Hi all. Sorry about the confusion with the blog(s). I explained the
reason for switching sites on DawgBlog, and this has also had the
effect of making our internal blog (“ButlerLib”) independent, rather
than inside the other blog. But this one will still be the one where
our internal communications and announcements get posted.

This means that you’ll either need to get used to checking two blogs or else you’ll need to use an aggregator.
An aggregator collects RSS feeds and allows you to view them all from
one webpage, making it unnecessary to visit multiple websites just to
check and see if anything new has been posted. You just visit your
aggregator page, and if anything’s new on any of your sites, it tells
you! This comes in very handy if you visit a variety of websites
regularly, whether they be blogs, news sites, or even library
listservs. 🙂

One recommended aggregator is Bloglines.
It’s free and is easily configured to collect your various feeds. The
sites with new posts show up just like unread email messages, complete
with the number of them.

Another free and easy one is Google. Now you can have a “Personalized Home”
page via Google. Just click that link in the top right. You can add all
kinds of content, including your own custom sources. Just click on
“Create a Section” and paste the URL of the RSS feed you want to
subscribe to. Google does the rest, listing the latest 3/5/9 posts from
that site. It’s very easy to use and is worth a try. The end result
with this one is your own personal Google page. It still has the Google
search interface at the top, but now it also has news headlines, blog
feeds, etc., below it. A true all-in-one page.

The one caveat: right now, our blogs are set up so that you must log in
with your Butler ID to get to them. I think this will prevent you from
adding these blogs to an aggregator. If I find a way to overcome this
obstacle, I’ll post a followup article here on ButlerLib.

Scott

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