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Getting to the On Ramp

Getting to the On Ramp. A presentation for the OLC Technical Services Retreat by George Needham Vice President, Member Services April 26, 2006. A relevant quote…. “If you’re in control, you aren’t going fast enough!” Mario Andretti. Today’s agenda. Definitions and examples

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Getting to the On Ramp

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  1. Getting to the On Ramp A presentation for the OLC Technical Services Retreat by George NeedhamVice President, Member Services April 26, 2006

  2. A relevant quote… “If you’re in control, you aren’t going fast enough!” Mario Andretti

  3. Today’s agenda • Definitions and examples • Three ways to discover new treasures • Two easy ways to get information delivered to your desktop (and a few others) • My personal favorite sources and tools

  4. Credits • Stephen Bell’s Keeping Up Website http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup • Rush Brandis, “Blog the Web with RSS: Is it Really Simple Syndication?” http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=9098 • Genevieve Foskett (post to “It’s All Good,” Thursday, April 20, 2006)

  5. Credits, page 2 • Judith Siess, “Thinking About…Keeping Up---It’s Not an Option” OPL: Newsletter for Librarians and Management (22:2, June 2005, updated April 2006) jsiess@ibi-opl.com

  6. Listservs • Electronic mailing lists • Provide updates directly to your mailbox • As each post is added, or • Daily (or more frequent) compilations or digests • Older, less interactive, but simple • Examples: PUBLIB, WEB4LIB, AUTOCAT

  7. Blogs • Web-based • Periodic articles or entries • Online diaries • Many are subject focused, even if that subject is simply one middle-aged librarian’s look at the world • Examples: It’s All Good, Shifted Librarian

  8. XML • Extensible Mark Up Language • Powers the various ways of getting information around the Web • Why should you care?

  9. RSS • Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (the controversy continues!) • Creates a link to content from site A (the creator) to site B, your e-mail, aggregator (next slide), or home page • Just look for the logo!

  10. Aggregators • A tool to bring it all together • “Pull” versus “Push” • Examples: My Yahoo!, Sharp Reader • Sounds expensive. How much is this going to cost me?

  11. Three Ways to Discover New Sites • Blog rolls • “Best of” lists • Cross references

  12. Blog rolls A list of blogs that a blogger reads or recommends

  13. “Best of” lists Only as good as the person or organization that compiles the list (or counts the votes!)

  14. Cross References • Bloggers are reflexively cross-referential • We frequently point to other posts to help propagate a new idea… • …or, occasionally, to embarrass the miscreant who suggests something dumb • Again, consider the source!

  15. Three ways to get content • My Yahoo! • Sharp Reader • iTunes (podcasts)

  16. My My Yahoo, Before

  17. My Yahoo!

  18. My Yahoo: Three Steps

  19. My Yahoo Create 1

  20. My Yahoo Create 2

  21. My Yahoo Selections

  22. Adding Lorcan

  23. Adding Lorcan 2

  24. My My Yahoo

  25. Sharp Reader

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