ctl library day 2008
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Keeping Current presentation given on Oct. 28, 2008TRANSCRIPT
Library DayLibrary DayCentre for Teaching & LearningCentre for Teaching & Learning
Keeping Current
Presented by: Josh Clark, Science Librarian
James Joyce Library
tel: 716 7646
email: [email protected]
email alerts
RSS feeds
Newspapers
Email discussion lists
Society/Association Websites
blogs
Podcasts
Subject Gateways
Theses/Dissertations
Conference proceedings
What does the Library offer?
New books added to the Library collection
Newspapers & UCD Library
• Yes, we have newspapers! Both online & in print
• Irish, European….worldwide• Go to Library’s website• Featuring Lexis Nexis (also available
off-campus)• Irish Times (& archive), and
onlinenewspapers.com
We also have information on finding…
• Conference proceedings
• Theses/dissertations
• Subject information (via subject portals)
• specialist search engines…
Web 2.0 and Library Subject Portals
Blogs!
Blogs in Academia
Where do I start lookingfor blogs?
Intutewww.intute.ac.uk
Also…
• Academic blogs portal: www.academicblogs.org
• Blog Scholar:http://www.blogscholar.com
• Science Blogshttp://scienceblogs.com
To name a few….
RSS feeds
Keeping Current Using RSS
• What is RSS?
• How does it work?
• How can it help me?
RSS - What is It?
• RReally SSimple SSyndication
• Allows web content to be syndicated
Bottom line:
• You don’t have to visit a website in order to view its content
RSS – How Does It Work?
An RSS document, or “feed”, contains a summary of content from a website – title, description and a link to the actual content wherever it resides on the Web
RSS – How Does It Work?
• In order to read these RSS feeds, you need an RSS reader
• RSS readers can be either Web-based or software you download onto your computer
• Majority are freely available!
RSS – How Does It Work?
Wherever you see buttons such as these…
It means you can subscribe to the website’s RSS feed and receive
updates!
RSS – What’s in it for Me?
Advantages• Save time
• Convenience – have all your updates come to one portal
• Keep updates separate from email (spam, blocked messages, etc.)
• Don’t have to give out personal details (well, not always at least)
RSS – What’s in it for Me?
Many publishers are now offering some kind of RSS option for keeping up to date with articles, citations, searches…
RSS
Some Popular Readers
• Bloglines
• Netvibes
• Google Reader
• Pageflakes
email & RSS
RSS….One RSS….One BigBig Drawback (for now!)Drawback (for now!)
However….
A Drawback
• Off-campus access to subscribed Library resources via RSS feeds can be a problem!
• Some resources require authentication when a user is off campus, and RSS cannot cope with this
UCD Library has an RSS demo
Email discussion lists
Other resources
Other resourceshttp://www.oaister.org/
