Week 4 RSS continued

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After searching lots of sites that I hoped would have the RSS option (and didn't), I finally found some that could be of interest, namely:

1. ABC: At the Movies
2. Choice magazine
3. Lonely Planet Travel Stories
4. New York Times Book Review
5. Powerhouse Museum Picture of the Day
6. SSO - Upcoming Events

I can see that theoretically, this technology could save much trawling through the net by delivering selected information to the viewer. This is good, especially for regularly required information such as, eg, regular weather reports, regular book reviews etc etc. But it could be a case of too much information if the searcher's needs are sporadic, eg only needing to find what's on at the Sydney Opera House in December 2008, rather that every week.
The application of the service using the Bloglines aggregator is easy, although I haven't tried the others that were suggested.
At one stage I was preparing a weekly display of "CD of the Week", for library patrons. The ABC and Triple J feeds could have been useful for receiving up to date reports of new releases, although having said that, Triple J appears to offer only RSS podcasts, rather than blog feeds.
Libraries can take advantage of RSS technology by providing useful feeds on their public catalogue site for patrons to access eg ABC news/current affairs, BBC & CNN links etc etc
I found library blogs on Mosman and Manly libraries' websites. Manly has set up 3 blogs; local studies, novel ideas and the whatever club for high school students...good idea!