SLIS Media and RSS
SLIS Feeds
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an application of XML that allows users to automatically collect information from web sites they read regularly. Instead of having to visit a site to see if a new article has been posted, you can subscribe to a site's RSS feed using an RSS reader, which will check the feed automatically and download copies of new articles as they appear. RSS feeds are a common feature of weblogs, but have also been embraced by news organizations like the The BBC, The New York Times and retailers like Amazon.
The SLIS website currently features five RSS feeds that syndicate content from our most frequently-updated pages. The description of each feed is followed by links to the three most recent items posted to it.
SLIS News
SLIS News Feed: syndicates all items posted to SLIS News.
- Library of Congress Junior Fellows 2008: 2nd SLIS Profile
- Science of Science Management - Talk Video Cast
- 12th Healthcare Internet Conference
SLIS Careers
SLIS Careers Feed: up-to-the-minute employment opportunities from our Careers section.
- Associate Director and Head of Information Services
- Information and Education Services Librarian
- Digital Collections Coordinator
SLIS Media
The SLIS Media Feed provides recent video, audio, and slides of colloquia and special events that have taken place at SLIS. All of the media are made available under a Creative Commons licenses. iTunes users can download our videos automatically via the SLIS Media Podcast.
- Networks and Complex Systems Fall 2008, Ying Ding: Semantic Web Application: Music Retrieval (audio)
- Special Release (1986 Recording), Dr. Kaser: History of the American Library Class (audio)
- The Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Speaker Series, Jonathan Raper; How Search is Going Mobile and the Implications for Information Seeking (video)
The full media listing is also available.
More About RSS
Lewin, James. (2000). An introduction to RSS news feeds. IBM DeveloperWorks.
Pilgrim, Mark. (2002). What is RSS? O'Reilly XML.Com.
Quain, John. (2004). Fine-tuning your filter for online information. The New York Times.
Two of the more popular web-based RSS readers are Bloglines and NewsIsFree. There is no charge to use either site. More readers and web-based services are listed on the Google Directories page for news readers.
Live Bookmarks
- Keep an eye out for RSS enabled Live bookmarks
- Add SLIS specific search engines to the search box in the top right corner (restart Firefox after installing).
