I have been using RSS feeds on my personal blog for a year or two now. My favorites have been Astronomy Picture of the Day (the source of many of the wallpapers on the computer), Unshelved Comic, Dilbert Comic, and the Daily Show with John Stewart. Anything that allows me to be more lazy or efficient I like. My personal blog is on LiveJournal and it has a convenient way to have a page that lists all your friends blogs, RSS feeds, and other communities of interest all on the same page. Bloglines seems to have a lot of features, but it's not very straight forward (which could be intimidating to people who just want something that will simply give them their updates). I sometimes find some RSS feeds to be a little overwhelming if they make more than five posts in a day (If you are subscribed to more than 10 feeds it can get overwhelming quickly).
The best uses for RSS in the library are update patrons on new databases, upcoming events, and new books (if there was a way to set a specific search option, like Google News Alerts, it could be really popular).
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