Oh. I forgot.

I forgot about the prompts. You know, the specific questions I am supposed to answer in regards to these assignments.

Ahem. So. Here we go.

I think I was pretty clear with my love for RSS in the previous post. If I gain nothing else from it, I've freed up all kinds of time. Time to fold laundry, train the cat or other exercises in futility. Time. It's a nice word and a beautiful concept.

I think the feeds and subscriptions are useful for most people because of the time savings. Teachers, specialists, librarians...we're all busy people and to have to constantly surf the net to find the newest information can be such a pain. It's hard to service the public if your nose has to be constantly buried in a computer screen.

People come to libraries with certain expectations. A librarian has to be well versed in just about everything or able to get his/her hands on it quickly. Sometimes it just isn't possible to find the information at the exact moment the patron wants it, which is generally "immediately". Will feeds and subscriptions and RSS make it easier? I think it just might.

Now, I have to figure out how to apply this new knowledge to my branch and my community. I know what I like, what I enjoy, what I want to read. What subscriptions will broaden my horizons and help me to be a better public servant? To be continued...