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Added a feed from Google Blog Search (which uses a fairly narrow search) to the Superfeed.
Added filters to the Superfeed to screen out a handful of false positives.
Embedded Grazr widget (see end of post)

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Wouter has made the Superfeed available in Dutch.
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To make sure I don’t miss any online chatter about Computers in Libraries 2008 […]

LibWorm has been bookmarked 700 times in del.icio.us.

:)

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CollegeDegree.com lists LibWorm as one of its “25 Awesome Beta Research Tools from Libraries Around the World.”
24. LibWorm: This beta helps you “search the biblioblogosphere and beyond.” When you want to start your search on the Internet but only want to find library-related material, this tool can help. By pulling information from over 1500 RSS […]

The Krafty Librarian has assembled a number of useful resources on OvidSP that should be helpful to those still working on transition plans.
You can also check out what other medical libraries are doing by searching the Medical Library CSE for ovidsp.
You could even seek out specific instructional materials by searching for Ovidsp (handout OR […]

I got a great email from a friend who is currently in library school months ago that I never posted about. Bad, BAD David!
I love her description of how she used LibWorm to search the biblioblogosphere as a part of her research for a library school assignment:
…I was required to write a brief piece […]

Okay. To my great surprise, it looks like I actually have a chance at winning this award (previously mentioned here and here).

At the moment, I’m trailing Berci’s ScienceRoll- but not by a great margin.
This sort of contest is really about how many people one can motivate to go vote for one’s own […]

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(My emphasis here is on free and low-cost resources)
Explaining RSS

Introduction to RSS for Librarians by Luke Rosenberger
How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way by Stephanie Quilao
Five Best Tips for Reducing RSS Information Overload by David Rothman
Video: RSS in Plain English

Resources to help you choose a feed aggregator

RSS Compendium-RSS Readers
A Directory of RSS Aggregators
Comprehensive […]

Berci asked:
David, do you know how can we subscribe to searches on Youtube? I mean, I’d like to follow the RSS feed of the search term genetics on Youtube, for example.
Jan answered:
You can create RSS feeds for tags. FI: rss for genetics will be http://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/genetic.rss.
For search related rss-feeds on YouTube you could try referd.info.
The […]

Melissa Rethlefsen sent me a nifty graphic from Cloudalicio.us that shows the tags del.icio.us users have most frequently used when bookmarking LibWorm:

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There’s nothing very surprising here, but it sure is interesting.
Thanks, Melissa!

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LibWorm has been bookmarked by 600 different del.icio.us users:

This makes us smile.
:)

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Steven Cohen was the first librarian to whom I revealed the existence of LibWorm- and he has been a wonderful supporter since.
Steven gave a presentation on “What’s Hot with RSS” at Internet Librarian 2007, and we’re tickled that LibWorm was included in this presentation- and at least a couple of bibliobloggers noted the mention.

These icons […]

Need a hand keeping up with everything posted about Internet Librarian 2007?
Use this search and/or this feed.

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I’ve been meaning to post a few notes about MedWorm for a while now.
First, my friend and LibWorm partner Frankie Dolan1 has been blogging at Frankie Speaking Frankly and you should subscribe to its feed.
Second, registered users can now make use of MedWorm’s new subscribe-by-email feature. Writes Frankie:
It is now possible to receive […]

Need help keeping up with all the blog posts about Internet Librarian International 2007? LibWorm can help.
Try this query or this feed.

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Check out which blogs the biblioblogsphere is recommending via this LibWorm query.

Of course, BlogDay isn’t over and there are usually late participants, so you might want to subscribe to this query’s feed.

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I know it’s goofy, but I was tickled to see that LibWorm has been bookmarked just over 500 times in del.icio.us since the end of November 2006.

This makes me smile.
:)

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LibWorm can help with that.

This query should show all blog posts about ALA 2007: +(ALA2007 “ALA 2007″ ALA07 “ALA 07″)
Even easier, you can subscribe to a feed for this search and have new posts delivered to you as LibWorm indexes them.

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LibWorm Booked
My copy of Phil Bradley’s How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library arrived recently and it was loads of fun to find LibWorm in the index, mentioned on pages 36-37 and page 201.

Above: Scan from the top of page 37 (Chapter Three: Weblogs). I figure that Phil won’t mind my reproducing the […]

PsychSplash posted an interview today with my LibWorm parter-in-geekery, Frankie Dolan, about MedWorm and RSS for clinicians.
Have I mentioned recently that Frankie rocks?

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Dr. Ves Dimov at Clinical Cases and Images writes:
It would be nice to have feed “pipes” (similar to Yahoo Pipes) of blogs in different specialties:
- A feed pipe with general medicine blogs
- A feed pipe with hospitalist blogs
- A feed pipe with cardiology blogs
- A feed pipe with nephrology blogs, etc.
What are medical libraries for […]