I used Google Reader to subscribe to two RSS feeds: NEJM and JAMIA.
I understand that some librarians find it helpful to use readers to scan their environment and stay on top of trends. I wish I felt like this would be a worthwhile investment of my time most days. As my job gets busier, I have had to give up reading my favorite listserv summaries daily, which I miss. Something has to go when one is prioritizing one’s tasks, and reading mass distributed RSS feeds and listserv summaries is a reasonable time-sucking daily task to cut, in my opinion.
On the other hand, one hates to become a laggard on the new adopter front in the technology arena. I guess taking the occassional class on new technologies is the best compromise I can reach.
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