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Practical RSS for Collecting and Disseminating New Content

Practical RSS for Collecting and Disseminating New Content. Nick Tomaiuolo, CCSU Library Connecticut Library Association 114 th Annual Conference April 12, 2005. The whole idea of RSS is to go from this. To this …. What is RSS ?.

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Practical RSS for Collecting and Disseminating New Content

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  1. Practical RSS for Collecting and Disseminating New Content Nick Tomaiuolo, CCSU Library Connecticut Library Association 114th Annual Conference April 12, 2005

  2. The whole idea of RSS is to go from this

  3. To this …..

  4. What is RSS ? • A method by which content is delivered to you, the end-user, without constantly needing to search for it. • Obviates continual manual site visits to monitor new content.

  5. What is RSS ? • Corollary: It is a method you can use to deliver content to others.

  6. How does RSS work ?And what is needed so I canuse it ?

  7. How does RSS work ?RSS files, which could alsobe written as XML files orRDF files, are writtenso they can be read byan Aggregator.

  8. RSS is SIMPLE • Really Simple Syndication • Rich Site Summary • RDF Site Summary • It really doesn’t matter to us anyway; RSS is a list of items • Each item contains a title, summary, and a link to a URL (e.g. a web page).

  9. What is required? Item Title Summary Link to a page

  10. What is needed so I canuse it ? • You need to locate content that is syndicated. • You need to use an RSS Aggregator (aka RSS Reader) to view the syndicated content.

  11. The RSS Aggregator • Newspaper analogy Selected “feed” Today’s new “items” Selected “item” preview

  12. Next “feed” Next “feeds” “items” Selected “item” preview

  13. Another aggregator (Newsgator)

  14. An alternative interface

  15. Subscription RSS Aggregator

  16. FeedDemon ($$$) “Watch Channel”

  17. Choosing an Aggregator? Consider: • Display • Options • “Portability” • Find Aggregators at: The News Aggregator’s Directory http://www.hebig.org/blogs/ archives/main/000877.php Or Blogspace http://blogspace.com/rss/readers

  18. Finding Content • Sources built in by the aggregator • “Well known sites” • “Drive by” content • Searching for content • Syndic8 • Daypop • NewsIsFree • Yahoo!

  19. “Built in” content from the aggregator

  20. Lists of feeds at known sites w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_rss.html (Moreover)

  21. Feeds at the NYTimes

  22. Yahoo! Feed list (partial) Choose feeds Search for feeds by keywords

  23. What am I supposed to do with this?

  24. “Drive By” You’re on a page with one of those RSS buttons …..

  25. I forgot, what am I supposed to do when I see this?

  26. I forgot, what am I supposed to do when I see this? a) Click the button

  27. b) Copy the resulting file location from your browser’s address bar

  28. c) Paste the location into your RSS Aggregator’s “Add” or “Subscribe to” form.

  29. BAM

  30. Searching for feeds (and searching in feeds) • www.syndic8.com (Syndic8) • www.newsisfree.com (NewsIsFree) • www.feedster.com (Feedster) • www.daypop.com (Daypop) • Some RSS Aggregators offer feed searches

  31. www.faganfinder.com/blogs

  32. NEWSGATOR FEEDSEARCH

  33. Syndic8

  34. Library news LISnews.com

  35. Uses of RSS Feeds in Libraries • Journal TOCs • New Books • Library Events • Workshop schedules • “Friends” news • Statistics

  36. Gerry McKiernan: examples of RSS in libraries http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm

  37. Writing an XML file • Not overly difficult …. • Refer to “Making an RSS Feed” by Danny Sullivan (SearchEngineWatch) at http://searchenginewatch.com/ sereport/article.php/2175271

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