OCLC Online Computer Library Center Getting to the On Ramp A presentation for the OLC Technical Services Retreat by George Needham Vice President, Member Services April 26, 2006
OCLC Online Computer Library Center A relevant quote… “If you’re in control, you aren’t going fast enough!” Mario Andretti
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Today’s agenda Definitions and examples Three ways to discover new treasures Two easy ways to get information delivered to your desktop (and a few others) My personal favorite sources and tools
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Credits Stephen Bell’s Keeping Up Website Rush Brandis, “Blog the Web with RSS: Is it Really Simple Syndication?” Genevieve Foskett (post to “It’s All Good,” Thursday, April 20, 2006)
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Credits, page 2 Judith Siess, “Thinking About…Keeping Up---It’s Not an Option” OPL: Newsletter for Librarians and Management (22:2, June 2005, updated April 2006)
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Listservs Electronic mailing lists Provide updates directly to your mailbox As each post is added, or Daily (or more frequent) compilations or digests Older, less interactive, but simple Examples: PUBLIB, WEB4LIB, AUTOCAT
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Blogs Web-based Periodic articles or entries Online diaries Many are subject focused, even if that subject is simply one middle-aged librarian’s look at the world Examples: It’s All Good, Shifted Librarian
OCLC Online Computer Library Center XML Extensible Mark Up Language Powers the various ways of getting information around the Web Why should you care?
OCLC Online Computer Library Center RSS Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (the controversy continues!) Creates a link to content from site A (the creator) to site B, your , aggregator (next slide), or home page Just look for the logo!
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Aggregators A tool to bring it all together “Pull” versus “Push” Examples: My Yahoo!, Sharp Reader Sounds expensive. How much is this going to cost me?
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Three Ways to Discover New Sites Blog rolls “Best of” lists Cross references
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Blog rolls A list of blogs that a blogger reads or recommends
OCLC Online Computer Library Center “Best of” lists Only as good as the person or organization that compiles the list (or counts the votes!)
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Cross References Bloggers are reflexively cross-referential We frequently point to other posts to help propagate a new idea… …or, occasionally, to embarrass the miscreant who suggests something dumb Again, consider the source!
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Three ways to get content My Yahoo! Sharp Reader iTunes (podcasts)
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My My Yahoo, Before
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My Yahoo!
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My Yahoo: Three Steps
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My Yahoo Create 1
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My Yahoo Create 2
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My Yahoo Selections
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Adding Lorcan
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Adding Lorcan 2
OCLC Online Computer Library Center My My Yahoo
OCLC Online Computer Library Center Sharp Reader