Until we exist in a future world where auto-discovery of changed RSS feeds is the norm, dorky posts like this will have to do. If you’re subscribed to my booklist feed, the new URL for it is at this link. I’ll try to add some metadata to my pages so that I’ll be ready for that future world.
Author: jessamyn
Twelve Techie Things for Librarians 2005
List maniac Michael Stephens has a good list of tech things good for librarians to know about. It’s a great big hyperlinked list of tech terms and descriptions and worthwhile no matter what your tech level of knowledge is.
RSS, darnitall!
I think this is Jenny quoting Steven quoting Fiona, but in any case, Dynix is going to have RSS feed options from their catalog and Seattle Public Library is going to be using their new OPAC real soon now. As a small-library web developer, I just drool thinking of how easy it would be to pull OPAC content in to an otherwise static “new titles” page, as Jenny says.
can I get things done @ my library?
I don’t know if you’re at all familiar with the GTD [getting things done] organizing craze sweeping the blogosphere. Merlin — a non-librarian with a great blog — asks the lazyweb “Can I get an RSS feed of my library books?” Discussion ensues. [thanks bill]
books, delicious!
One of the joys of serendipitously dipping into random blogs by way of keyword searching Feedster or Technorati is the occasional discovery like this one: booksdelicious, a pretty new blog written by a pretty happy-sounding librarian. Be sure to read the weeding entry.