basics of rss
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Basics of RSS. Let the information come to you!. Agenda. What is RSS? Why do I need it? Where do I start? Feed readers Collecting feeds Organizing feeds Sharing your feeds Starter feed list Tips and tricks. What is RSS?. Really Simple Syndication - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Basics of RSS
Let the information come to you!
Agenda
• What is RSS?• Why do I need it?• Where do I start?• Feed readers• Collecting feeds• Organizing feeds• Sharing your feeds• Starter feed list• Tips and tricks
What is RSS?
• Really Simple Syndication
• Allows for publication of online materials
• Free• Uses XML
Why do I need it?
• Confused?• Overwhelmed?• More than 50
bookmarks?• Can’t keep up?• Feel like you are
wasting time?
How do I use it?
• Librarians– Monitor– Track– Gather
• Students– Research– Track– Follow– Collaborate
I’m new, where do I start?
• Look for this-• Or this-• Or this-• Or this-• On all your
favorite sites• And then…
Feed Readers
• AKA- Aggregators
• Collect• Display• Organize
Close Up of Google Reader
Collecting Feeds
Find the RSS icon!
Collecting Feeds
Right Click! Firefox
Choose This!
Collecting Feeds
Add Subscription
Collecting Feeds
New Subscription
Organizing Feeds
Manage Subscriptions
Organizing Feeds
Sharing Feeds
• Several Options• Share Feed• Add Feed To Folder• Make Folder Public
OR…
Share Individual Articles
Starter Feed List
• http://solutions.more.net/apps/training/schedule/– Get updates when we post new classes.
• http://search.ebscohost.com– Do a search and then look at the top of the results column!
If you set up the feed for this, you will get new results each time this SEARCH is updated.
• http://www.delicious.com/morenet– Over 400 links to interactive content.
Tips and Tricks
• Oversubscribe• Share stuff• Look for friends• Don’t try to read it all• Organize by tags
