The RSS Titanic

I looked at the RSS search tools but I can't comment much on the search, because I don't have any favorite sites to search for or anything, sooo, yeah. As for how patrons could use RSS, I think there would be interest in subscribing to feeds from their favorite authors, so when a new book is about to be released, or to be added to the catalog, they could know right away. Other than that I have no ideas.

RSS=Really Super Sophisticated...

...as in NOT simple. It is a neat idea, but boy it's a good thing my smart coworker was nearby to help me figure it out. When all is said and done, if you read lots of blogs and news sites regularly, RSS is a great timesaver. I, however, don't, nor am I about to start (lack of time as always being the reason). After compiling a list of RSS feeds that I was interested in, I realized I wouldn't use RSS because, though I spend a goodly amount of time surfing the web, the surfing I do is mostly research and not the type of surfing that would be helped with RSS feeds. I could see how RSS feeds could be used at work-related tasks. Perhaps there are certain emails sent out to everyone regularly that could be RSS feeds so that people who need to see them could subscribe and those who don't wouldn't have them in their inbox.

So, on to item 8.