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Digital Libraries, RSS Feeds, and Podcasts

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Digital Libraries

What is a digital library? Libraries in the electronic realm Extension to broader user group Public domain material versus copyright

protected

Google Books

Created in 2002 Catalogue the world of books “Buy this Book” or “Borrow this Book” Google Books Library

Google Books

Project Guttenberg ebooks and musical scores Completely maintained by volunteers 10,000 titles in various languages

LibriVox Audio books Completely maintained by volunteers Read and upload

RSS Feeds and Aggregators

RSS Feeds and Aggregators

XML file formats Deliver updated web

content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0">

<channel><title>RSS Example</title><description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description><link>http://www.domain.com/link.htm</link><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:12:55 -0400 </lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

<item><title>Item Example</title><description>This is an example of an Item</description><link>http://www.domain.com/link.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false"> 1102345</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item>

</channel></rss>

RSS Aggregators

XML format conversion to a readable format “pulls in” updates Basic information Order from newest to oldest Title, description, link Browser-based readers Web-based readers (customizable portals)

Podcasts

Similar to RSS feeds Digital audio for your MP3 player or computer

Commercial CBC Radio, HBO, CNN

Library Arizona State University, Washington State

University

Activities

Sign up for a Google Reader To sign up “google” Google Reader and

select the link You will need an email address and user

name to sign up Look at webpages that you normally visit and

add their RSS Feeds to your aggregator

Find an RSS Feed

Click on the icon to add the RSS feed. Remember the icons may look different on different pages.

There are two ways to sign-up for the feed. You can simply click the “Add to Google Reader” and follow the instructions or copy the url above.

Add an RSS Feed

The “address” information you took from the RSS Feed page can be put in this “Add Subscription” box. Then select the “Add” button. This will add the RSS feed to your aggregator.

Add Feeds!

Go to websites you visit regularly Check if they have RSS feeds Add the feeds to your Google Reader

**Remember**

Check your reader daily instead of the website!