1. How to use the SDI RSS Feed Version 18 Yoel Kortick

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3. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 3 Introduction In this presentation we will show how an SDI profile may be created by the patron and viewed via an RSS viewer. While we briefly discuss the definitions in Internet Explorer 7 for viewing the RSS, this is not the main purpose of the presentation. It is assumed in this presentation that the end user has a working knowledge of viewing RSS feeds.

4. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 4 Permission to make an SDI Profile In order for the patron to be able to make an SDI profile, his patron profile should include this permission. Here is the BA_DEGREE profile.

5. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 5 Permission to make an SDI Profile Patron Daniel Boone, ID 9043502920 has the BA_DEGREE profile and can thus make an SDI profile.

6. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 6 Creating the SDI Profile Patron Daniel Boone, ID 9043502920, logs into the web OPAC.

7. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 7 Creating the SDI Profile Patron Daniel Boone does a search for “hunting and fishing” in all fields.

8. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 8 Creating the SDI Profile There are six results

9. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 9 Creating the SDI Profile Daniel Boone clicks on “Previous Searches” in the tool bar of the web OPAC.

10. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 10 Creating the SDI Profile Daniel Boone selects the desired “previous search” and then selects “SDI request”

11. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 11 Creating the SDI Profile The “SDI request” is filled out as desired In order to use RSS the delivery mode should be RSS or Both

12. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 12 Running the SDI service The service “Selective Dissemination of Information – SDI (sdi-01)” is run (typically this is done from the job list).

13. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 13 Running the SDI service The service “Selective Dissemination of Information – SDI (sdi-01)” is run with three parameters

14. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 14 Running the SDI service The service “Selective Dissemination of Information – SDI (sdi-01)” completes

15. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 15 Viewing the SDI results via RSS Daniel Boone clicks “My Library Card” and “SDI Profiles” from within the web OPAC

16. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 16 Viewing the SDI results via RSS Daniel Boone then can view his RSS URL

17. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 17 Viewing the SDI results via RSS The RSS URL may be viewed with any RSS feed viewer. The RSS feed viewer may be a “stand alone” application, or part of a web browser such as Mozilla or Internet Explorer 7.

18. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 18 Viewing the SDI results via RSS In Internet Explorer 7 we will click the “Favorites Center” which will allow us to view, among other items, RSS feeds.

19. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 19 Viewing the SDI results via RSS After selecting the “Favorites Center” we will choose “Feeds”

20. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 20 Viewing the SDI results via RSS For organizational purposes (not necessary) we will right click “Microsoft Feeds” and choose “Create New Folder”

21. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 21 Viewing the SDI results via RSS We have called our new folder “ALEPH SDI”

22. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 22 Viewing the SDI results via RSS We place the RSS URL (which Daniel Boone saw after clicking “My Library Card” and “SDI Profiles”) in the URL Bar of Internet Explorer 7 We then see the results. These two records on next slide were added to the database between the time Daniel Boone made his profile and the last time SDI-01 was run

23. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 23 Viewing the SDI results via RSS

24. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 24 Viewing the SDI results via RSS Below we have clicked “Subscribe to this feed” and placed it in the folder we made called “ALEPH SDI”

25. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 25 Viewing the SDI results via RSS Now the RSS Feed appears in our ALEPH SDI folder. Any time new records are added to the database which meet the SDI profile and service SDI-01 is run then Daniel Boone may view the new records by clicking this RSS feed here.

26. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 26 Viewing the SDI results via RSS Most RSS feed applications allow a setup which automatically checks the feed for changes. In Internet Explorer 7 this is done by clicking “view feed properties”. In the next slide we set it to be checked for updates every 1 day.

27. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 27 Viewing the SDI results via RSS

28. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 28 Viewing the SDI results via RSS A new record is added to the database which meets the SDI criteria, and SDI-01 is run. Daniel Boone views the feed and sees the new record: Patron can choose to view only the new record(s) or all record(s)

29. How to use the SDI RSS Feed 29 Viewing the RSS as Oracle table The RSS is an XML “document” in Oracle table Z323. It may be viewed via UTIL F/4. Here it is for patron 9043502920: