RSS Feeds

You can subscribe to the latest headlines from Library News & Exhibits and other library news channels using something called an RSS feed or web feed.

Feeds are used by many organizations to deliver news, blog entries, and even journal table of contents alerts. CNN, the New York Times, and NPR all offer feeds that enable you to keep up with the latest headlines, sports, or technology news. Our feeds keep you up to date with library news, exhibits, events, new products and more.

RSS feeds are designed to be read by a computer rather than a human, so if you follow the link from the or button you'll see a lot of code. Feed readers link to that code to stay updated with the latest headlines and show you the entries that have been added or updated since the last time you checked.

Subscribing to feeds is a simple process.

1. Choose a feed reader
There are many web-based readers available, most of which are free. You can download software to your desktop if you prefer. Bloglines is one popular web-based service that is free. Some other services are NewsIsFree, 2rss.com and AmphetaDesk. For a more exhaustive list of feed readers see the listing at the Open Directory Project.

Bloglines home page:

bloglines home page

2. Subscribe to feeds
Follow these simple steps to add Library News & Exhibits to your Bloglines account:

Go to Library News & Exhibits
Right click on the button (at lower right) to copy the link location.
Open up your subscription to Bloglines, click on My Feeds, click on Add, paste the URL and click the Subscribe button.

Now every time new stories appear on Library News & Exhibits, the headlines will automatically appear in your Bloglines account. You can quickly scan the headlines and choose the stories that interest you.

bloglines screen shot

These sites are good places to search and browse for more feeds:

And don't forget to look for the XML or RSS icon at the websites of your favorite journals. IngentaConnect, Oxford University Press, and Science Online are a few of the journal providers who now provide news or table of contents alerts via feeds.