RSS Feeds

So the task this week was to explore the world of RSS feeds. What a good way of filling in time, searching for websites that are interesting and that I want to subscribe to. Really, I could have spent all day poking about on the net, hopping in and out of sites, searching for various topics.

I subscribed to a variety of sites, ones that appealed to me for different reasons.

Unshelved  http://feeds.feedburner.com/Unshelfeed

Powerhouse Museum - Photo of the Day http://feeds.feedburner.com/PHM-PhotoOfTheDay

Andrew and Alan's Over-the-Top Adventure http://the-over-the-top-adventure.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Africa Travel Blog  http://www.uyaphi.com/blog/?feed=rss2

FBRNetwork News http://fbrnetworknews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome http://www.geekologie.com/index.xml

Libraries Interact http://librariesinteract.info/feed/

I have a couple of library related sites there (I find Unshelved to be very true to life!), Andrew and Alan's site is by a friend of mine travelling by Harley Davidson around most of Australia. FBRNetwork is an American French Bulldog rescue site, it's great to read the stories of happy endings for maltreated dogs. Geekologie looks interesting and quirky, and should be fun to follow. I dream of an African trip one day, so that one is fairly obvious. Finally, the Powerhouse Museum Photo of the Day project looks really interesting also.

The Libraries Interact site has a list of Aussie Library Blogs, some of which are informative, some are fun and quirky, and some are really out of date! I'm not really sure how RSS feeds could be used in the library, although I'm sure the tech-heads among us could come up with something. Perhaps a blog for staff to share ideas/news etc without sending emails. Maybe a site for customers to sunscribe to, with news of upcoming events and changes, new books etc. It is an area for growth, that's for sure.