Patrons can use RSS too.

RSS Feeds are not just helpful for librarians. They can help patrons as well. Library ELF is a tracking software for patrons which allows them to receive an e-mail or RSS feed regarding their library account. The system also allows the patron to combine information from more than one library. The RSS feed or e-mail will contain information about holds, items that are coming due and other items that you have checked out. It also enables family members to combine cards into one e-mail. This will make it a lot easier to keep up with the books everyone in the family has checked out.

There is a problem with this, however. If you are using a web-based RSS reader like Bloglines, it may be publishing your library card number and other personal information to the web. If you have an RSS reader on you computer like Onfolio from Microsoft, you won’t have that issue. It may not be wise to use RSS feeds to send private information over the web.