got tech (digital libraries)

Part 3 Digital

Libraries

This may not be the best way to remember all those good sites

But we all want a way to organize all of the great

websites we have

This is the third installment of a series called Got Tech ?

In this session, we will investigate ways of

managing our digital libraries

#2. RSS

First, let’s look take a closer look at RSS

RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily

stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in.

You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not

needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites

offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly.

RSS, originally known as Real Simple Syndication, and sometimes

referred to as Rich Site Summary, is a format for delivering regularly

changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs

and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to

whoever wants it.

How do you use RSS?

It is pretty simple!

Online software like Google Reader or Bloglinesgrab RSS feeds from various

sites and display them for you

So, instead of visiting all of your favourite blogs or

news-sites individually, you can see

this each day…

This person has received new feeds from a few of the sites they

follow

More importantly, they will notice that there is nothing new from several

others

So, spend your time reading and exploring

new information instead of checking to see if there

is anything new.

For more information on RSS feeds and a short

video, please visithttp://wecdsbit.blogspot.com/search?q=rss

There are also several ways of cataloguing all of your

favourite sites and finding them when you need

them

Every site you visit has a few keywords associated with them. In the virtual world, these are called

‘tags’

Social bookmarking sites allow you to keep a list of all of the sites you

like and organizes them using these tags

Click one below and start storing, sharing, and

discovering web bookmarks

Please always remember to credit the original authors

of information that you make into your own

Watch for the next installment of Got Tech ?

and get answers to the question,

“How can I ever use all this great stuff?”

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