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RSS and the Web OPAC EGL-IUG 2006

RSS and the Web OPAC

Using Incoming Feeds Display and RSS Feed Builder Applications

Corey SeemanKresge Business Administration Library

University of Michigan

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~cseeman


RSS and the Web OPAC - Incoming Feeds

• Value for the library

• Code Structure

• Proof of Concept Pages– Federal Reserve Documents & Research– Reports New Releases

• Future Plans

• RSS Resources & Links

• RSS Feed Builder Product


RSS and the Web OPAC - Value for the Library

• RSS Feeds - very personalized (portals and readers -- not “shared”)

• Allows us to push data and news to people as a group

• RSS Feeds are frequently changing XML documents

• Need to find material many people are interested in

• Add ability for patrons to copy to their own RSS reader

• A tool for alerting patrons to events in their library record **


RSS and the Web OPAC - Code Structure

• Innovative Manual (2006LE and later)

• Page # 106681 (General Listing)

• Page # 106684 (RSS Feeds Coding)

• Page # 105262 (Classes for Style Sheets)

Token

• [URL] -- URL of the RSS feed*• [ITEMS] -- # of items that will display in the page• [DES] -- T/F include the description• [DATE] -- T/F include the date & time• [IMAGE] -- Include the image



Style Sheet• rssChannelTitle (title)• rssChannelEntries (all entries)• rssChannelEntry (single entry)• rssChannelEntryDate (time/date)• rssChannelEntryHead (header)• rssChannelEntryDesc (description)• rssChannelImage (image)• rssChannelNoContent (text to display for no

content)


RSS and the Web OPAC - Style Sheet.rssFeedSource {font: bold 14px verdana; display: block; margin-

bottom: 10px;}.rssFeed {border: none;}.rssFeedName {}.rssChannelEntries {margin: 20px 10px 40px 10px;}.rssChannelEntry {margin: 5px 10px;}.rssChannelEntryHead {}.rssChannelEntryDesc {}.rssChannelEntryDate {font: italic 10px verdana; color: #999;}.rssChannelImage {border: none; margin: 10px;}.rssChannelNoContent {}.rssFeed h3, .rssFeedND h3, .rssFeedAB h3 {font-size: 12px;

margin: 10px;}.rssgif {position: relative; bottom: -3px; left: 10px;}



Style Sheet

• NOTE: A great deal can be done with the style sheet that cannot be set in the WWWOption. These include:– Allowing for a portion of the entry to display

(first 5 lines).– Allowing for a portion of the entry to print (first

5 lines).


RSS and the Web OPAC - Style Sheet• /*styles for RSS feeds with no descriptions*/

• .rssFeedND .rssChannelEntryDesc {display:none;}

• .rssFeedAB .rssChannelEntryDesc {height: 50px; overflow: hidden; }

• Need to add elements to control printing• Need to take into account “caching” of feeds by

the Innovative Server.


RSS and the Web OPAC - Concept Pages

• Do not have to have feeds on a /feeds.html page• Can be anywhere on a page in the screens

directory• Cannot be in bib records (yet!?!).• Pages at Kresge Library:

– /screens/guide_[name].html– /screens/guide_fedres.html– /screens/guide_besprac.html



Federal Reserve Documents• Shows Research, Speeches & Publications from Federal

Reserve Banks• All freely available content• Some of the 12 regional banks have RSS Feeds• Including all in guides page (for easy expansion and

documentation of Fed publications)


http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_fedres.html



Best Practices (Reports Database)• Databases that are “report driven” with full text

searching in these reports• Will be using ERM to load bib records into the

catalog for these reports• Using RSS Feed Displays to showcase new

additions and news from the vendors• Descriptions on page:

– WebOPAC caches feed content – You cannot have a page with descriptions and one

without).– You cannot truncate descriptions (first 100 words)


http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_besprac.html


http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_besprac.html**


RSS and the Web OPAC - Future Plans

• Purchasing RSS Feed Builder• Pages for “locally” hosted ejournals

– Records in the Millennium Catalog - Issue TOC in Notes Fields for Keyword Searching

– Static Page with RSS Feed display• Medical Industry Intelligence• National Real Estate Index• The Dividend (Ross School Journal)

• Tap new content for databases• News searches for subject/topic pages• Incorporating Library News in subject/topic

pages


RSS Resources & Links

• RSS Compendium– http://allrss.com/

• US Government Feeds (First Gov)– http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/

RSS_Library.shtml

• http://www.2rss.com/

• http://www.completerss.com/

• http://blogs.fletcher.tufts.edu/rss4lib/


Feed Builder Product

• Separate Product (ask Bill)• User Manual Page #106987 • Configuring Feed Builder - Page #106988• Setup is done with Millennium Web Master

mode• Works from Create Lists Saved Searches OR

Review Files.• Can have up to 100 saved searches in Create

Lists.


RSS Feed Builder

• Allows the library to strategically push information to selected audiences.

• Provides an additional mode of delivery for library related information.

• Any records you gather with Create Lists can be pushed out via Feed Builder.

• Each Feed is built with an independent configuration file


Editing the Configuration Files


Sample Configuration File


Config File• format=RSS2.0• hostname=lib.bus.umich.edu• query_type=b• query=mii• max_items=20• title=Medical Industry Intelligence• desc=A new issue of Medical Industry Intelligence is

available• lang=eng• item_title=:Vit|:Vbt• item_desc=:Via|:Vba• record_type=b• date_adj=720• range=5000


Elements of a *.conf file


Create Lists - Saved Searches


File Naming Conventions

• Configuration File:

• /iiidb/http/live/config/feeds/mii.conf

• Listed under Feeds just as “mii”

• RSS Feed:

• http://lib.bus.umich.edu/feeds/mii.xml

• Sample Page: – http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/per_mii.html


Public Display*


Public Display - XML


XML File read by Bloglines web based feed reader

(Westerville Public New Book List)


Questions?

Corey Seeman

University of Michigan

[email protected]

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~cseeman

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cseeman/index.html