun, these readers make it much easier to keep up with what the candidates are doing.

How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?
One way librarians can use RSS is simply to keep professionally up-to-date.