A friend recommended a while back that I use Google Reader, so I did set it up and add some subscriptions to it but as with everything else I didn't really have time to keep up to date with it. I have revisited it now for the 23 Things course and found that one of my subscriptions has had almost 900 updates since I last looked at it and several others have had a few hundred updates. I have too many interests!
RSS apparently stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’, which I didn't know. You learn something new every day. Really Simple Syndication means that something like Google Reader can collect all the updates from your favourite sites and let you look at them in one place, ie the 'reader'. This can save you lots of time as it saves checking all of the websites individually.
Even if you publish your own website you can use RSS files to create a feed for your readers, if they subscribe to you. This is useful for libraries because they can do things like creating a new feed for additions to the online catalogue or for new events taking place.
I have added some new subscriptions to my Google Reader and I have made a resolution to use it more often!
Yes Google Reader is a great way of collating different feeds - if only we could find the time to read it. Now if someone gave me an iPad to use on the bus I wouldn't have any problem!!! Wish I had some to give away as prizes for doing 23 Things. Maybe one day we will be able to use RSS feeds on the library site. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteAn iPad would be nice, ClaraGlocke :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, it would be good if one day we could use RSS feeds on the library site. We live in hope!