Week 4, Thing #9

I use MERLIN almost every day - it's a great site to keep up to date on new technologies and to learn about what is happening around Maryland. I belong to several different MERLIN groups and am alerted each time a specific thread is updated. The Western Maryland Public Libraries regional training calendar is also on MERLIN - I try to keep that up to date so that people in Western Maryland can see what training is being offered.

Probably the most useful portion of the MERLIN site are the Learning Links. From podcasting to gaming to online learning, these links aggregate useful information about these timely topics.

Speaking of aggregating, the search tools within Bloglines and some of the other search tools like Feedster really enable you to go out and build feeds on a particular subject or on a variety of subjects. I've also found a number of feeds by just browsing the web or through groupings on other blogs or websites.