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Basics of RSS
Let the information come to you!
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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
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What is RSS?
• Really Simple Syndication
• Allows for publication of online materials
• Free• Uses XML
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Why do I need it?
• Confused?• Overwhelmed?• More than 50
bookmarks?• Can’t keep up?• Feel like you are
wasting time?
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How do I use it?
• Librarians– Monitor– Track– Gather
• Students– Research– Track– Follow– Collaborate
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I’m new, where do I start?
• Look for this-• Or this-• Or this-• Or this-• On all your
favorite sites• And then…
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Feed Readers
• AKA- Aggregators
• Collect• Display• Organize
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Close Up of Google Reader
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Collecting Feeds
Find the RSS icon!
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Collecting Feeds
Right Click! Firefox
Choose This!
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Collecting Feeds
Add Subscription
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Collecting Feeds
New Subscription
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Organizing Feeds
Manage Subscriptions
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Organizing Feeds
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Sharing Feeds
• Several Options• Share Feed• Add Feed To Folder• Make Folder Public
OR…
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Share Individual Articles
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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.
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Tips and Tricks
• Oversubscribe• Share stuff• Look for friends• Don’t try to read it all• Organize by tags