Colleagues/ In addition to to my interest in MashUps (and/or Readers) that allow one to Create A Cloud Tag From An RSS Feed > RSS > TagCloud > 4 > CD : WebFeed-Based TagClouds For Collection Development > i-CD [ http://bit.ly/dyLrF5 ] I am also interest in any initiative implementation in which an RSS feed can be used o search an OPAC / WorldCat / Any Database in order to identify relevant items related to the topics of the RSS search results >
That Is > The RSS Results Become A Search Strategy >>>
To further identity publications/information resources /etc. that might support an individual / departmental / institutional Current/Emerging Research Foci , I am interested in using RSS feeds from Dissertations & Theses @ Iowa State (D&T [At] ISU) for the departments/subjects for which I have formal Collection Development responsibilities ] As A Search Statement For Searching Select Databases >>>
Search our local OPAC to identify the breath /currency of publications /etc. vis-à-vis the current/emerging research interest as represented by the D&T@ISU RSS search results
Search Dissertations & Theses to identify relevant D&Ts from other colleges and universities
Search WorldCat for any/all relevant publications/media/etc.
Another Scenario >>>
Create an RSS feed for searches of key databases (e.g., Compendex, SciFinder, Web of Science for each of our departmental research faculty staff and search these (and others) for any/all potential relevant indexed content >>
Shall We Call This > Citation Searching On Steroids [:-)] Please Post Any/All Recommendations/ Thoughts / Reactions As A Comment On This Blog Post [ http://bit.ly/bIb6rP ]
Thanks A Million <<<
BTW> As Some May Know A Few Years Ago I Was Obsessed With Web Feeds >>>
RSS(sm): Rich Site Services
Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services
B-Feeds(sm): Web Feeds for Books and Monographs
eFeeds(sm): Web Feeds from Electronic Journals
The ABCs of RSS
The New(s) That Comes to You: Web Feeds for Current Awareness
Seize The Feed: Web Feeds For Enhanced Government Information Services (Library Of Congress)
Web Feeds: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread!
BTW: Not Only Is Iowa The Home Of The First Digital Computer ] But > “Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, USA invented the first loaf-at-a-time bread-slicing machine.” This Just In: Web Feeds for Enhanced Library Services,” Knowledge Quest 33, no. 3 (January/February 2005): 38-41. But Gave Them Up For Lent [:-> BTW-BTW-BTW > Of Course I'd Access The Results In A TagCloud [:->] e-JOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs
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