RSS Feed Collection, Selection, & Creation for Health Liaison Librarians PF Anderson, [email_address]

Disclaimer This is only one of several possible approaches. It represents my personal thoughts and strategies. There are lots of other people who might have lots better ideas. This was developed as a training tool and way to get started.

This is only one of several possible approaches.

It represents my personal thoughts and strategies.

There are lots of other people who might have lots better ideas.

This was developed as a training tool and way to get started.

Overview Existing RSS Feeds Types of feeds to expect to find and collect Strategies to search and find Creating RSS feeds where none exist Creating RSS content Selecting your RSS feeds Collecting your RSS feeds (splicing)

Existing RSS Feeds

Types of feeds to expect to find and collect

Strategies to search and find

Creating RSS feeds where none exist

Creating RSS content

Selecting your RSS feeds

Collecting your RSS feeds (splicing)

Existing RSS feeds Top journals Journals of general interest Grant agencies News searches Saved search updates Clinical guidelines Professional organizations Systematic reviews (Cochrane) Institutional news / updates Local publications from faculty/clinicians Library hours New books Community photos or images Videos

Top journals

Journals of general interest

Grant agencies

News searches

Saved search updates

Clinical guidelines

Professional organizations

Systematic reviews (Cochrane)

Institutional news / updates

Local publications from faculty/clinicians

Library hours

New books

Community photos or images

Videos

Existing RSS feeds: Discovery Google search example http://tinyurl.com/577nas RSS topic portals MedWorm: http://www.medworm.com/ RSS4Medics: http://www.rss4medics.com/directory.html Syndic8: http://www.syndic8.com

Google search example http://tinyurl.com/577nas

RSS topic portals

MedWorm: http://www.medworm.com/

RSS4Medics: http://www.rss4medics.com/directory.html

Syndic8: http://www.syndic8.com

Existing RSS feeds: Other Libraries Ebling Library: Journal Feeds (RSS) By Subject

Ebling Library: Journal Feeds (RSS) By Subject

Existing RSS feeds: Other Libraries Blogs or articles

Blogs or articles

Existing RSS feeds: Other Are there leading bloggers in that topic? Are there leading researchers, and is there a feed or webpage that tracks their news? Is there a news source that already collates news for this topic?

Are there leading bloggers in that topic?

Are there leading researchers, and is there a feed or webpage that tracks their news?

Is there a news source that already collates news for this topic?

No feed? No problem! Page2RSS: http://page2rss.com/ Feed43: http://feed43.com/ Feedity: http://www.feedity.com/

Page2RSS: http://page2rss.com/

Feed43: http://feed43.com/

Feedity: http://www.feedity.com/

Creating new content to feed your feed Blogs What’s-the-buzz highlighted articles Most cited authors Faculty publications Twitter (or other microblogging tool) Class lists, New books Web searches Custom news search (Google) Keyword searches (FyberSearch) Pubmed searches on hot topics

Blogs

What’s-the-buzz highlighted articles

Most cited authors

Faculty publications

Twitter (or other microblogging tool)

Class lists, New books

Web searches

Custom news search (Google)

Keyword searches (FyberSearch)

Pubmed searches on hot topics

Selection criteria The usual: Quality of content Authority / Credibility Currency Additional: Time-dependence (how critical is it?) Accessibility IE. You might include a lesser known journal if it is good and has a readily available feed when the higher quality journal does not have a feed.

The usual:

Quality of content

Authority / Credibility

Currency

Additional:

Time-dependence (how critical is it?)

Accessibility

IE. You might include a lesser known journal if it is good and has a readily available feed when the higher quality journal does not have a feed.

Questions to ask How active is that feed? How active do you want your stream to be? Is the feed uniformly high quality? Does the feed or stream need filtering? FeedRinse: http://www.feedrinse.com/ Do the feeds already feed into each other? Circular feeds can create … problems. Feedback loops can cause your stream to crash.

How active is that feed?

How active do you want your stream to be?

Is the feed uniformly high quality?

Does the feed or stream need filtering?

FeedRinse: http://www.feedrinse.com/

Do the feeds already feed into each other?

Circular feeds can create … problems. Feedback loops can cause your stream to crash.

Collecting your feeds How many streams fit nicely on a page? Your target population How often are they likely to check? How much would be overwhelming? What are their top priorities? Cluster / organize Group feeds by theme or topic Splice your feeds Yahoo Pipes, FeedRinse More: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/6_ways_to_filter_your_rss_feeds.php

How many streams fit nicely on a page?

Your target population

How often are they likely to check?

How much would be overwhelming?

What are their top priorities?

Cluster / organize

Group feeds by theme or topic

Splice your feeds

Yahoo Pipes, FeedRinse

More: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/6_ways_to_filter_your_rss_feeds.php

Have fun! More info: http://www.lib.umich.edu/help/rss

More info: http://www.lib.umich.edu/help/rss