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About the Library's News and Calendar Feeds

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The Library's news feed uses a data format called RSS (or a similar format called Atom) to let you automatically receive updates to the Library's News & Announcements weblog and/or a weekly list of events from our calendar, without having to regularly visit our site. "RSS" usually is said to stand for "really simple syndication." This RSS feed is an option we provide for the convenience of Library users who like to get information that way, and it's sort of like subscribing to a magazine instead of going to a store to get each issue. We also provide an email delivery option for News & Announcements.

Because RSS and Atom are forms of a data-coding method called eXtensible Markup Language, a feed offered by a site is often labeled with an icon that says XML. (Sometimes, there's a fancier icon or this symbol -- Syndicated feed icon -- instead.)

To get the Library's feed, you use an RSS reader website or program (sometimes called an aggregator) and subscribe to our feed. Some Internet service providers include a feed reader in their users' home pages.

In general, you can subscribe to a feed by pasting its Web address into the reader. Subscribing to a number of different feeds makes it easy to keep on top of news from a variety of sources.

The address of our News & Announcements feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/HomerTownshipPublicLibrary

If you have a Yahoo! account, you can add this feed to your MyYahoo! page by clicking this button: Add to My Yahoo!

If you have a Bloglines account, you can add this feed to your subscriptions by clicking this button:  Subscribe with Bloglines

A list of several other readers, as well as more information about RSS feeds, may be found on Feedburner's Feed101 page.