In order to implement the usage of RSS feeds, an account is required with a newsreader site. You then connect the reader site to websites that you want updates from. All updated information from these sites is sent to your reader account, therefore you only need to look in one site for these updates. Most sites that have a URL address are accessible to subscribe to.
One benefit of libraries giving client’s access to RSS feeds is the ease of gathering vast quantities of current information on any topic or interest imaginable.
Another benefit for the library as a receiver of RSS feeds, is up to date circulation of relevant information which is sent from other library websites and networks. One such site, Librarian.net, recently posted an article ‘To every reader their …ebook?’ giving a link to ‘May a library lend e-book readers?’ (Hirtle, 2010). This article discusses the position libraries find themselves in relation to the legalities of loaning ebooks and therefore is important information for all libraries.
Librarian.net (2010, June 23rd). To every reaer their ... ebooks? Retrieved 27th June 2010, from http://www.librarian.net/
Hirtle, Peter (2010, June 20th). May a library lend e-book readers? Retrieved 27th June 2010, from http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2010/06/may-a-library-lend-e-book-readers.html
