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What is RSS?
Provided by Sarah Houghton, IT Section President
What is RSS?
- RSS is an easy way for you to keep updated automatically on websites you like. Instead of you having to go to websites to see if they've written a new article or feature, you can use RSS (which stands for Really Simple Syndication) to be notified every time they have something new.
- RSS feeds the most recent changes on a webpage into RSS-aware programs (called aggregators or news readers) for viewing.
- CLA has provided RSS feeds for its weblog ( http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/)
Why on earth would I want to use this?
- It saves time. Instead of having to bounce from website to website, seeing what's new, you can get it all fed into one site.
- It's convenient. You can access web-based RSS readers from any Internet-connected computer.
- Many articles of interest that show up in print (in Library Journal, American Libraries, etc.) show up online too through library weblogs (and therefore, through RSS feeds).
- It will help you stay current with what's going on, without devoting a lot of time to reading and hunting around websites.
- It's fun too! You can get daily comic strips like Dilbert & Peanuts fed through RSS.
What are some good free RSS readers?
- Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com/
- Rocket RSS Reader: http://reader.rocketinfo.com/desktop/
- Amphetadesk: http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
How do I find RSS feeds?
- LibDex has a list of library feeds at http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html
- LIS feeds has yet another library list: http://www.lisfeeds.com/
- For general feeds, try Complete RSS at: http://www.completerss.com/
Suggested RSS Feeds:
- California Library Association Blog: http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/index.xml
- Librarian.net: http://www.librarian.net/index.rdf
- ResearchBuzz: http://www.researchbuzz.com/researchbuzz.rss
- LIS News: http://www.lisnews.com/lisnews.rss
- Librarians Index to the Internet: http://lii.org/ntw.rss
- BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss091.xml
- National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?topicId=2
- New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
You can also look at Bloglines Top 100 Sites at: http://www.bloglines.com/topblogs or Bloglines Complete Directory at: http://www.bloglines.com/dir
On any website, you can look for buttons or links that say RSS, XML, Atom Feed, or Syndicate this Site. This means the site has a feed.
Posted on February 16, 2005 2:14 PM | Permalink