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RSS: Practical Uses for Professional, Personal and Patron Information
Brooklyn Public LibraryProfessional Development DayJanuary 12, 2009
Kathryn Shaughnessy, MA, MLSAssistant ProfessorInstructional Services LibrarianSenior Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning
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RSS: History & Overview
RSS is…
A growing method of distributing web-based information– RDF Site summary– Rich Site Summary – Really Simple Syndication – Really Simple Subscription
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RSS: History & Overview
RSS timeline…
• 1997-1999: scriptingNews format, designed by Dave Winer at UserLand (1997); subsequently, Winer & developers (including Dan Libby) at NetScape continue to work on RDF and xml scripts to offer standard RSS 0.91 format
• 2000: RSS 1.0 format is developed by Rael Dornfest at O’Reilly independently
• March 2002: “MetaWeblog API merges RSS 0.92 with XML-RPC to provide a powerful blogging API. “
• September 2002: Winer Develops RSS 2.0, MetaWeblog updates
• July 2003: RSS 2.0 spec, Winer “released through Harvard under a Creative Commons license “
• August 2004: “iPodders” search for a way to retrieve old blogs and audiofiles – develop RSS (Winer) and podcast software (Curry) – podcasting begins
• July 2005: iTunes supports/distributes podcasts, get 1 million subscribers in first 2 days; rises to 8,000 podcasts, 6 million listeners in one month
Hobson and Holtz Report, 8/4/2005 http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/weblog/2005/08/05/ )
RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law website, http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rssVersionHistory.html
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RSS: History & Overview
RSS evolution …
• News scripting – code to keep updates fresh
• Distributing Blogs & Podcasts
• Personal / information gathering
• Organizational information distribution (wikis & microblogging)
• Education & Distributed Learning
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RSS: History & Overview
Why do I libraries need to know about it ?
• Student ICT Literacy: requires critical thinking skills to perform the kinds of information management and research tasks necessary for academic success
• Patron ICT Literacy: RSS marks the major difference between old “static” web content and dynamic web resources
• Getting the word out: Low-cost distribution mechanism of information about library resources (ex; News, calendar, new books list, wiki updates, database/catalog searches, Journal TOCs)
• Always fresh: Facilitating up-to-date information/ research and interactive participation
• Personal/Professional growth: Life-long learning!
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Current Uses of RSS Resources @ BPL
• @ brooklynpubliclibrary.org
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Current Uses of RSS Resources @BPL
brooklynpubliclibrary.org feeds displayed in iGoogle
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Radio news and lectures (NPR)
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
– Print News & Podcast Syndication NYT
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Academic-quality lectures (Princeton University Channel)
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Journal Table of Contents Nature
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
– Library News
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
– Collection /Departmental News -- Library of Congress
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Funding Opportunities
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
– Scholarly Communication – IL Tag from CiteULike
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Serendipitous discovery through del.icio.us
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Job / Internship feeds
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Monster Job Search feed
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Current Uses of RSS Resources
Database Searches
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Practical issues for using RSS
Because wiks, podcasts & blogs are “digi-born”, one of the the best ways to keep track of these resources is by using RSS feeds to monitor activity
Utilizing RSS requires
• choosing an RSS reader
– free or fee-based
– Desktop or web-based
• inputting RSS feeds
Investment of time:
– to learn the aggregator
– to build up *your* collection of sites/feeds
– to weed out less-helpful sites over time
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Choosing an RRS Reader
Practical Questions about Choosing an RSS reader
• RefWorks built-in RSS aggregator, Search RSS feed
• MyYahoo Browser-based accounts
• iGoogle & Google Reader – personalized Google features
• Browsers: FireFox, new MSN browser
• Newsgator (www.Newsgator.com)
• Bloglines (www.bloglines.com)
Directory of readers is available through dmoz: http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Feed_Readers/
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Choosing an RRS Reader
Practical Questions about using RSS for podcasts:
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Choosing an RRS Reader
brooklynpubliclibrary.org feeds displayed in iGoogle
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Choosing an RRS Reader
GoogleReader
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Choosing an RRS Reader
Newsgator allows you to download the podcast in their compatible “FeedStation player” or you can right-click and “save-as”
Add to my podcasts
Add feeds
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Finding RSS Resources
– RSS Directories
– List-servs
– Blogs and your favorite websites
– Suggestions from others• Other faculty
• Library subject experts/ co-workers
• Patron’s with needs or expertise
• Collaborate in a wiki
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What if the resource I want doesn’t have RSS?
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What if the resource I want doesn’t have RSS?
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VOILA…RSS-ified!
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More resources on RSS
LibGuide with RSS examples: http://libguides.stjohns.edu/RSS_info
Resources discussed in this presentation: http://delicious.com/kgshaughnessy/bpl_rss
Wiki covering Web2.0 resources for librarians and faculty http://stjctl.pbwiki.com/RSS
Video on using iGoogle: http://libraries.stjohns.edu/tutorials/iGoogle_RSS/LIBLog_iGoogle.htm
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Practical RSS
Thank you for your time!
Kathryn Shaughnessy
Instructional Services Librarian