Feed me Seymour... Feed Me!!!

Ok, RSS feeds... I quite like them! At the previous library where I worked I had a lot to do with setting up the library's website and we had quite a few RSS feeds in the "ready reference" section. There were a few different news links - Aust news, Euro news, Asia news, etc., plus I think we had sports news and a couple of others. My favourite was a "quirky news" feed which had offbeat news items from around the world and was usually a good laugh. We kept stats of the number of hits to these RSS feeds and I seem to remember that they used to get a reasonably healthy number of clicks each month. If used in the right way, I think RSS feeds can definitely add value to a library website and hopefully encourage return visitors.

I've had a Bloglines account for a while now. I was inspired to get one after the Helen Blowers seminar held at the State Library last year. I probably don't look at it as often as I should, but I aim to make a concerted effort to check it more often from now on.

My Bloglines currently has the following feeds:

Bloglines News
Comes as a default feed and gives updates on what's happening with Bloglines. I haven't really looked at this much to be honest.

Powerhouse Museum: Photo of the Day
I added this the other day as per our "Discover" task. The first image it sent was "Mandala" which I quite liked, but none of the others since have really grabbed me.

Learning 2.1
This is pretty cool. I've found links to a few good websites here that I'd never heard of before.

TechCrunch
Again, there are links here to some really interesting looking websites.

Wired: Top Stories
You can get some interesting news stories here. Keeps you up to date with developments in the online world.

ABC News: Just In
I like to try and keep up to date with what's going on in the real world too.

The Shifted Librarian
This was one of the first librarian blogs I came across. Again I've found some interesting websites and news articles here.

Unshelved
I like to catch my daily dose of life at the Mallville Public Library.

City of Canterbury: Library Events
Keep up to date with what's happening at one of the busiest library services in Sydney.

BBC Dr Who News
Best place to get all the official news of what's happening with the world's greatest TV show.

Outpost Gallifrey: Dr Who News
Best place for all the unofficial news including gossip and rumours about the new season, plus updates on Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures.

I've also added a couple of feeds to my blog.
They're just up there to the right...

Cyclic Defrost
"Australia’s only specialist electronic music magazine. We cover independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and leftfield hip hop. We have no interest in fashion spreads, alcohol or clothing advertising, nor do we accept advertising in the guise of editorial." - so no Delta Goodrem here folks!

BBC Dr Who News
You can get never have too much Dr Who in your life.