Activity 19: Productivity: more ways with RSS

This activity wasn't quite as useful as some of the others. RSS in itself is a filtering tool, and to have to filter further would only be useful to someone who had a specific need. So I can see the benefits of its use for serious researchers who might want to further filter sites they are already subscribing to via RSS. Hence, RSS filtering (eg. by FeedRinse, FilterMyRss or FeedSifter) would be be applicable in a tertiary library, government department library or medical library for example, but not so much in a public library setting. Perhaps librarians researching a specific topic relevant to their work might also use an RSS filter.
I did set up an alert for my Regional Council website 'vacancies' page, as I am constantly monitoring it incase there is a library job advertised I can apply for! Hopefully I will now receive an alert via email.
I haven't organised my feeds in any way. I simply scroll through them and scan to see what I might like to delve further into. I quite like doing this.

Activity 4: RSS

I now have a google reader account and RSS feeds to 5 sites. I was familiar with the concept of RSS (I have even mentioned it in some of my assignments!). However, until actually adding a feed to a site it was all just theory. I am just getting soooooo tech savvy. Well....maybe not quite, but I definitely am getting more confident.
I think having a library news blog with an RSS feed would be a great benefit to the library I visit. I am not wanting to be critical and I am sure it is just a matter of those working in the library not having enough hours in the day to do half of what they would like to do.
On to the next activity.
Cheers