News my way

RSS feeds was an exciting discovery for me. I have often seen reference to it on the sites that I visit but up until now did not know what it was really referring to.

I feel using RSS feeds will be a good way for me to keep informed in the areas that interest me without having to laboriously sift through a mountain of information for me to find what I am looking for.

I lack the time to read the newspaper or watch the news on TV so subscribing to sites such as the Courier Mail, the Opal Blog, First Tuesday Book Club, Simply Recipes etc will help me zero in on what matters to me.

I can see myself accessing Bloglines on a regular basis.

Socially networking

I am currently using a social networking site called Facebook and I have found that it has connected to me to not only current friends of mine but also past people I have associated with e.g. school friends etc.

It has been a great way to stay in touch with people and be part of their lives.

I think social networking sites could be a very useful tool for libraries to use as it could reach out to people that would not necessarily access library information in other formats.

Libraries could use tools such as Facebook to promote coming events and in this way would connect to a wider audience particularly young people. They could post their newsletters and reach a whole new audience.