Every librarian should read these articles by drew. They offer both reasons to read and reasons to offer syndication(RSS) files.

Uses of RSS

RSS has already been put to a number of fascinating and imaginative uses, which will hopefully continue to grow healthily into the future. What follows is a list of some of the current (non-library) applications of syndication technologies, beginning with the more popular.

Uses of RSS Part 2: benefits for all WWW users

Here I consider the benefits of RSS along three themes: Convenience, Connecting and Getting the very latest.

Uses of RSS Part 3: benefits for libraries

Building on the Uses of RSS, this article considers some of the benefits particular to special libraries.