1. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC Using Incoming Feeds Display and RSS Feed Builder Applications Corey Seeman Kresge Business Administration Library University of Michigan http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~cseeman

2. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Incoming Feeds Value for the library Code Structure RSS Feed Pages –Federal Reserve Documents & Research –Reports New Releases (Forrester & Frost) RSS Feed Builder Product RSS Resources & Links Future Plans – Journal Pages

3. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Value for the Library RSS Feeds - very personalized (portals and readers -- not “shared”) RSS Feeds are frequently changing XML documents Allows us to push data and news to people as a group – need to be things of common interest Add ability for patrons to copy to their own RSS reader A tool for alerting patrons about new resources A tool for alerting patrons to events in their library record **

4. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Code Structure Innovative Manual (2006LE and later) Page # 106681 (General Listing) Page # 106684 (RSS Feeds Coding) Page # 105262 (Classes for Style Sheets)

5. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Code Structure Token [URL] -- URL of the RSS feed* [ITEMS] -- # of items that will display in the page [DES] -- T/F include the description [DATE] -- T/F include the date & time [IMAGE] -- Include the image <!--{RSS:http://www.richmondfed.org/feeds/go.cfm /speeches/rss:5:0:1:2}-->

6. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Code Structure Style Sheet rssChannelTitle (title) rssChannelEntries (all entries) rssChannelEntry (single entry) rssChannelEntryDate (time/date) rssChannelEntryHead (header) rssChannelEntryDesc (description) rssChannelImage (image) rssChannelNoContent (text to display for no content)

7. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Style Sheet.rssFeedSource {font: bold 14px verdana; display: block; margin- bottom: 10px;}.rssFeed {border: none;}.rssFeedName {}.rssChannelEntries {margin: 20px 10px 40px 10px;}.rssChannelEntry {margin: 5px 10px;}.rssChannelEntryHead {}.rssChannelEntryDesc {}.rssChannelEntryDate {font: italic 10px verdana; color: #999;}.rssChannelImage {border: none; margin: 10px;}.rssChannelNoContent {}.rssFeed h3,.rssFeedND h3,.rssFeedAB h3 {font-size: 12px; margin: 10px;}.rssgif {position: relative; bottom: -3px; left: 10px;}

8. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Code Structure Style Sheet NOTE: A great deal can be done with the style sheet that cannot be set in the WWWOption. These include: –Allowing for a portion of the entry to display (first 5 lines). –Allowing for a portion of the entry to print (first 5 lines).

9. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Style Sheet /*styles for RSS feeds with no descriptions*/.rssFeedND.rssChannelEntryDesc {display:none;}.rssFeedAB.rssChannelEntryDesc {height: 50px; overflow: hidden; } You can add also elements to control printing Need to take into account “caching” of feeds by the Innovative Server.

10. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Concept Pages Do not have to have feeds on a /feeds.html page Can be anywhere on a page in the screens directory Cannot be in bib records* –NOTE: you can place a display token in the bib_display.html page (this controls the bib display in WebPAC Pro) –It would be the same for all the bib records –It might be good place for library news or latest collection items

11. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Concept Pages Pages at Kresge Library: –/screens/guide_[name].html –/screens/guide_fedres.html –/screens/per_mii.html Organized like this for ease of finding and editing Incoming Links are updated when TTL expires (Time to Live) – an element in the feed

12. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC – Incoming Links Federal Reserve Documents Shows Research, Speeches & Publications from Federal Reserve Banks All freely available content Some of the 12 regional banks have RSS Feeds Including all in guides page (for easy expansion and documentation of Fed publications)

13. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_fedres.html

14. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Incoming Links Best Practices (Reports Database) Databases that are “report driven” with full text searching in these reports Using RSS Feed Displays to showcase new additions and news from the vendors Descriptions on page: –WebPAC caches feed content –You cannot have a page with descriptions and one without using the same feed.

15. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_besprac.html

16. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_besprac.htmlhttp://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_besprac.html**

17. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Incoming Links Frost and Sullivan (Reports Database) Databases that are “report driven” with full text searching in these reports Using RSS Feed Displays to showcase new additions and news from the vendors If user logs in first, they can then follow the links from the feeds (no proxy issue) – not always the case Offers many RSS Feeds – will offer selected to the community URL: http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_frost.html

18. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_frost.html

19. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_frost.html

20. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Incoming Links Forrester (Reports Database) Databases that are “report driven” with full text searching in these reports Using RSS Feed Displays to showcase new additions and news from the vendors Offers many RSS Feeds – will offer selected to the community URL: http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_forrester.html

21. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_forrester.html

22. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_forrester.html

23. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Incoming Links Missing Ann Arbor?? Some can be fun Offer a chance to get the feel for campus for people who are away from Ann Arbor Include weather, news, sports, business school news, etc. URL: http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_a2.html

24. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/guide_a2.html

25. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS and the WebPAC - Feed Builder Pages for “locally” hosted ejournals –Records in the Millennium Catalog - Issue TOC in Notes Fields for Keyword Searching –Static Page with RSS Feed display & search ‘widget’ Medical Industry Intelligence Soon: National Real Estate Index, The Dividend (Ross School Journal), other locally hosted resources. News searches for subject/topic pages Incorporating Library News in subject/topic pages

26. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Feed Builder Product Separate Product (ask customer sales) User Manual Page #106987 Configuring Feed Builder - Page #106988 Setup is done with Millennium Web Master mode Works from Create Lists Saved Searches OR Review Files Can have up to 100 saved searches in Create Lists TTL for all Feed Builder files is 24 hours

27. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS Feed Builder Allows the library to strategically push information to selected audiences. Provides an additional mode of delivery for library related information. Any records you gather with Create Lists can be pushed out via Feed Builder. Each Feed is built with an independent configuration file

28. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Editing the Configuration Files

29. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Sample Configuration File

30. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Config File format=RSS2.0 hostname=lib.bus.umich.edu query_type=b query=mii max_items=20 title=Medical Industry Intelligence desc=A new issue of Medical Industry Intelligence is available lang=eng item_title=:Vit|:Vbt item_desc=:Via|:Vba record_type=b date_adj=720 range=5000

31. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Elements of a *.conf file

32. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Create Lists - Saved Searches

33. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Create Lists - Saved Searches

34. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 File Naming Conventions Configuration File: /iiidb/http/live/config/feeds/mii.conf Listed under Feeds just as “mii” RSS Feed: http://lib.bus.umich.edu/feeds/mii.xml Sample Page: –http://lib.bus.umich.edu/screens/per_mii.html

35. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Old Display – Medical Industry Intelligence

36. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 New Display – Medical Industry Intelligence

37. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 New Display – Medical Industry Intelligence

38. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Public Display - XML

39. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS Feeds into catalog pages ebrary (e-book package Database) New books added monthly. RSS Feed Builder will show latest editions. Catalog search widget

40. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS Feed Builder - ebrary

41. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS Feed Builder - ebrary

42. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Future Plans – Journal Pages Create pages with RSS feeds for Table of Content Alerts Links to full text through proxy RSS Feeds need to hold data or the public display will be blank

43. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 RSS Resources & Links RSS Compendium –http://allrss.com/http://allrss.com/ US Government Feeds (First Gov) –http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_L ibrary.shtmlhttp://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_L ibrary.shtml http://www.2rss.com/ http://www.completerss.com/ http://blogs.fletcher.tufts.edu/rss4lib/

44. RSS and the WebPAC - IUG 2007 Questions? Corey Seeman University of Michigan cseeman@umich.edu http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~cseeman http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cseeman/index.html