Stay Current In Less Time With RSS Presented by Bonnie Shucha Reference & Electronic Services Librarian University of Wisconsin Law Library

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Stay Current In Less Time With RSS Presented by Bonnie Shucha Reference & Electronic Services Librarian University of Wisconsin Law Library AALL Annual Meeting, Program K-4 Beyond the Blog: RSS, Wikis and Blikis

How Do You Read Blogs? Good - As a Web page  Stay current but requires reader to visit multiple sites daily to check for updates Better! - Via a RSS feed  All updates are delivered  Read multiple feeds in one place

RSS What Is RSS?  Rich Site Summary OR Really Simple Syndication See LawLibTech (Cindy Chick) RSS Tutorial: What Is RSS,

RSS News RSS Coming to Windows  Microsoft recently announced that next Windows upgrade, called Longhorn, will incorporate RSS as core technology

RSS Feeds Other Than Blogs Law-Related  Dockets  Recent opinions  Journal tables of contents  Government agency news See TVC Alert’s RSS News Feeds for Law,

RSS Feeds Other Than Blogs Other  Newspapers  Custom News Alerts (Feedster)  SEC Filings  Product Recalls

RSS Feeds Other Than Blogs Coming Soon?  LexisNexis ECLIPSE  Westclip – Already available with West IntraClip

RSS Readers … into something readable Turns RSS feed…

RSS Readers Click on button on blog or web site to get the URL for the feed Subscribe to the feed with a RSS reader which displays it in readable format With a RSS reader, multiple feeds are delivered to a single software or Web application

RSS Readers RSS readers are also known as:  RSS aggregators  news readers  news aggregators

Free RSS Readers Web-based  MyYahoo -  Bloglines -  Pluck ( Web or IE Plug-in) -

Free RSS Readers Software  FeedReader -  RSS Bandit -

Bloglines Free Web-based RSS reader Use to read:  RSS feeds  Listservs! Subscribe at  Requires only an address & password

RSS Feeds

Posts

Drawbacks of RSS Readers Can’t easily reply to posts Posts not saved – unless you save them Watch privacy policies with free readers May get ads from some feeds or readers Predictions that spyware will soon invade RSS

RSS “Anyone who needs to monitor current news on a regular basis will need to understand and use RSS in some form going forward.” Source: LawLibTech RSS Tutorial: What Is RSS,

Libraries as RSS Publishers Blogs with RSS Feeds  45 blogs associated with a library  17 blogs by law librarians  6 law library association or committee blogs For a list, see

Libraries as RSS Publishers Blogs with RSS Feeds  Legal news & information  Library events and announcements  Course related  Frequently Asked Reference Questions

Libraries as RSS Publishers Other Types of RSS Feeds  TOCs for Law Reviews/Journals Washington & Lee; Boley Law Library - Lewis & Clark  Judicial Nominations & Confirmations Lillian Goldman Law Library - Yale Law School  Library Publications WI Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Libraries as RSS Publishers Other Types of RSS Feeds  Automated feeds delivered from OPAC Items being held, checked out, etc. Recent acquisitions For a list, see

Questions? Contact Bonnie Shucha Reference & Electronic Services Librarian University of Wisconsin Law Library