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What is RSS?

What is RSS?. October 18 th, 2005 NJLLA Meeting Kevin Reiss Digital Services Librarian Rutgers-Newark School of Law. Do you know what RSS is?. Only 5% of you have a good idea (Pew Research) Nearly 1/3 of you have no idea (Pew Research)

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What is RSS?

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  1. What is RSS? October 18th, 2005 NJLLA Meeting Kevin Reiss Digital Services Librarian Rutgers-Newark School of Law

  2. Do you know what RSS is? • Only 5% of you have a good idea (Pew Research) • Nearly 1/3 of you have no idea (Pew Research) • Becoming ubiquitous [rough estimate: 275 million daily users] • As information professionals you should have an idea • Topic at the recent AALL conference • Simple and useful tool • Current Awareness • Web Publishing • Organizational Communication • Content Syndication

  3. RSS - Really Simple Syndication • Earliest use appears in 1999 • Simple way to publish regularly updated listings of news content • Adopted by “bloggers” as the mechanism to publish and disseminate their content • Also known as “Rich Site Summary”

  4. Let’s Make it Simple • A RSS-enabled webpage: • Is one you can subscribe to! • You use an aggregator to read RSS • RSS automatically lets you know when new content is present • New Mantra: Surf-Search-Subscribe • Steve Matthews, Vancouver Law Blog

  5. What is it Good For? • Tired of cluttered email? • Tired of remembering to visit bookmarks to monitor your favorite websites? • Want a helpful and efficient research aid? • Want to be ahead of the curve?

  6. RSS Stew • Feed • Internet Feed • Newsfeed • Web Feed • XML • Atom • RSS (.9, 1.0, 2.0) • Really Simple Syndication • Rich Site Summary

  7. What to Look For?

  8. Subscription by Aggregation • Turns XML into something you can read • Aggregators • Organize your subscriptions • Read them at your leisure • Search your subscriptions • Easy to use • Like using a typical email program • Many are available for free • Bloglines [http://www.bloglines.com]

  9. Aggregation Stew • Newsreader • Feedreader • RSS Reader • Reader • Aggregator

  10. RSS Example • NJ Case Feeds • New Jersey Appellate Decisions • New Jersey Federal District Court Decisions • New Jersey Administrative Law Initial Decisions

  11. Aggregation Example

  12. Bloglines

  13. Your Subscriptions

  14. Aggregation Tools • Subscriptions are portable • Desktop Applications • RSS Bandit • OWL • FeedDemon • Web-Based Tools • Bloglines • Google Reader • Integration with existing Software • MS Outlook RSS Plugins (numerous choices) • Live Bookmarks in Firefox • Google Personal Homepage

  15. Desktop Tool – RSS Bandit

  16. News Government Information Database Queries Commentary Local Information Upcoming Events Organizational Information Judicial Nominations SEC Filings Press Releases TOC of Publications (Ex: PLOS) Your own email! What Kind of Content is Available?

  17. Government Information • Patents • Ex: Drug Patents • SEC Filings • Agency Information • FDA • Department of Education • Judicial Nominations

  18. News Content • NY Times, BBC, CNN, Yahoo, Reuters, Google • http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/index.html • http://news.yahoo.com/rss/ • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/default.stm • http://today.reuters.com/rss/newsrss.aspx • http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&topic=w • Library News • Library Journal • Legal News • The Virtual Chase • BeSpacific

  19. Blogs • The most popular RSS powered application • Short for “Weblog” • Not just about what your cat ate for dinner last night • A lot of useful information and observations from quality sources • Every talking head in any profession will soon have a Blog • Sometimes you want to follow what those talking heads are saying

  20. Personal vs. Professional Blogs • Personal Blogs are someone’s musings • Professional Blogs have valuable content • “Blawgs” by legal experts • Law Firms • Libraries • Bar Associations • Internal organizational communication • Ex: http://www.lisfeeds.com/

  21. Anatomy of a Blog • Title • Subscription Information • Calendar • Recent Topic List • Individual Posts • Permalinks (Important!) • Blogroll (What the Blogger Reads) • Interactive Features • Comments • Trackbacks • See Dennis Kennedy, Out of the Jungle

  22. New Jersey Law Blog Law Librarian Blog Firm Blogs ex: Clark & Wilson Corporate Law Blog Law Professor Blogs Conference Blogs Law Library Technology Expert Blogs [Lawerence Lessing] Upcoming Conference [LexBlogThink] NJLLA Blawg… not yet Enter the “Blawgosphere”

  23. Finding RSS + Blog Content • General Web Browsing (remember anatomy of a blog and RSS stew!) • RSS-only search engines technorati, blogdigger, feedster, google blogsearch • Web Directories • Rutgers Law Library Blawgs Index • The Virtual Chase

  24. RSS and New Jersey Legal Info • Little Activity Yet • RSS Feeds for Rutgers Published Decisions • Save a query coming soon • Some Firm Blogs, The New Jersey Law Blog • Future Directions • State Judiciary Information • Ex:http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/cert.htm

  25. Databases & RSS • Save your query as an RSS feed: Yahoo Example, Google News Example • Get notified of new matches • Westlaw • Integration Solutions • West Intraclip • Lexis • Publisher • Hubmed • Alternative interface to Pubmed • Save a query as RSS

  26. Syndicating RSS • Add RSS to part of a website you manage • Rutgers Library Examples • JURIST • Law Library Homepage • Incorporate N.J. Court Decisions into an Intranet • Law Library New Jersey RSS Page

  27. RSS and the Mobile Internet • Wireless apps are gaining popularity • RSS is well-positioned • It is platform neutral • Deliverable on any Internet ready device • Cell Phones • Blackberries • Whatever comes along

  28. RSS and Podcasts • A podcast is a RSS feed with audio content • You subscribe to it in the same manner as other RSS feeds • Your aggregator must be enabled for “podcatching” • Most but not all aggregators are • Good example: NPR Programs

  29. Publishing your own RSS • How would I do this for myself? • Free Online Services • Blogger • Typepad • How would I do this at the office? • Organizational Blogging Software • Movable Type • Wordpress

  30. Law Librarians as RSS Publishers • Check out other Law Librarians and what they are doing with Blogs: [http://library.law.wisc.edu/wisblawg/blogslistpublic.htm] • Stay informed RSS4lib

  31. Future Directions for RSS • Customized current awareness feeds • Attorneys • Faculty • Clients • Court RSS feeds • Upcoming Docket • Published Opinions • State RSS Publishing • Any type of PR • MS Vista Integration – Fall 2006 • RSS will be an integral component of the “new” Windows coming next fall

  32. The New Internet – Enter Web 2.0 • Services vs. Static Content - Introduction • Interactive & Customized Web applications • RSS; Blogs; Wikis; Blikis • Amazon Reviews + Recommendations • User-Tagged Materials • Del.icio.us - Social Bookmarks Manager http://del.icio.us/popular/blogs • Flickr – Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/libraries/ • Technorati – Blog Content http://www.technorati.com/tags/rss

  33. Learn More • Tutorial [http://www.palinet.org/rss/toti/tsstutorial.htm] • Rutgers Law Library [http://law-library.rutgers.edu/workshops/blogs/] • RSS Portal [http://allrss.com/] • AALL [http://cssisblawgs.blogspot.com/]

  34. Questions? Kevin Reiss Digital Services Librarian Rutgers-Newark School of Law kreiss@kinoy.rutgers.edu

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