soyka n e a spring 2010

RSS: Feeding the Starving Archivist

Heather SoykaNew England Archivists

Spring 2010

Web 2.0 in 2.0 seconds or less

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Why do I need to know this?

What is RSS, anyway?

All you really need to know is that RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows you to subscribe to websites.

So many readers, so little time

Google Reader

Bloglines

How to add, organize, read

What can you track?Job listingsLegislationGrant fundingDonor/prospective collectionsNEA colleaguesArchivists in other regions/countriesContinuing education TweetsBook discussion

Twitter

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Tracking the feedless

Advocacy at home

Set up RSS feed for: blog updatesnew accessionsrecently processedhighlighting new discoveriesupcoming eventsfundraising

To recap:What? Subscription, push

Why? Aggregate news, one-stop personalized feed

When? Before, during, and after the job search. To keep up with the field. To become part of the conversation, and to be a better archivist.

Who? You, the starving-for-news archivist

Go forth and be nourished!

heathersoyka@gmail.com

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