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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">From: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Dave Ewick </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:dewick@southfieldlibrary.org"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"><FONT face=Calibri>dewick@southfieldlibrary.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"><FONT face=Calibri> <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><B>To: </B></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"><FONT face=Calibri>michlib-l@mail.mcls.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"><FONT face=Calibri> <BR><B>Sent: </B>Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:18:28 PM<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><B>Subject: </B>Blog Aggregators<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica"><FONT face=Calibri>When Google Reader died I shed a tear or two. I never found another blog aggregator I really liked. Google Reader was so simple to set up and then let run - I just read the items I liked and skipped the rest. Now I find I'm missing out on things I used to keep up with easily and want to start following several blogs again. So, for those of you who read many blogs, what are you using? Any & all suggestions are welcomed. - Dave</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>I've been really happy with Feedly (</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://feedly.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>http://feedly.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>). I use it mainly on my phone and iPad. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>- Matt Church, Director at Berkley Public Library</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri>I too was an avid Google Reader fan. I have been using Feedly. I use it on my phone and iPad, as well as my browser on my desktop at work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They have made improvements to make it more like Google Reader. - Erin Schmandt<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Calibri>My favorite is Feedly. I used to use Google Reader as well and it was an easy transition when I had to move the feeds over.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- Kathryn Ribant-Payne, Programming Specialist at Sterling Heights Public Library<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>I have substituted </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://theoldreader.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>theoldreader.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri> . I don't like the name and it lacks the feature that allows you to just e-mail things, but oh well....<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- Gail Powers-Schaub, Library Director at Baker College </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri>Great question!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I'm curious to hear any suggestions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I started a Feedly account when this unfortunate incident happened.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Feedly is adequate, but not great.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I've run into a few glitches when trying to subscribe to some of the same sites I subscribed to with Google.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, there's some inconsistencies with displaying some images. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- Kimberly Schaaf, Librarian at Springfield Twp. Library <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Use feedly! I really enjoy it; it just takes a little bit to get use to. -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vicki Kouchnerkavich, Youth Services Supervisor at Henika District Library (AW)<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri>I just started using Blog Lovin', but haven't used it enough yet to decide if I like it or not. – Syntha Green</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face=Calibri>I have seen positive reviews of </FONT><A href="http://theoldreader.com/%20%20%20"><FONT face=Calibri>The Old Reader</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri>. Some other similar tools are Pulse, AOL Reader, Digg Reader, and Flipboard.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hope that is helpful! - Ashley Rosener, Grand Valley State University<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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