Managing Information
with RSS & Twitter
Recommended RSS Feeds | RSS Readers | Twitter Apps | People to Follow | Trending Topics | Publishing Your Own RSS Feeds | Feed Utilities
Recommended RSS Feeds
Library-Related Feeds
LISNews - http://www.lisnews.org/ -
a number of feeds to keep you up to date on the
library profession.
American Libraries Online - http://www.ala.org/cfapps/xml/alonline.xml - Feed for articles in American Libraries.
School Library Journal headline and blog feeds - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/learnRss - Get the buzz about libraries, learning and
technology.
SEMLS Library Feeds - http://www.semls.org/community/feeds.html. Massachusetts
Performers & Programs Directory - http://feeds.feedburner.com/massperform - Find
out when new performers are added to the directory.
MBLC Job vacancies - http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/mpv/rss.pl - Be notified of new job openings across the
state.
LISJobs - http://www.lisjobs.com/rss.asp - A national listing of library-related jobs.
Library Elf - http://www.libraryelf.com - Notifies you when your books are due and when
your holds
are available.
Feeds to Help Library Staff Keep
Up with Technology
David Lee King - Blog of the Digital Branch & Services Manager from Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.
Librarian.net - The blog of Vermont librarian Jessamyn West, who spends a lot of her time helping out small, rural libraries with their technology needs.
Library Stuff - http://www.librarystuff.net/index.rdf -
From Steven Cohen, this blog is devoted to
resources for keeping current and professional
development.
Pew Internet and American Life Project
Reports - http://www.pewinternet.org/rss-reports.asp - These reports will give you an idea of how
your patrons are using technology. Stephen's Lighthouse - http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/index.rdf -
A blog where SirsiDynix's Vice President
of Innovation Stephen Abram muses about all
things pertaining to libraries.
Tame the Web Blog: Libraries
and Technology Blog - http://tametheweb.com/index.xml
Customizing RSS Feeds
Topix - http://www.topix.net -
Small, local papers don't always have an RSS
feed, but Topix can help you fix that. Type
in your zip code, click on the name of your town, and click on the small RSS
link in the lower left corner of the page.
Google and Yahoo News searches - http://news.google.com and http://news.yahoo.com -
Conduct a search in either of these news search
engines and then click on the RSS button to
add a feed for any new articles that match
that search. Use your library as a search so
that you can know immediately is a news story
has been published about your library.
Technorati - http://www.technorati.com -
Technorati searches blog postings. You can
subscribe to feed with specific tags or, using
the advanced search, you can subscribe to a
feed matching certain search terms.
Amazon Feed Generator - http://www.onfocus.com/amafeed/
- Create a feed of new Amazon products
matching certain keywords.
Library Thing - http://www.librarything.com -
Create a feed of books matching a particular
tag.
eBay - http://www.ebay.com - Do an eBay search and click on the RSS button
to subscribe to a feed of new items matching
your search terms.
RSS with Library Catalogs & Databases
SirsiDynix was the first major ILS vendor
to incorporate RSS feeds in its Sirsi Rooms
portal.
Scriblio is
an OPAC using WordPress blogging software.
Check out the Cook
Memorial Library in Tamworth,
NH
Koha is an Open Source ILS that includes RSS
feeds that matches your search terms.
Aquabrowser, a visual OPAC used by OCLN, incorporates RSS feeds.
Ebsco, Gale and ProQuest have incorporated RSS feeds
for searches into its products.
For Fun
Unshelved - http://www.overduemedia.com/rss.aspx -
A comic strip about a library.
Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/weather/rss/subscription
RSS Readers
Standalone Readers
RSS Ticker Tape – http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/rss-ticker-tape – RSS subscriptions run across the bottom of your screen as a ticker. This is a Yahoo widget, and you can import feeds from you’re My Yahoo page. You can also add feeds manually. (Windows & Mac)
Newsgator – www.newsgator.com – Free –Company offers several products, including FeedDemon for Windows, NetNewsWire for Mac and NewGator Inbox for Microsoft Outlook. These standalone products will also synchronize with Google Reader and with Newsgator’s mobile products.
Newz Crawler – www.newzcrawler.com - $25.95
NewsFire – http://www.newsfirerss.com/ - Free (Mac OS)
RSSOwl – http://www.rssowl.org – Free (Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris)
SharpReader – www.sharpreader.com – Free (Windows)
Web-based Readers
Bloglines – www.bloglines.com – Free
Google – Google Reader is available at
www.google.com/reader, but you can also add
feeds to your iGoogle page at www.google.com/ig
My Yahoo – http://my.yahoo.com – Free
Netvibes – www.netvibes.com – Free
Pageflakes – www.pageflakes.com – Free
Mobile Readers
Newsgator - www.newsgator.com – Provides NetNewsWire for the iPhone (free) and Newsgator Go! for other mobile devices (for Enterprise customers.)
Viigo – www.viigo.com – RSS for Blackberries
Twitter Applications
Desktop Applications
Tweetdeck – www.tweetdeck.com
Seesmic Desktop – www.seesmic.com
Twhirl - www.twhirl.org/
TwitterFox – twitterfox.net Firefox extension to access Twitter
Mobile Applications
Tweetdeck – www.tweetdeck.com
Tweetie - www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/
Twitterific - iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific
People to Follow
ALA Tech Source - http://twitter.com/ALA_TechSource
American Libraries - http://twitter.com/amlibraries
LISNews - http://twitter.com/LISNews
Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries - http://twitter.com/masslawlib
NMRLS - http://twitter.com/NMRLS
Trending Topics
Twitter Search - http://search.twitter.com - See trending hashtags and search for recent tweets matching particular keywords.
TweetMeme - http://tweetmeme.com/ - See popular stories posted to Twitter.
Technorati - http://www.technorati.com - See what's popular in the blogosphere and search for blog posts on a particular topic.
Publishing Your Own RSS Feed
EventKeeper - http://www.eventkeeper.com/
RSS Calendar - http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/
Google Calendar - http://www.google.com/calendar
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com
Feed Utilities
Feedburner - http://www.feedburner.com
TwitterFeed - http://www.twitterfeed.com |