Library Stuff

I’ve added Outlet Wire to the Marriage Group. It looks like a great news resource. Also, I’ve taken out all of the Yahoo News. Does anyone have any suggestions to how to get the Yahoo News search for this issue onto a feed? Zawodny’s feed, while having the greatest of intentions, isn’t capturing the entire database. Maybe the people at Yahoo (maybe Jeremy can help out) can make a feed for me? Possibly? Pretty please…They have a very useful Full Coverage page, and a feed for that would be a start. If anyone has any pull over there, I would be ever so grateful. Thanks.

I’ve been reading a lot (both online and off) on the same-sex marriage issue that has knocked this country on its heels (as well it should). I surfed around for a good weblog that would keep me up to date, but couldn’t find anything substantial nor as inclusive as I would have hoped. So, what’s a librarian to do but create one myself.

I wasn’t about to post manually to a weblog (consider the time factor involved), so I enlisted the help of Blogdigger and created a group, which I think will encompass most of what I want. There is a Pubsub Feed, one from Topix, one from Google News, one from Yahoo News, and one from Feedster. Of course, there is an RSS Feed.

While not as extensive as I would have hoped (the Yahoo News Feed is iffy at best, but it’s the only thing available right now), I think it will help me keep current with the issues involved. Plus, it’s better than anything I’ve seen out there. I am monitoring a few sites on Web Site Watcher, which helps. So, if this issue is as important to you as it is to many people fighting for rights that, in a perfect world, should be theirs without question, subscribe to the feed. And feedback is always welcome with adding more feeds to the mix.

I don’t follow the stocks (my brother does), but if I did, then RSS Quotes would be a neat tool to utilize. BTW, Pubsub does the same thing (although I haven’t played with either of these)

(RSS Quotes link via Michael Fagan’s Del.icio.us Page, which has been putting out great stuff lately)

Via Weblogs in Higher Education:

“Indiana University is building a portal for many campus services, called One Start. Students, faculty, and staff will contact many electronic resources through a single login, many of them fed by RSS. This will mean that units on campus will have a good reason to learn more about creating and using RSS feeds here. Faculty will be able to provide feeds for students in their classes, for example, or the library could, if librarians wished, provide a new book feed, or units could provide an events feed. It’s a brave new world”

Yes, yes, yes, and more yes. I would do Jenny’s patented Happy dance, but I’m exhausted. Since she is an hour behind, maybe she’ll have the energy to do so. I’d love to see this Indiana University portal thing in action.

Ooooh… a weblog about tips and tricks with using Gmail. Subscribed!! (link via Del.icio.us)

I have been using Gmail and have been somewhat impressed. I probably won’t comment on it, but I’m glad to have received a chance to play with the software.

My brother (a stockbroker) e-mailed me this morning in anticipation of owning some Google stock (G-stock?). I’m understating his emotions when I say he is excited about the prospect.

One more Gmail note: Scott has created a Feedpaper for the Gmail issue (RSS Feed). Neat.