Searching the “New” Web: Bloglines Demo ORALL Annual Meeting October 13, 2005 Presented by Bonnie Shucha UW Law Library

Bloglines  Free Web-based RSS reader  Use to read: RSS feeds Listservs!  Subscribe at  Tutorial movie (UC Berkeley Library):

RSS Feeds

Posts

Add Feeds to Bloglines  Several Ways to Subscribe to Feeds Known Feed – You already have the URL Browse Recommended Feeds – Let Bloglines suggest feeds based on your existing subscriptions

Add a Known Feed  Look for button to get URL for a RSS feed  Click “Add” at top of right frame  Enter URL and click “Subscribe” Click “Add”

Choose Folder Click “Subscribe”

Browse Recommended Feeds  After you have added a few subscriptions, Bloglines scans for other similar feeds  Click “Recommendations” in “Extras” section at the bottom of the directory on the left

Search Blog Content  Keyword search the Bloglines search engine at top left

Save Posts  One advantage of RSS readers is that once posts are viewed, they won’t be displayed the next time you open the feed  However, if you wish to save posts, you can: Keep new Clip

Save Posts Clip Keep New

View Clippings  Click “Clippings” tab in directory on left

Add Subscriptions  Why? Stop the clutter - Get newsletters & high traffic listservs out of your One stop shopping - Read all current awareness / professional development news in one place

Add Subscriptions  Create special Bloglines address tied to your account  Use that to subscribe to newsletter or listserv  messages displayed with other feeds Note the icon  Set up unlimited Bloglines addresses

Add Subscriptions  First, click “Create Subscriptions” in “Extras” section at the bottom of the directory on the left

Add Subscriptions  Next, complete this form at the bottom of the page

Add Subscriptions  Finally, subscribe to listserv or newsletter using your new Bloglines address Click on subscription name on left Click on the “send ” link to send a message from this address Subscribe following listserv instructions