creating faculty publication lists from scopus rss feeds

Creating Faculty Publication Lists from Scopus RSS Feeds

Upstate New York Science Librarians MeetingOctober 17, 2008

Moon LibrarySUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

Tom Keays / htkeays@syr.edu

Creating Faculty Publication Lists from Scopus RSS Feeds

We’ll cover:

• Scopus affiliation search limited by subject

• Processing feeds using Yahoo Pipes

• Optimizing feeds using Feedburner

• Embedding a “widget” on your web page

2

3

http://scopus.com/

4

5

6

(AF-ID("Syracuse University" 60030551)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, "CHEM"))

7

(AF-ID("Syracuse University" 60030551)) AND (LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, "CHEM"))

8

(AF-ID("Syracuse University" 60030551)) AND (PUBYEAR AFT 2007) AND (LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, "CHEM"))

9

(AF-ID("Syracuse University" 60030551)) AND (PUBYEAR AFT 2007) AND (LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, "CHEM"))

10

http://syndic8.scopus.com/getMessage?registrationId=HECDIHKDIGCLPFGIJECLHMEJIKCKKFDLQWERWLGFKH

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=gket7SkL3RGuUHXSy6ky6g&_render=rss

21

22

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=gket7SkL3RGuUHXSy6ky6g&_render=rss

http://syndic8.scopus.com/getMessage?registrationId=HECDIHKDIGCLPFGIJECLHMEJIKCKKFDLQWERWLGFKH

Pros

Cons• Limited subscription options• Some RSS readers choke on Pipes (not optimized)• No way to track usage• URL of feed is non-intuitive

• RSS items are nicely formatted and sorted• URLs are proxied for off-campus access to

Scopus• Can embed Pipe Badge code directly on your site

23

http://feeds.feedburner.com/sul/chempubs

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=gket7SkL3RGuUHXSy6ky6g&_render=rss

24

25

26

27

28

http://feeds.feedburner.com/sul/chempubs

29

30

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=gket7SkL3RGuUHXSy6ky6g&_render=rss

http://syndic8.scopus.com/getMessage?registrationId=HECDIHKDIGCLPFGIJECLHMEJIKCKKFDLQWERWLGFKH

31

1. RSS items are nicely formatted and sorted2. URLs are proxied for off-campus access to Scopus

http://feeds.feedburner.com/sul/chempubs1

1. Mnemonic URL for RSS feed

2

2. SpringWidget viewer for web site

3

3. Track click-throughs

4

4. Track RSS subscriptions

5

5. Email subscription option

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=gket7SkL3RGuUHXSy6ky6g&_render=rss

http://syndic8.scopus.com/getMessage?registrationId=HECDIHKDIGCLPFGIJECLHMEJIKCKKFDLQWERWLGFKH

32

Creating Faculty Publication Lists from Scopus RSS Feeds

Thank you

Questions?

http://library.syr.edu/research/internet/chemistry/33