Thursday, October 18, 2007

Week 4 # 9 Library Feeds

http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/showfab.html?sid=5027&qlname=NLBFH (Feed for Fiction best sellers supplied by New York Times to libraries)

Although I no longer run a library book club, I did this in my previous position, so I have an interest in what new fiction is being published, with a particular interest in crime writing. This feed should tell me about the latest in fiction from the USA.

http://rpc.bloglines.com/blogroll?html=1&id=&target=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/feed/ (Man Booker prize website feed)

This site has updates throughout the year regarding the longlists, shortlists, and the awarding of the Man Booker Prize in October each year. Useful for getting information for book clubs.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Week 4: What RSS means

I've looked up RSS in Wikipedia and discovered that RSS stands for either Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favourite web sites automatically rather than checking them manually. The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.

Week 4: # 8, RSS

http://http://www.phrases.org.uk/a-phrase-a-week/ (Phrase a Week)
http://contemporarylit.about.com/ (About Literature: Contemporary)
http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php (Accidental Hedonist)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/default.stm (BBC News)
http://www.bloglines.com/ (Bloglines News)
http://alison.knitsmiths.us/ (The Blue Blog: where blue is for knitting)
http://www.dilbert.com/ (Dilbert)
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html (New York Times article archive)
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/ (The Shifted Librarian)
http://feeds.wired.com/wired/topheadlines (Wired Top Stories)

http://rpc.bloglines.com/blogroll?html=1&id=&target=http://www.bloglines.com/public/patricia-thisandthat (My link to my Blogline account)