News feeds

Feedster - the link wouldn't open for me

Topix.net - I added the top stories news feed because sometimes it's handier to scan headlines than browse articles. But when I started to browse comments, I lost my faith in humanity again. An article on the tragic school shooting in Illinois brought up all the nastiest bickering about gun control. I think maybe I will just stick to the articles.

Syndicate - a bit too technical for me. I had no idea to start here but poked around and came up with a lot of technical gibberish. I finally found a feed I wanted and figured out how to add it to Bloglines, but I can see how confusing this might be for many people.

Google Blog Search - I typed "library" in and got an awful lot of blogs mentioning library, but not many actually focusing on libraries. Maybe if I played abound with the advance search, I could find more, but I was lazy. I can see how this might be handy, but how many people actually search for blogs? Usually we stumble upon the ones we like and want to keep reading.

Technorati - Similar to Topix.net, lots of articles with people saying whatever they feel like. I don't like having to click on the blurb and then click on the link to the article. Why can't it just take me straight to the article? I don't care about what all the web crawlers have to say about it.

Library Weblogs - I found a few with LISWiki that might be helpful, but the ones on The Blogging Libraries Wiki seemed too specific. It might be interesting to peek in on what the Seattle Friends are doing, or what programs the main library in Portugal is putting on, but I don't see any purpose in subscribing to their blogs.

I think patrons might enjoy getting news from their favorite sites. If the library wanted to start a blog, the best ideas might be one advertising upcoming programs and one on book picks and/or new books.