Pamela Carson, a web services librarian, discusses how RSS feeds and alerts can help keep up with research in an easy and time-saving way. She provides an overview of how RSS feeds and readers work, where to find RSS feeds, and which tools can collect and read RSS feeds in one place. The presentation aims to demonstrate how RSS can automate information delivery and web surfing.

1. Keeping up with research
using RSS and alerts
Pamela Carson
Web Services Librarian

2. Who am I?
Pamela Carson, Web Services Librarian
• Master of Library and Information Studies,
Knowledge Management specialization (McGill)
• Honours B.A. Art and French (McMaster)
• Diploma Web Design (Mohawk College)
pamela.carson@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 ext. 7685

3. Information delivery…made easy

4. Agenda
• About RSS
– How do RSS feeds and readers work
• Where can I find RSS feeds?
– Exercise
• Where can I collect and read RSS feeds?
– Exercise

5. Why?
• Saves time
• Automated web surfing
• Information saved in one place
(the reader/aggregator)

6. E-mail alerts