Keeping Current : Advanced Internet Strategies to Meet Librarian and Patron Needs

Contents: Introductions. 1. Developments in currency. 2. Search Engines. 3. Web site monitoring software. 4. Weblogs. 5. RSS feeds. Index.

"Keeping up with the ever growing web, along with professional resources and information for customers, can be an overwhelming challenge for busy librarians.

What if you could keep current in one hour per day or less? What if you didn\'t have to surf? What if the information you selected proactively arrived in your inbox? What if you had effective sorting and saving tools to capture your preferred portion of this flood of data?

Illustrated ways to overcome daunting deluge of information, author and librarian Steven M. Cohen shows you how to use all the new cool tools, a passionate proponent of using cutting edge technology to access and organize information, Cohen is the librarians very own web guy search engine. Keeping current offers expert guidelines and insightful evaluation of software and products that help librarians do their jobs better, easier and faster.

• It provides information strategies and tips and tools that are easy to use.
• Uncovers methods that dig into the invisible web to bring to light sources not found by traditional search engines.
• Reveals the pros and cons of web site monitoring software.
• Addresses ways to use weblogs and news search engines.
• Explores RSS (Rich Site Summery) feeds that bring content from multiple sites to your desktop.

This practical guide supports reference librarians as well as subject specialists in public, special, school and academic librarians." (jacket)