RSS feed

http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.au%2Fblogsearch_feeds%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmegalong%2Bbooks%2Bleura%26ie%3Dutf-8%26output%3Datom

Okay, so this worked from Google Reader but not from my feeds on Bloglines. Can anyone help me here please?

RSS feed

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs_display?sub=73380657&site=14288295
This hasn't worked.. I'll have to master this activity.

RSS feed

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/

More RSS

I didn't find the Bloglines Quick Picks very useful, not did I have success in finding too many library blogs. I wanted to add Mid Mountains Community News site but that like so many other sites didn't have RSS feeds. This one would have been useful in my work to keep me upto date on local happenings. Still, I expect I'll add more useful feeds as I get further into this technology.

RSS

I didn't know what RSS was so this was all new to me. I've now watched the YouTube introduction twice and asked our splendid Support Services librarian if I was heading in the right direction. Now I've added at least 5 RSS feeds to my bloglines account and I think I could get addicted. No I won't, as I do have customers to attend to and a husband who doesn't want me glued to a pc when I go home. I've added feeds including the Powerhouse Museum's picture of the day(this one I will try to look at regularly),ABC News:Top Stories, Eastman NH, Living in Vancouver,The Root and a few others. Some I will delete when I've looked at them again if I think they're not worth keeping. As much as it was fun subscribing it was also time consuming checking the sites out and getting carried away! I've looked at so much more on the Internet since I began this training. (is this a good sign?!) For libraries I think the use of this technology for promoting our services, book reviews and events would be great.I'm sure there are customers out there who would love it. I have now added blogs from Sutherland and Rockdale Libraries. Rockdale is similar set up to our Readers in the Mist although without the humour! I must agree with other comments that Sutherland has clear tabs, the blue on white with blue tones is fresh looking, almost ocean like (for where they are situated).

Fairmont Resort, Victoria, Vancouver Island

High tea at the Empress Fairmont in Victoria, Vancouver Island was worth every cent!

Covered bridge, New Hampshire

This is one of the many covered bridges that we saw while we were visiting the beautiful New Hampshire, USA. This one is very close to where we were staying in Lebanon, NH. (Yes, you've read correctly, Lebanon)

Boston Duck Tour

This has been quite a journey and now I hope I've got it.

Vancouver Public Library

Vancouver Public Library

Tricky little Flickr! I had more luck posting a picture from Flickr just now whereas on Friday I had to resort to entering the URL.The difference being that today's photo of the HUGE VPL was from my camera and and saved to My Photostream on Flickr. Friday's photo of the Boston Duck Tour was from Flickr. I'll try again...

Boston Duck Tour

When recently in Boston I went on a Duck Tour to see the many wonderful sights of Boston. The tour also takes the "bus" into the Charles River which is a bit of an adventure and some fun. There's supposed to be a photo here but I haven't been successful in posting a picture from Flickr. I'll try again!

Boston

I had some quiet times today (was it the cold weather or the Olympics to watch or Childrens' Book Week parades to attend?) so I was able to have a look at Technorati. Checked out some of the sites under politics and libraries. Gosh, there's heaps there. Looking at a posting about Boston reminded me of the wonderful time I had there in June this year. A place filled with history, friendly people and I was rather keen for my daughter to study there so that we'd have an excuse to visit again!

I'm just discovering this blog stuff as part of the Learning 2.0 program although prior to the program I have checked out our Blue Mountains Library blog, our library manager's blog and the Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre Community News & Events site. This week I've looked at the examples given to us of other library blogs - Southern Tablelands (which interested me because I love that region), Sutherland (bright and clear) - country versus city here! By the time I complete this training I plan to be more confident and more convinced that there's a real need for all these tools.