1. RSS and the WebPAC: Basics and Beyond Corey Seeman, Kresge Business Administration Library Dinah Sanders, Product Manager

2. What are feeds? Latest news on a topic from a particular source Frequently changing XML documents Standardized format for Strategic Dissemination of Information

3. How do people use them? As a consumer, subscribe in a feed reader program As a webmaster, integrate into your webpages

4. RSS overview Incoming feeds displayed in the catalog (built-in RSS to XHTML converter token) –Free feature since 2006LE, service commitment to enable Outgoing one-to-many feeds of catalog data –Feed Builder product Outgoing one-to-one feeds of patron record events –My Record Feeds product

5. Incoming feeds token Bring any feed to any customizable page (or newly-created HTML file) in WebPAC It uses a simple token No programming effort for you. No third party products. Simple syntax you can just type right into your page.

6. Feed Builder product A tool for SDI by RSS feeds: Query-based e.g. “new books at the Science library” Review file-based e.g. “Local authors” Use the RSS token to display the feeds in catalog

7. Feed Builder in action at Yale

8. My Record Feeds product Personalized feed of timely patron record information –“Materials ready for pickup on hold shelf” –“Materials due soon” –“Materials recalled” –etc. Customizable wording Patron subscribes in reader of choice

9. My Record Feeds and AirPAC representing Yale in My Google

10. RSS overview Incoming feeds displayed in the catalog (built-in RSS to XHTML converter token) –Free feature since 2006LE, service commitment to enable Outgoing one-to-many feeds of catalog data –Feed Builder product Outgoing one-to-one feeds of patron record events –My Record Feeds product

11. New in Release 2007 Support for cover images in Feed Builder feeds (e.g. new books) Pathfinder Pro enables RSS feeds to provide additional content (such as Tables of Contents for journals) in record displays

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