RSS Feeds and Blogs

Libraries can use the RSS feeds for new acquisitions, as London Public Library is currently doing.

Using readers to collect the latest information from blogs could save time in checking them frequently. However, time is at a premium and most people can not spend time looking at material which does not impact their job. The problem would be to find blogs or RSS feeds which have a narrow enough focus so that all items would be of interest. Very difficult to achieve, unless it is a blog created and used within your area of the the workplace.

I could see using it for projects which a group was going to work together on. All members of the group would need to participate in posting - rather than just one or two people carrying the load. It would be of some use for personal reading on topics of interest.