Coordinator/Presenter: Len Davidson, Systems Librarian, Catholic University Law Library
Presenter(s): Mark Strang, Data Systems Manager, Bowling Green State University
Creating your own Library Newsfeed
To publicize your library events etc.
RSS Really Simple Syndication format developed in 1999 using XML. Defines standard for sharing news items.
Read content syndication with RSS by Ben Hammersley published by O’Reilly
What you need to get RSS
News Reader either Client Based or Web Based.
Examples of News Feeds
New York Times
Blog Sites
Government Data
Search Engines
Creating an RSS File
XML Editors
RSS Feed Generator
Computer Programming
Side note from someone in audience– put it in blogger then publicize in feedburner.
List Garden – fill in boxes then when ready hit publish.
List Garden creates the RSS XML
Beyond RSS: Gadgets and Widgets
Search OPAC via Google.
Widgetbox.com to create widgets from existing widgets
Great for users to capture a widget to recreate in whatever widget they use, blogger, Google, etc.
Adding RSS Feed to OPAC
1. turn on RSS by calling in a service request
2. Can be on any page by adding a token
CSS style classes are available from III for feeds
RssChannel Titles, rssChannelEntryHeade, etc.
RSS Newsfeeds from OPAC data
BGSU uses a feed to feed new books list
