This is my first attempt at blogging and it has been an enjoyable experience. I am a librarian who wears several hats, one of them being a one-person-library in the orthopaedic department at a major medical center. I maintain a library for thirty residents as well as fellows, attendings and departmental staff, and I can see an immediate application for both RSS feeds and blogs. I usually send out a very informal monthly e-mail which includes library-related issues, articles of interest, research news, and anything that I think may be relevant. I know that most of my residents use gmail, but I don't think they've explored the potential of RSS feeds. I look forward to showing them how they can create feeds from orthopaedics journals, PubMed, and medical Web sites. I'm also excited at the possibility of setting up a library blog for updates.
RSS Feeds
I had used Google Reader before and I already had a few feeds on orthopaedics from Medscape and Medical News Today. I created a new feed for the Web 2.0 course, one from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and a PubMed feed for an author search. I also have a personal interest in Parkinson's disease, so I have a feed about that from Medical News Today.
