Technologic

Thanks to Daft Punk for the title of this post.
I am supposed to blog about some technological advancement that interests me this week.
1. Something I don't like - Site Pal. This is an application that allows one to create an animated talking head for your web site, online ad, whatever. It is creepy and weird and I don't like it. You may notice, I did not link to it...yes, you may thank me for sparing you.
2. Something I do look forward to learning more about are RSS feeds. While the prospect for being on the receiving end of the feeds doesn't excitement all that much at this point (I can surf myself, thank you very much), I think establishing a feed for various library things will be very cool. We in the Collections Department have a web site Collections Up Close that highlights recent acquisitions; I am very interested in using a RSS feed to enable us to let our patrons and other interested parties know when there is a new addition to this site (and therefore our collection). It may be a good way to keep in touch with potential donors as well as researchers.
3. I spent some quality time in the library stacks today. This served to remind me that no matter how cool some of the new fangled tools may be, nothing will replace the book. Clearly, the printing press is the most exciting technology of all time!