In Which: Fatty Kitty says "If a Cat can, you can."

Fatty Kitty is going to tell you a secret. Despite all my griping, I've been taking advantage of those RSS feeds, especially for putting holds on new knitting books that my Librarian loves so well. And despite misgivings that I won't be the only Greedy Gus after I expose my little habit, I'm going to tell you how to get the newest books, CDs, and DVDs at the Flathead County Library. Follow my instructions to the letter. I am not responsible for loose paws on the keyboard!

Go to the Flathead County Library website (hereinafter known as FCL; a lot less typing for my kitty paws.)

In the upper right-hand corner, you'll see a link to "New Arrivals." Click it.

Up comes a page with links to all the different media that FCL collects (known as a collection, right?) Again, in the upper right-hand corner, you'll see a small menu square with the title "Library Info." The second choice is "RSS Feeds." Click it.

Now you're on a MT Government page. There are lots of choices for RSS feeds at this point. About a third of the way down the left-hand column, you'll find FCL's link to all their feeds. Click it.

Aha! What riches! DVDs! CDs! (I prefer bird calls...t ch tch tch...o bother, don't get me started!) New books in fiction and non! Click whichever you prefer (I preferred all.) After this you'll have to follow the directions for your browser and RSS feeder. I'm sure you have the wit to figure it out...eventually. If a Cat can, you can.

Now, the best is, that whenever FCL gets a new whatever, it comes right to your computer. You click on your feeds, you look at the new stuff, and YOU PUT IT ON HOLD RIGHT THERE! See? What did Fatty Kitty tell you? And you'll probably be first in line, except for maybe those technical processing folks down in the basement. Oh well, they are in the basement, so we'll let them have their fun.

Now, you ask, O Fatty Kitty, why did you make it so difficult? Couldn't you just give us the link? No, no, no, you drooling puppies, I could not. I have to have a little fun with my treasure hunt, don't I? And you know how I love to make people run around in all directions, don't you? Well, you do now.

You probably have another question (tiresome of you, but oh so typical). Why, Fatty Kitty, do you want to get knitting books for your Librarian? It's not the books, silly, it's that after she reads them she always buys some new balls of yarn! Maiow!