Week 4 thoughts

It seems to me that adding RSS capabilities to the My Library Home Page feature of our home page would be very useful. Patrons could add their own feeds and whatever else they want. In addition to providing them with a one-stop shopping experience for all their job related information needs, it would also increase the visibility of the library since we are the providers of this service.

If the library doesn't do this I bet somebody at Mayo does it sooner or later. I envision a My Mayo page, that has all the stuff at Mayo and beyond that I need to do my job.

My thoughts on week one.

When I first read about having patrons modify the OPAC, I wasn't sure what that meant or whether it would be a good thing. But having read the articles from the first week, I see that it mostly implies patrons adding their own keywords, or reviews of materials. I see this as very useful, since I'm always reading reviews at Amazon.com, epinions.com, etc. and it helps in making a purchasing decision. I can see the med and allied health students taking to this strongly.