As I was jumping around gmail reader, starting with Unshelved which I have followed for a number of years, I found a great box next to the Feed you are looking at called "More like this.." This is a great tool to find sites that may interest you. Most will not grab you but there are some which will surprise you. I found 2 websites that I created a RSS feed from called Library Stuff and LIS news: -the Cream of the Crop. Library Stuff is American based weblog for Library development but posts headlines about libraries. Some are surprising, like one of my favourites, 'Stick to lending Books, suburb mayor tells library'. LIS news is more world wide and can be fun as well.
Some RSS feeds are about news reports, which a lot of people now use instead of reading the headlines. these feeds provide headlines as they come available so people feel more up to date. One which I found interesting was not run by one of news services which a lot are, but by Library Interact and it provides headlines which you can then read more if they grab you. The name of the RSS Feed is called Citation from -Library Interaction which you find though Google reader.
One Feed that I could not pass was the National Library of Australia - Library news and events. This is a great Australian based one that tells what is happening here.
These are just ones that I have looked around in a short time, I am sure there are more out there that I will love or like better than these. More come out all the time and any library could have one to promote and interact with staff and community.
Those feeds sound interesting i am going go check them out! Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe Citation feed from Library Interaction that you mention sounds interesting. I didn't have any luck finding it though - do you have the URL for it?
ReplyDeleteLibrary Ninja Down Under, here is the URL: http://librariesinteract.info/wp-content/plugins/citation-aggregator/citation-aggregator-rss.php
ReplyDeleteI think news feeds are a good idea. Gotta be better than the stuff we get on telly and the radio. Must add a couple.
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