Blogging and RSS : A Librarians' Guide.

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Blogs -- What Is a Blog? -- Types of Blogs -- The Blog Effect -- Why Blog? -- Chapter 2: The Library Blogosphere, Part 1: The Blogs -- Librarian Blogs -- Library Blogs -- Miscellaneous Blogs -- Just One More -- Chapter 3: The Library Blogosphere, Part 2: The Bloggers -- Chapter 4: Creating a Blog -- Why Blog? -- Methods for Creating Your Blog -- Creating Your First Blog -- Blog Options -- Chapter 5: An Introduction to RSS -- What Is RSS? -- History of Feed Development -- What's in a Feed File? -- Feed Types -- Identifying Feeds -- Finding Feeds -- Using Feeds -- Chapter 6: Using an Aggregator -- What Is an Aggregator? -- Types of Aggregators -- Google Reader -- Podcasting and RSS -- Chapter 7: Noteworthy Feeds -- Library and Library-Related Feeds -- News Feeds -- RSS Services -- Miscellaneous Feeds and Services -- Chapter 8: Creating Feeds -- Hand Rolling -- Semi-Automated -- Fully Automated -- Placing Outside RSS Content on Your Site -- Chapter 9: Microblogging With Twitter -- Why Use Twitter? -- Twitter Basics -- Tweeting 101 -- Next Steps -- Afterword -- Recommended Reading -- Appendix: Feed Code Examples -- Glossary -- About the Author -- Index.

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