Blogs and Blog Readers
On her Zapier blog, Vicky Cassidy explains that a RSS is:
“… a file that most websites update with their newest blog posts, videos, deals and more, so you can "subscribe" to sites and have new content automatically pushed to you. Instead of checking the 40 websites you follow, you can just open an RSS reader app and see what's new on all of those sites together.”
She notes that feed readers that are a great tool for following your favorite sites.
The following is a chart from www.zapier.com that lists what they consider to be to top RSS apps on the market today.
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App
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Best for:
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Price
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Platform
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Building a personalized newsfeed
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Free; $7/mo.
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Web, iOS, Android
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Feedbin
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Advanced search
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$3/mo.
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Web
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Predictive article filtering
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Free; $2/mo.
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Web, iOS, Android
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Advanced feed organization
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$1.60/mo.
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Web, iOS
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Long term content archiving
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Free; $1.25+/mo.
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Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone
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Customizing your RSS reader
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Free
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Self-hosted
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I decided to try out Feedly. I liked the fact that I was given the option of linking the account with my Google one- I really do like have everything connected. Aside from convenience having everything connected allows for efficiency in the future. Instead of stumbling around the web trying to remember which site provided x-thing, it is all grouped together, which will make it easier for me to function as a librarian.
I don’t know about my fellow educators but I find myself super stressed nearly all the time. As a result, the majority of the blogs that I’ve selected to highlight are funny and witty. Bloggers like Rita Meade have a biting humor while at the same time function as learning oppurtunities..
This Brooklyn based librarian writes quirky and amazingly funny entries about her life as librarian. Her posts are blissfully short- ain’t nobody got time for lengthy posts when there’s books to be shelved and reference questions to be answered. She is also very knowledgeable when it comes to books for children, which would aid me as a librarian when trying to find the right book for patrons. (Try as one might, we can’t read all the books on our shelves.)
John Schumacher, a.k.a. Mr. Schu, is a school librarian based out of Oak Brook, Ill. I became a fangirl of his after seeing him at this year’s Region One Conference. I didn’t win a book, but his enthusiasm was infectious. His love for children’s books is reflected in his many posts and is a great resource for librarians.
This blog is chockfull with pictures of beautiful, eye-catching and even quirky displays that are meant to catch people’s attention and lure them into checking out books. The blog also has a section with a list of helpful websites that will further help librarians attempting to make their library displays more visually appealing.
I became a fan of Besty Bird a few semesters ago when I had to write a mini-research paper on her. Bird is brilliantly witty and extremely knowledgeable about children’s literature.
This one is just purely humorous. It contains gif after gif of bitingly funny observations that librarians would never dare say in the presence of patrons, but absolutely think and share with co-works over a nice cold glass of iced coffee.
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