Blogs+-+RSS

=Blogs/RSS= //**with Hollye and Ronnie**//

> A **blog** (a [|portmanteau] of **web log**) We**b** **LOG** is a journal kept on the Internet. This journal is often updated daily and contains all information that the person maintaining the BLOG (the blogger) wishes to share with the world. The term also applies to Web sites dedicated to a particular topic and being updated with the latest news, views and trends. > [|RSS-] stands for "Really Simple Syndication". This format allows you to collect information from several webpages and organize the information into one page or location. To take advantage of RSS, you must sign up or install a news aggregator or "reader". Then you add the links to your feeds in your reader.
 * Introduction**
 * **What is it?**

> Social Networking and Sharing > **RSS**-To easily subscribe to content and have it displayed on one page. This allows you to get all of your information on one webpage without clicking on several links and filtering through advertisements and other information you are not interested in.
 * **Why should I learn this?**


 * Examples**
 * Bluebonnet Award Blog on the Texas Library Association website
 * Booktalk Blog on the library site at E. P. Rayzor
 * **Librarian Blogs:**
 * - [|Joyce Valenza]
 * - [|Stephen Abrams]
 * - [|Blue Skunk] (Doug Johnson) [|/]
 * - [|Michael Stephens]
 * http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/
 * http://libraryblogs.suprglu.com/
 * http://www.weblogg-ed.com/


 * RSS Examples**
 * Using IGoogle as the aggregator...
 * Subscribe to OfficeDepot, history.com
 * http://asp.usatoday.com/marketing/rss/index.aspx, http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/, http://www.rssfeeds.com/, http://www.newsweek.com/id/38399, http://www.pcworld.com/resource/rss.html, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/index.html, http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0_0813.html, http://www.whitehouse.gov/rss/, http://www.nasa.gov/rss/, http://www.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fa=main.rssfeeds, http://www.pbs.org/rss/,
 * Subscribe to a school's headlines


 * Hands On Time**
 * //[[file:WhoLetBlogsOut.doc]] Creating a blog in Schoolwires//


 * Share Your Experience**
 * Go to [|Denton Library forum] and share your thoughts on this session. Post #4. **If you created a SchoolWires blog for your library (or already have one), post your URL in the forum. OR post ideas on how libraries might use blogs.** as the first line of your reply.