Technology Tools for Law Firm Librarians

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Steven M. Cohen

Law Library Management, Incorporated

917-837-9706

steven@lawlib.com

http://www.lawlib.com

AOL IM - NYlibrarian

Skype - stevenmcohen

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RSS 101 - Let's Talk

 

• Steven’s Personalized Page - http://www.google.com/reader/view/

 

Lib/Law Related RSS Feeds

 

• ALA - http://tinyurl.com/bza6y
• Library Journal - http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=Learn_RSS
• Information Today - http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/rss
• E-Lis - http://eprints.rclis.org/last.xml
• Proquest - http://www.proquest.com/proquest/rss/rss.shtml
• EContent Magazine - http://www.econtentmag.com/rss/rss_feeds.aspx
• Lexis Nexis - http://www.lexisnexis.com/presscenter/rss
• Mealey's - http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/rssFeeds.aspx
• Thomson West - http://west.thomson.com/news
• WestClips - http://www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000334.html
• Blawg - http://blawgsearch.justia.com
• Eprints - http://eprints.rclis.org/last.xml

 

Government

 

• Washington Post - http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress
• GovTrac - http://www.govtrack.us
• FirstGov - http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml
• Open Congress - http://www.opencongress.org/
• Justia Dockets - http://dockets.justia.com/

 

Customize Customize Customize.

 

• Ebay – http://www.rssauction.com
• PubMed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
• UPS/Fedex/USPS – http://track.toolbot.com/
• Moreover - http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?k=librarian&o=rss
• Amazon – http://www.onfocus.com/bookwatch/AmazonRSS.asp
• Amazon Wishlists – http://www.edazzle.net/amazon
• Topix - http://www.topix.net
• Yahoo News Search - http://news.yahoo.com
• Google News Search - http://news.google.com
• Technorati - http://www.technorati.com
• Amazon Subject Search - http://tinyurl.com/e4nwo
• Google Blog Search - http://blogsearch.google.com
• del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us
• Digg - http://www.digg.com

 

 

Can't get everything via RSS

 

• Watch That Page - http://www.watchthatpage.com
• Web Site Watcher - http://aignes.com
• Page2RSS - http://www.page2rss.com

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Libraries are getting hip to RSS Technology

 

 

• Oklahoma University Library
• RIT Libraries
• Kelvin Smith Library
• New Books
• Library Elf
• University of Alberta (NEOS)
• Hennepin County Public Library
• Edmonton Public Library
• More from Hennepin County
• Kansas City Public Library

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My Top 10 (OK, 11.....OK 12) Most Useful Tools

 

1) Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org

2) Snapper - http://adonns.mozilla.org/firefox/2703

3) Browster - http://www.browster.com

4) BugMeNot - http://www.bugmenot.com

5) TinyURL - http://www.tinyurl.com

6) GoogleGroups - http://groups.google.com

7) CiteBite - http://www.citebite.com

8) Picnik - http://www.picnik.com

9) Missing Auctions - http://www.missing-auctions.com

10) Twitter - http://www.twitter.com

11) Meebo - http://www.meebo.com

12) PBwiki - http://www.pbwiki.com