Getting to the on Ramp

GETTING TO THE ON RAMP

OLC Technical Services Retreat, April 25, 2006

RESOURCE LIST

AGGREGATORS

AmphetaDesk (http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/)

Bloglines, http://www.bloglines.com/

Feedreader (http://feedreader.com/)

Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader/things/tour)

iTunes, http://www.apple.com//itunes/

My Yahoo!, http://my.yahoo.com

Sharp Reader, http://www.sharpreader.net

BLOGS AND NEWS FEEDS

ALA TechSource, http://www.techsource.ala.org/

CNet News, http://news.com.com

It’s All Good (original OCLC staffer blog), http://scanblog.blogspot.com

Library Dust (Michael McGrorty), http://librarydust.typepad.com/library_dust/

Library Stuff, http://www.librarystuff.net/

LIS News (Library and Information Science Newsletter), http://www.lisnews.com/

Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog, http://orweblog.oclc.org/

Stephen’s Lighthouse (Stephen Abrams, Sirsi/Dynix), http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/

The Shifted Librarian (Jenny Levine), http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/

Slashdot, http://slashdot.org/

Trendspotting, http://www.trendspotting.com

Walt at Random (Walt Crawford), http://walt.lishost.org/

WebJunction, http://webjunction.org

Wired News, http://www.wirednews.com/

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Stephen Bell’s “Keeping Up” website, http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup

Rush Brandis, “Blog the Web with RSS: Is it Really Simple Syndication?”
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=9098

CNN, http://www.cnmn.com

Stephan M. Cohen, “RSS for Non-Techie Librarians,”
http://www.llrx.com/features/rssforlibrarians.htm

OCLC Western Service Center, “RSS: Benefits for You and Your Library” (online learning
course, fee charged) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W801.htm

Judith Siess, “Thinking about…Keeping Up --- It’s Not an Option.” OPL: Newsletter for
Librarians and Management (22:2, June 2005, updated April 2006)

Wikipedia (great source of readable definitions), http://en.wikipedia.org)

All sites checked April 23, 2006.