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RSS and Libraries
Michelle MisnerNYLA ConferenceOctober 19, 2007
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Contents
What is RSS? What content is RSS-ified? How are libraries using RSS? Why should I subscribe to RSS feeds? How do I subscribe to feeds? How do I find feeds? How do I search feeds?
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What is RSS? Stands for “Really Simple
Syndication” Content from the Web which is
parsed into an XML, RSS or RDF file Can only be read with a news
aggregator or news reader Can’t be read in a browser on its own Look for the orange XML button or
the Firefox RSS icon
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Sample RSS code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>New Databases at NYPL</title> <description>List of recent additions to the Databases and Indexes subscription and free databases at The New York Public Library</description> <copyright>Copyright The New York Public Library</copyright> <link>http://www.nypl.org/rss/databases.xml</link> <image> <url>http://www.nypl.org/databases/images/onsite.gif</url> <title>The New York Public Library</title> <link>http://www.nypl.org/rss/databases.xml</link> </image>
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RSS Examples News Feed – NY Times http://
www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/index.html
Blogs – Library blogs http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki
Podcasting – WNYChttp://www.wnyc.org/podcasting/
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RSS Examples II Subscription Databases
http://www.library.wisc.edu/alerts/rss-alert-guides.html
E-Journals Table of Contentshttp://library.usask.ca/ejournals/rss_feeds.php
Government Agencieshttp://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml
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RSS Examples III Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rss/ Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us RSS Feed for Search Terms
http://search.msn.com/docs/help.aspx?t=SEARCH_PROC_UseRSStoSaveanMSNSearchQuery.htm
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How are libraries using RSS? Promote Events, New Databases,
Selected Internet Linkshttp://www.nypl.org/rss/
Small Business Feed from The New York Timeshttp://smallbiz.nypl.org
New York Times Book Reviews http://www.nypl.org/branch/books/
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Libraries and RSS Catalog, Book Lists, Events http://
www.hclib.org/pub/search/RSS.cfm Research Guides Updates
http://www.kclibrary.org/rss/ Del.icio.us Research Guides
http://library.southernct.edu/physbib.htm
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Why should I subscribe? Browsing the Web is obsolete Make the Web work for you by having
the content come to you Keep up-to-date in your areas of
interest Saves time checking sites for updates Manage discussion lists: http://
www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?p=74
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How do I subscribe? Find a News Reader and download the
software OR use a Web-based News Readerhttp://tinyurl.com/5gl6
Set up a Bloglines account http://www.bloglines.com/
Set up a My Yahoo! account Add a Live Bookmark in the Firefox
browser
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3 Steps to Adding Feeds
1. Find the feed in your topic of interest2. Click on the feed URL3. Copy and paste the URL into your news
reader
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How do I find feeds? Syndic8
http://www.syndic8.com Blogstreet http://
www.blogstreet.com/rssdiscovery.html News is Free
http://www.newsisfree.com List of Directories
http://allrss.com/rssdirectories.html
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How do I search feeds? Feedster
http://www.feedster.com Technorati
http://www.technorati.com Blogdigger
http://www.blogdigger.com/index.html List of Search Engines
http://allrss.com/rsssearch.html
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RSS Tutorials RSS Video
http://tametheweb.com/2007/09/tonight_in_lis768_blogs_rss.html
Tufts University – Overview Tutorial http://www.library.tufts.edu/ginn/tutorials/webfeeds/index.html
Bloglines for Librarianshttp://joy.mollprojects.com/myprojects/rss/quickrss.html
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Resources RSS 4 Libraries Blog
http://www.rss4lib.com Bibliography re: blogging and RSS
in Librarieshttp://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?page_id=93
RSS Compendiumhttp://allrss.com/index.html