I love the convenience of RSS readers. I already have several subscriptions and scan through my list frequently to see if there is anything new and review the subjects to see if it is something I want to read about. Although I do enjoy and rely on this type of news service, I do worry that people are limiting their world to specific key words and may miss out on a lot of new information that may be underdevelopment.
I use RSS feeds almost daily to keep up on library news, changes in technology and fun stuff – cartoons, odd news, and other things to break up the routine of the day. RSS feeds are a great way to stay up to date on current events in any field of employment not just the library field. Every field has its own specialists and many are very willing to share their experience and expertise.
I have used “My Yahoo” for probably about a year now and am very comfortable with that, but I do think the Google Reader was probably easier to add sources to than My Yahoo is. I still prefer the My Yahoo display style because it shows the subject of the blog entry and how long ago the item was posted with older items automatically rolling off the list. I prefer this view so I can see the subject people are writing about not just the fact that they have written something which saves me even more time deciding what entries I may want to read.
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