Welcome to Using Web 2.0 for Current Awareness

This knowledge base is a way of sharing knowledge and experience in developing current awareness and alerting services similar to those developed by Shrewsbury and Telford Health Libraries, using a wide range of Web 2.0 applications.

Much of the work that we have done can be shared and adapted and we're happy for other services to build on our work to avoid duplication of effort.

Contributions to the wiki are invited from library staff setting up similar services who wish to share experience and expertise. Contact Jason Curtis if you are interested in contributing. 

Contents

1. Welcome and Introduction

1.1Background to the Project

2. Sources of RSS Feeds

          2.1 Creating your own RSS feeds

3. Using the Tools

3.1 Using Netvibes

     3.1.1 Adding a banner

3.2 Using Yahoo! Pipes

3.3 Using Feedburner

     3.3.1 Using FeedFlares

3.4 Using Feed43

3.5 Using Google Analytics

4. Examples in Practice