Here’s a scenario…friendly Librarian Lisa is standing outside the door of the library every day, with a sandwich board and a stack of flyers to hand out. Think NYC street corners - but without the 90% off banners and flyers littering the road.
Stay with me, here’s where it gets good (and somewhat relevant).
She’s doing her best to hand everyone a flyer – they are advertising the good stuff we do…storytime programs, new book lists, community service meetings, legal reference – it’s ALL good stuff and you MUST take a flyer. “Please??!!” she says, waving her arms frantically.
Some take pity on her and take one. Others mumble at her under their breaths. Some ask her out for a coffee and sandwich.
RSS is the sandwich board/flyer approach of Library 2.0. We can PUSH our message to everyone who wants it; and politely ignore those who decline. Those to want to stay in touch with our happenings can get the best we have to offer in an easy to read format.
I’ve registered for Google Reader (go Google, go Google…). I like it, although they’ve found a way to sneak in ads underneath some posts. (bad Google, bad Google...).
Newsreaders can be addictive and it’s easy to subscribe to everything. “I’ll take one of THOSE and one of THOSE, and add one of THOSE too!” Before you know it, your Newsreader looks like the front page of the Times. Not necessarily a bad thing, I suppose.
I've grown pretty fond of my Google Reader page and I'm happy to hang up the sandwich board. Viva la RSS!
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