Rudy Leon College Libraries [email_address] AIM: leonre3309 http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/ Social Bookmarking & RSS For Research & Teaching

Rudy Leon

College Libraries

[email_address] AIM: leonre3309

http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/

These powerful tools allow us to create dynamic lists of useful web-based resources Library course page 1 (Africa) Library course page 2 (ColdWar) Journal TOC alert (TOC) Feed of Google news search (news) Things you can do with RSS feeds & Social bookmarking 2

These powerful tools allow us to create dynamic lists of useful web-based resources

Library course page 1 (Africa)

Library course page 2 (ColdWar)

Journal TOC alert (TOC)

Feed of Google news search (news)

What is it? A way to share content between computers- a replacement for browser-based bookmarks A way to discover useful content A way to import useful websites into your classes And students can contribute their recs as well Why is it useful? Web-based Tags instead of folders – items can be placed in multiple categories Shareable  via URLs, networks, RSS feeds, tags… Social Bookmarking?

What is it?

A way to share content between computers- a replacement for browser-based bookmarks

A way to discover useful content

A way to import useful websites into your classes

And students can contribute their recs as well

Why is it useful?

Web-based

Tags instead of folders – items can be placed in multiple categories

Shareable  via URLs, networks, RSS feeds, tags…

RSS Feeds Defined? Really Simple Syndication Rich Site Summary A way to syndicate content from a web page Create content in one place and display it another Create? Your search, your alert, your collection of links

Defined?

Really Simple Syndication

Rich Site Summary

A way to syndicate content from a web page

Create content in one place and display it another

Create? Your search, your alert, your collection of links

Where do I find them? Blogs News sites Database vendors Publisher web sites Content sharing sites, such as Flickr, de.licio.us, YouTube

Blogs

News sites

Database vendors

Publisher web sites

Content sharing sites, such as Flickr, de.licio.us, YouTube

Laura Carscaddon, “RSS & Blogs” Friday Social, University of Arizona Libraries

How will they help me? Follow research on a topic: TOC alerts from publishers and vendors Search alerts from databases MyEBSCO Science Direct Ingenta MyJSTOR (coming soon) News, blogs, other web-based information sources Follow tags of interest, and bookmarks of interesting people

Follow research on a topic:

TOC alerts from publishers and vendors

Search alerts from databases

MyEBSCO

Science Direct

Ingenta

MyJSTOR (coming soon)

News, blogs, other web-based information sources

Follow tags of interest, and bookmarks of interesting people

Library course page 2 (ColdWar) Bookmarked selected declassified archives with de.licio.us. Used del.icio.us’ handy linkroll tool to populate the page Dynamic Journal TOC alert (TOC) RSS to javascript Set up a journal alert (can also do this for searches) Converted alert to javascript using feed2js Embedded in webpage Feed of Google news search Google news search for topic Created javascript Back to those examples…

Library course page 2 (ColdWar)

Bookmarked selected declassified archives with de.licio.us.

Used del.icio.us’ handy linkroll tool to populate the page

Dynamic

Journal TOC alert (TOC) RSS to javascript

Set up a journal alert (can also do this for searches)

Converted alert to javascript using feed2js

Embedded in webpage

Feed of Google news search

Google news search for topic

Created javascript

Reading Feeds Feed Reader or Aggregator Bloglines Google Reader and iGoogle MyYahoo Netvibes If you don’t want to use a reader: RSSFWD You can also bookmark the feed source and tag it with a social bookmarking tool and embed it in a web page

Feed Reader or Aggregator

Bloglines

Google Reader and iGoogle

MyYahoo

Netvibes

If you don’t want to use a reader:

RSSFWD

You can also bookmark the feed source and tag it with a social bookmarking tool and embed it in a web page

Adding to your site Furl and del.icio.u s both allow you to add content to your website (or CMS) through RSS feeds and javascript For example Turn your RSS feed into javascript – which can then be pasted into your website

Furl and del.icio.u s both allow you to add content to your website (or CMS) through RSS feeds and javascript

For example

Turn your RSS feed into javascript – which can then be pasted into your website

Think about what you want to share and strategize best way to share it Select a tool that meets your needs If tagging is part of your tool, pre-think some taxonomy How will you differentiate sections (class as a whole, particular topics) Will you ask students to participate? What do you need to do to get started?

Think about what you want to share and strategize best way to share it

Select a tool that meets your needs

If tagging is part of your tool, pre-think some taxonomy

How will you differentiate sections (class as a whole, particular topics)

Will you ask students to participate?

How could you use this? Create a tag for a class ( LIBR101 ) Add websites and articles to your social bookmarking tool of choice and tag them as LIBR101 Your students can contribute as well Use their own profiles to add material with same tag Add tags for your consideration Create the javascript to embed on your web page, or grab the RSS feed for the tag and view in RSS reader

Create a tag for a class ( LIBR101 )

Add websites and articles to your social bookmarking tool of choice and tag them as LIBR101

Your students can contribute as well

Use their own profiles to add material with same tag

Add tags for your consideration

Create the javascript to embed on your web page, or grab the RSS feed for the tag and view in RSS reader

Why use del.icio.us ? Most common Icons for adding easily found Common parlance Some others? List at wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software#Social_bookmarking Furl : allows you to store a copy; provides RSS feeds and email notification; can see who follows you Connotea and CiteULike are science oriented; your discipline may favor a specific tool Social Bookmarking Tools

Why use del.icio.us ?

Most common

Icons for adding easily found

Common parlance

Some others?

List at wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software#Social_bookmarking

Furl : allows you to store a copy; provides RSS feeds and email notification; can see who follows you

Connotea and CiteULike are science oriented; your discipline may favor a specific tool

A note on javascript Quick and easy Feed2js

Quick and easy

Feed2js

Modern Africa Library course page: http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/ClassesSP2008/HIST480_Modern_Africa.html Espionage & the Cold War library course page http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/ClassesSp2007/Hist395B-Primary _ Sources.html TOC alert http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.html#TOC Supreme Court news feed http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.html#news del.icio.us http:// del.icio.us / My links for this workshop http:// del.icio.us/rudyleon/LTECwkshp Social bookmarking list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software#Social_bookmarking Furl http:// www.furl.net / My Furl folksonomies tag http:// www.furl.net/member/rudyleon?topic = folksonomies Connotea http:// www.connotea.org / CiteULike http:// www.citeulike.org / Bloglines http:// www.bloglines.com / Google Reader http:// www.google.com /reader iGoogle http:// www.google.com/ig MyYahoo http://cm.my.yahoo.com/p/1.html Netvibes http:// www.netvibes.com / RSSFWD http:// www.rssfwd.com / http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_and_RSS.html Links in presentation http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.pptx

Modern Africa Library course page: http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/ClassesSP2008/HIST480_Modern_Africa.html

Espionage & the Cold War library course page http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/ClassesSp2007/Hist395B-Primary _ Sources.html

TOC alert http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.html#TOC

Supreme Court news feed http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.html#news

del.icio.us http:// del.icio.us /

My links for this workshop http:// del.icio.us/rudyleon/LTECwkshp

Social bookmarking list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_software#Social_bookmarking

Furl http:// www.furl.net /

My Furl folksonomies tag http:// www.furl.net/member/rudyleon?topic = folksonomies

Connotea http:// www.connotea.org /

CiteULike http:// www.citeulike.org /

Bloglines http:// www.bloglines.com /

Google Reader http:// www.google.com /reader

iGoogle http:// www.google.com/ig

MyYahoo http://cm.my.yahoo.com/p/1.html

Netvibes http:// www.netvibes.com /

RSSFWD http:// www.rssfwd.com /

http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_and_RSS.html

Rudy Leon Instruction & Collection Development Librarian SUNY Potsdam College Libraries Potsdam, NY 13676 http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre [email_address] x3309 Gtalk: rudy.leon AIM: leonre3309 This presentation is available at http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.pptx Questions? Comments?

Rudy Leon

Instruction & Collection Development Librarian

SUNY Potsdam College Libraries

Potsdam, NY 13676

http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre

[email_address] x3309

Gtalk: rudy.leon AIM: leonre3309

This presentation is available at

http://www2.potsdam.edu/leonre/LTEC/del.icio.us_RSS.pptx