soyka n e a spring 2010
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Presentation for "Web 2.0 and Archivists" panel, New England Archivists meeting, Spring 2010, Amherst, MA.TRANSCRIPT
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
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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
