[Web4lib] RSS usage

[Thomas Dowling]

David Walker wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> At Cal State San Marcos we are thinking about utilizing RSS in a big way
> with a module that can create on-demand feeds for any journal,
> newspaper, or user conducted search via our federated search system.
> 
> It all sounds very cool.  But my question is this:  Does anyone have a
> sense of how many users in academic libraries are actually taking
> advantage of RSS?  I've done an informal survey of a few faculty and
> students here, and most don't even know what RSS is, let alone use it.
> 

FWIW, Internet Explorer 7 is expected to have a built-in RSS reader
(wherever did they get that idea?).  So the number of people with a
reader at their fingertips will go up once the upgrade is available.

-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu