This week's competency is to find a RSS feed related to my field and blog. I've never used an RSS Feed before, but I have always seen them on news websites. I was surprised to see how many RSS Feeds there are when I searched. I used Google and searched for "young adult fiction rss feeds" and "public library rss feeds" and eventually found the Austin Public Library website. On the website I added Austin's public library feed and I added "Connected Youth" feed.
Both feeds offer great information on the the public library functions and programs. The main RSS feed offers general information on important dates and events while the Connected Youth feed offers more specific news on what is going on with the youth events and what is happening in the literary world pertaining to Young Adult Fiction. I really enjoy the Connected Youth feed because it gives you updates on new books being released like Stephanie Meyer's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. The feed also displays pictures of the young adult section in the library as well as pictures of current summer programs.
I have added both feeds to my blog.
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