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When any of the above web pages are updated, the new information is automatically delivered to subscribers' RSS readers. RSS is convenient, spam-free, and a great way to track not only our web pages but hundreds and thousands of news sites, blogs, and much more. You may already have a news reader! MyYahoo, MyMSN, GoogleReader, or your sbcglobal homepage allow you to add content from the web; they are all news readers! This video "RSS in Plain English" by Common Craft is a short, easy to understand explanation of RSS.
~~~~~ You can subscribe to the following pages on the Library
website: Here's how to subscribe to any or all of these pages using an RSS reader called Bloglines. We at Roselle Public Library don't have any connection to Bloglines other than we like it and use it. It's free, and it's web-based, so you don't have to install anything on your computer. 1. Go to www.bloglines.com and set up a (free) account. 2. Log in to Bloglines with your new account. 3. Select (click on) the "Add" link on the upper left-hand side of Bloglines, under " My Feeds." 4. The right-hand side of Bloglines should say "Subscribe." Below that, you should see a box that says "Blog or Feed URL." Type or copy and paste http://www.roselle.lib.il.us/ into the "Blog or Feed URL" box, and click "Subscribe." 5. You may now see up to ten different feeds. Select and subscribe to one of the feeds that begin with the URL http://www.roselle.lib.il.us (Ignore any feeds that begin with anything other than http://www.roselle.lib.il.us.) 6. Later on, take a little time learning how to read your feeds (it's flat-out easy: just click on the names of the feeds), how to create folders to organize your feeds, how to unsubscribe to some of the feeds that Bloglines gave you when you signed up, and and how to find and add new feeds. ~~~~~Finding More Readers and FeedsBloglines is searchable. You can also find feeds in Bloglines through its "Related Feeds" feature, or browse the blogosphere with Technorati or Feedster. Other good blog-finding tools include Blogging About Incredible Blogs and, especially for librarians and library groupies, Blogbib. We suggest starting with Bloglines because it is free, Web-based, and full-featured. If you want to explore other aggregators (RSS readers), try Newzcrawler and Amphetadesk. Most aggregators are clients (software you install on your computer); some, like Bloglines, are Web-based. Some are fee-based, and some are free.
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