I was just reading the first article assigned for this week and I found it interesting that although it has been written in 2004, it discusses the different applications of RSS feeds for the information professionals. In addition to the uses mentioned in the article (news from major news sources, libraries, new additions to the collection of a library, new journal articles) there was another thing that came to my mind. I am sure someone else would have thought about it by now, but I think that in the interest of professional development, libraries could use RSS feeds for their staff. For example, if a library (like the one I work in) has an intranet, RSS feeds could be published on the intranet from a variety of library related sources. So, maybe there could be RSS feeds from a few professional library blogs, library associations, the vendor of the ILS, etc.
Does anyone use something like this anywhere at work in a library setting for staff only? If so, who is responsible for deciding which feeds should be added and who is responsible for the maintanance of the intranet?
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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Our intranet site does make use of some feeds. Sadly, most of these are far from professional in nature, but include the weather and some special interest stuff. When the decision was made that all staff accounts would automatically feature the intranet as their homepage, many staff requested the addition of this content. The site does also include access to the obvious library news, frequently used documents, a staff directory, and job postings. Each staff member can also customize the page to some degree.
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