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Alerts AND Rss feeds

Mara Bordignon Rosalie Waller Information Services Librarians Library Staff Tech Day: April 27, 2009. Alerts AND Rss feeds. What will we cover today?. Part 1: All about Alerts and RSS Feeds What are Alerts & RSS feeds? How can Alerts & RSS feeds be useful in my library work?

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Alerts AND Rss feeds

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  1. Mara Bordignon Rosalie Waller Information Services Librarians Library Staff Tech Day: April 27, 2009 Alerts AND Rss feeds

  2. What will we cover today? • Part 1: All about Alerts and RSS Feeds • What are Alerts & RSS feeds? • How can Alerts & RSS feeds be useful in my library work? • Part 2: Using Alerts and RSS Feeds • How do I set up Alerts? • How do I set up RSS Feeds? • Hands-on exercises and questions

  3. PART 1: All about Alerts and RSS Feeds

  4. What is the problem? I don’t have time to read my favourite daily newspapers… I need to know the most current research in my field but what if I miss something… I have subscribed to too many listservs… I have subscribed to so many blogs… even with an aggregator/reader, I forget to read new postings… Who has time to keep on top of everything… Image source: Microsoft Office Clipart

  5. What is an alert? Alerts are email notifications containing “new” information, to which one subscribes…

  6. Alerts Google Scout Report

  7. What are RSS Feeds ? • RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication • Application of the Extended Markup Language(XML) • Way to distribute content as it becomes available • Content can include • articles from library databases, new web sites, event listings, news headlines or news stories, excerpts from discussion forums, corporate information, etc • Automatically receive content via a reader

  8. What are RSS Readers? • RSS readers help you view the latest information from multiple sites at once • Many readers are freely available. • Two popular free readers • 1. Bloglines • http://www.bloglines.com • 2. Google Reader • http://www.igoogle.com

  9. Watch this youtube clip calledRSS in plain English “RSS in plain English" Online video clip. YouTube. Seneca Lib. 23 Mar. 2009. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU >.

  10. What’s the difference?

  11. How can faculty and students use Alerts and RSS Feeds? Image source: Microsoft Office Clipart

  12. PART 2:Using Alerts and RSS Feeds

  13. Some examples from Seneca Libraries Staff… • GBIP: alerts set up for lesser known publishers for collection development • Bloomberg.com: TV alerts for a company or subject mentioned on bloomberg TV • Google Alert: keeping current with your campus… “Seneca” and “Markham” • iGoogle: news from another country, music, weather alerts • Facebook: alerts

  14. EBSCOhost: Mara’s account

  15. TOC Alert: Searcher Magazine Can copy & paste this link into your reader, or Subject Guide page

  16. TOC Alert: RSS feed link

  17. Google … everywhere www.google.ca/alerts?hl=en

  18. Test yourself… 1 What is the difference between an EBSCO TOC RSS feed vs. a persistent link to an EBSCO publication?

  19. Test yourself… 1 What is the difference between an EBSCO TOC RSS feed vs. a persistent link to an EBSCO publication?

  20. Test yourself… 2 Scenario: you find a website, e.g. researchbuzz.org Cannot tell if it is a blog Has no RSS button or link Has no subscription to receive emails of updates …is it possible to include this site into your reader?

  21. Test yourself… 2 Scenario: you find a website, e.g. researchbuzz.org Cannot tell if it is a blog Has no RSS button or link Has no subscription to receive emails of updates …is it possible to include this site into your reader? Unsure if it is a blog?... easiest way to check is to cut and paste the web address into your ‘subscribe’ box of your reader. If it is a blog/RSS, your reader will automatically be able to read the postings.

  22. Test yourself… 3 Which statement is false? You can set up e-mail filters so alerts go automatically into different folders to avoid cluttering your inbox You don’t need to give an e-mail address when subscribing to an RSS feed It is easy to unsubscribe to RSS feeds You can often choose how often to receive e-mail alerts To subscribe to an RSS feed, you need a program From: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/grad/keeping_current_4.shtml

  23. Test yourself… 3 Which statement is false? You can set up e-mail filters so alerts go automatically into different folders to avoid cluttering your inbox You don’t need to give an e-mail address when subscribing to an RSS feed It is easy to unsubscribe to RSS feeds You can often choose how often to receive e-mail alerts To subscribe to an RSS feed, you need a program Correct! To subscribe to an RSS feed you only need a feed reader which can be web-based From: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/grad/keeping_current_4.shtml

  24. Test yourself… 4 Your turn… Set up an alert on: Your car -OR- Your favourite leisure reading magazine

  25. We know we can find Alerts and RSS feeds in most of our databases… where else can we find them?

  26. Seneca: news RSS feeds

  27. http://www.educause.edu/ EDUCAUSE

  28. How Do I Find Web Sites? Internet Resources Newsletter http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html Pandia Post www.pandia.com ResearchBuzz www.researchbuzz.com Scout Report www.scout.wisc.edu Image source: Microsoft Office Clipart

  29. Thank you! If you have any questions or concerns, we would happy to assist you. Please feel free to contact us: mara.bordignon@senecac.on.ca rosalie.waller@senecac.on.ca

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