GET YOUR CONTENT AND SERVICES OUT THERE!
It looks like everybody is shouting this! ( Gordon Ramsey, oh, no sorry Lorcan Dempsey OCLC PICA at LIBER 2005. Or is it just the case of what you want to hear, you will hear ...
According to the Shifted Librarian (Jenny Levine) ProQuest is showing "visionary leadership" in the field of RSS for libraries. They are planning to launch dynamic keyword RSS-feeds.
Jenny gave a few presentations about the subject. You can view the slides here (the large one!) or here (PDFs).
ProQuest mentiones specific purpose in a academic setting, but it can easily be translated to other types of libraries.
Please read the blog-item of Jenny yourself and tell me you do not get excited!
Look at the presentations -they look great- and you must agree with me that "The Shifted Librarian"'s views are worth to be discussed in any library organisation, including a academical setting.
Most of the time developments in Europe follow the US and the UK but always a few years later! The Internet and modern communications make the gap smaller and smaller.
She predicts the OPAC vendors will jump in -some time or another- and that database vendors should do so as well to make good things happen on library websites but also for their users.
But RSS is just one of the services.
Jenny gives a great overview of developments in mobile technology and their possible use.
Here a short overview of all new updates around the Journal apps we are supporting. Personally I am most excited about the anouncements of " docwise " making big steps to keep up with BrowZine & Read (Integration -"Open in"- with Dropbox, Evernote and more, save and email full text articles), but making a hug jump with unique features, like shareable Folders with docwise users ánd a RSS reader feature (boldly called Google Reader replacement!). Bring it on! BrowZine : just published the Android Version of their App to which the CMB UMCG now has a subscription. To be downloaded from Google Play Store or Amazon App Store the following publishers have been added Project MUSE Cambridge University Press American Marketing Association Academy of Management Royal Society of Chemistry Institute of Physics American Physical Society Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) American Geophysical Union International Society for Optics a...
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