Additional thoughts on RSS

I am new to the RSS game. In terms of using RSS as a source of information such as recent news, I prefer to look for my own information which I know is relevant. While RSS feeds deliver information up to the minute, I don't really have any reason to know any particular information before it hits the newspapers and TV braodcasts.

I understand that some people might have really unique interests and information needs and as the number of blogs and websites has become exponential, having the information from specific sites and blogs that one wants to track accessible in one place makes sense. Still, relying on specific sources can limit research. Who knows what new sites or blogs on a topic might be published.


I do appreciate the use of RSS as we are using it in this course for keeping track of the postings of a community be it students taking a course or a team of librarians or researchers. If these blogs contain links to sources of information that collegues have found reliable and informative then it could be a great resource.