Monday, September 28, 2009

Chapter 4- Part Two, Finding Feeds

In exploring this topic, I checked out how two libraries have adapted the RSS device to their operations. The first library I visited was the New York Public Library. It didn't have as extensive a list of RSS feeds as I thought that it would but here is one that seems particularly useful to me: http://www.nypl.org/rss/bestoftheweb.xml. I am not sure how New York decides what to use RSS for. It could be that given the breadth of its community of users it must necessarily confine itself to only the most general of topics.

The Library of Congress has a much more extensive list of RSS feeds. They are found at http://www.loc.gov/rss/. In addition to having a number of feeds that relate directly to its role in the federal government, it also has a great variety of feeds that seem to address the interests of everyone in the country. I suppose that the difference between these two libraries could be explained by the virtually unlimited funding that is available to the Library of Congress
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    Thanks for posting those links! I was curious how libraries were using RSS feeds. I think it's cool how the LOC has a feed broadcasting its upcoming events.

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  2. John ISeptember 30, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    Thanks Kathleen for the great links. Have you been able to link your blog to blogline?

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  3. KtSeptember 30, 2009 at 4:38 PM

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  4. KtSeptember 30, 2009 at 4:40 PM

    hey kathleen, in answer to the question you posted on matt's(?)blog....to make a word a hyperlink, just highlight the word and in your toolbar (when you're writing your post or in MS Word or whatever) there is a button that looks like a globe with a chain link thing in front of it. click that and paste the url you want to link to. hope that helps!

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  5. AkearnsSeptember 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Thanks, Katie for answering that - I forgot to address it in class - Kathleen, ask me or remind me if you still need help with this!

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  6. kristenOctober 1, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    hi kathleen~
    thanks for posting the links. i'm going to check them out. it's interesting to see how rrs feed could be applied in the library context.
    thanks for sharing!

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