I'm enrolled in a continuing education course offered by the Medical Library Association on Web 2.0 tools. I will be answering assigned questions weekly.

Week One:
How do you think you could use RSS feeds at your library? How do you think patrons could use RSS feeds?

I am an Associate at the National Library of Medicine, so we are in a special situation. I am pleased to see that NLM is offering PubMed results by RSS Feed. It was definitely helpful to be assigned that as I can now show that as an option for patrons in the Reading Room. I think RSS Feeds are mainly useful at NLM as a tool to suggest to very savvy patrons. NLM has a very limited number of patrons, so it may not be that heavily a used tool. I will, however, keep it in mind when I work at a different library next year.