RSS feeds for libraries

Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week
New and newly-discovered Web sites for librarians and everyone else, updated every Thursday morning. See more resources on our site, http://lii.org/.

Library Grants http://librarygrants.blogspot.com
For librarians interested in grant opportunities!

The Shifted Librarian
Shifting Libraries at the speed of byte!

Resource Shelf

and..of course Allegany County Library System RSS in the PAC!!!

RSS and Bloglinest

About a year or so ago, the library PAC had a feature added to it that allowed people to create an RSS feed for particular searches. So, when the next Eoin Colfer or Janet Evanovich book comes out, patrons can get an alert in their Bloglines.

It is a neat exercise to set up Bloglines and then subscribe to different feeds. Takes all the work out of seeking out stories about hobbies and interests by bringing those things in to me.

I have set up lots of subscriptions to RSS feeds in the PAC, but also enjoy feeds about movies, knitting, gadgets, and NASCAR.

IPhone

This week's technology story has to be the release of the new Apple IPhone! People lining up on the streets, sleeping in chairs on the streets of New York in front of the stores? Sigh! Everybody likes to be first.

It truly is pretty cool looking. I've seen some demos on tv this week of the features. Here's the official web site, if y'all would like to learn more.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Flikr maps

http://www.flickrmap.com/

Visit TRIPPERMAPS to see photos of people around the world. I may never make it to Greece, but I can click on pictures to visit there virtually!

Star Wars Celebration IV

For the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, I traveled with my family to Los Angeles for Star Wars Celebration IV. I found this photo on Flickr of Darth Vader outside the L.A. Convention Center.

The Library Weekly

Breaking new ground! I had this idea to create a place where patrons can visit to find out about our new stuff, but also to post the great new multimedia that we are producing. The children's librarians have all been recorded doing online storytime, so my next step is to get those videos posted on this blog. Week 2 of 23 things has prodded me to get things going by creating a blog where all of these ideas and creations can live.

But, I still need to keep working to get a handle on the layout! So far, I'm having fun playing with the features and getting to know blogging.