#8- RSS and newsreaders

http://www.bloglines.com/public/Cambie is my public Blogline account link.
I've been working with RSS readers since January 2007 when I found out that the ILLiad Customer Service Interface was going to add an RSS component in the next upgrade. At the time, the OCLC Help Desk pointed me to newsreaders that required me to download software to my desktop and then have to upgrade to newer versions. Bloglines is a lot easier and accessible from any computer. That's a big plus. Now, to the questions at hand:

What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?
The convenience. As the video in the training pointed out- it comes to you so you don't have to access the websites to get the information you want.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?
I see me using this more in my work life. My work is so tied to computers that my off-time is usually off-line. I can see entries from Library Journal that I'm interested in. Wall Street Journal runs a column on recommended books. Many of them are no longer in print so there will be ILL requests from all across the country for the few libraries that still have these books on their shelves. It's good to get forewarning. There are some ILL-related blogs that I don't access on a frequent basis. This will help me keep up with those blogs.
How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?
At JPL, we already are. If you use ILL, you can get notifications that your book has come in via RSS. JPL also has other RSS feeds available:http://jpl.coj.net/res/rssfeeds/index.html They help keep customers informed about new services and library programming.