1. Searching the “New” Web: Bloglines Demo ORALL Annual Meeting October 13, 2005 Presented by Bonnie Shucha UW Law Library bjshucha@wisc.edu

2. Bloglines  Free Web-based RSS reader  Use to read: RSS feeds Email Listservs!  Subscribe at http://www.bloglines.com/ http://www.bloglines.com/  Tutorial movie (UC Berkeley Library): http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/rss.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/rss.html

3. RSS Feeds

4. Posts

5. 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

6. 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”

7. Choose Folder Click “Subscribe”

8. 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

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

10. 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 Email

11. Save Posts Clip Email Keep New

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

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

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

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

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

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