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Using RSS to Promote Scholarly Publications

Using RSS to Promote Scholarly Publications. Ken Varnum Associate Librarian Edwin Ginn Library The Fletcher School Tufts University Cool Tools and New Technologies 27 October 2006. Introduction to RSS. Who has heard of RSS? Who reads RSS feeds? Who creates RSS feeds?.

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Using RSS to Promote Scholarly Publications

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  1. Using RSS to Promote Scholarly Publications Ken Varnum Associate Librarian Edwin Ginn Library The Fletcher School Tufts University Cool Tools and New Technologies 27 October 2006

  2. Introduction to RSS • Who has heard of RSS? • Who reads RSS feeds? • Who creates RSS feeds? 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  3. RSSReally Simple Syndication • Several conceptually similar XML data formats that share a common function • RSS 1.0 • RSS 2.0 • Atom • Tool for content owners/creators to syndicate their content -- what the AP or Reuters does 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  4. If a Feed Falls in the Web, Does Anybody Hear It? • You let the world know your feed is updated • By ‘pinging’ aggregators • By including recent n headlines on your web site • Your readers see it in their feed reader • People 'out there' subscribe or use content 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  5. Where Does RSS Come From? • Automatically Generated • Weblog software (Movable Type, TypePad, Bloglines, Wordpress, etc.) • Content management systems (i.e., Wikis) • By Hand If you know HTML you can learn RSS • Using Perl, PHP, Ruby, etc. Create feeds from database searches 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  6. Core Problem • Losing Fletcher School’s intellectual capital • Nobody at Fletcher had full knowledge • No "what's new" service for external or internal use • Inefficiencies 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  7. Student Master’s Theses • Built site for students to input brief metadata • Author • Title • Countries/regions • Subjects 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  8. Student Master’s Theses • Perl script parses text file, builds web page • Another Perl script creates an RSS file whenever a new thesis is published • File is saved on server -- not dynamically generated • Feed2JS displays titles & abstracts on library web page 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  9. Faculty Publications • Needs assessment involved various groups: • Alumni relations • Communications • Student publications • Ginn library • Built SQL database and data entry with Perl • Different work flow for each type of publication • Books or Book Chapters • Journal Articles or Opinion/Editorial Pieces 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  10. Search = Feed • Simple search interface • All searches are live -- database of 350+ publications 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  11. Feed = Live Data • Every search returns results and RSS feeds • RSS feeds populate other web pages using Feed2JS 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  12. Enhancements • Combine faculty publications database with document access • Tufts OpenURL implementation • COinS • Need to connect people with licensed copy of publications • More flexible "canned" output formats 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

  13. Thank You • PowerPoint Slideshttp://varnum.org/papers/cool-tools.ppt • Contact Meken.varnum@tufts.edu • Read my Weblog on RSS in Librarieshttp://rss4lib.com/ 27 October 2006 Ken Varnum ken.varnum@tufts.edu

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