RSS feeds and podcasts

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OCLC offers RSS feeds and podcasts featuring news, events, product updates, system alerts, research, with more topics on the way. You can get the latest headlines delivered to your news reader to make staying informed easier than ever.

Podcasts (English)

OCLC now offers podcasts of OCLC events significant to the library and information science community. Learn more about podcasts at Yahoo!, Apple or Wikipedia.

Please note that many of these individual audio programs are an hour or more in length and can exceed 30MB in size.

Name	Feed	Description	Validate
OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series podcast		Each year OCLC Research invites distinguished professionals to Dublin to make presentations on topics of current interest.
OCLC Events podcast		OCLC presentations to and meetings with the library and information science community, including OCLC Symposium presentations and discussions.

Choose your news

OCLC offers news and information customized by news type, service areas and more.

OCLC News and Events

Name	Feed	Description	Validate
OCLC News		The latest OCLC news headlines.

OCLC Products and Services

Name	Feed	Description	Validate
OCLC Products and Services		The latest updates to all OCLC products and services
Cataloging and Metadata		News and updates on OCLC Cataloging and Metadata products and services
Content and Collections		News and updates on OCLC Content and Collections products and services
Dewey Journal		All the latest Dewey Decimal Classification® news and announcements, DDC mappings, and tips. Dewey services also offers these updates in individual feeds.
025.431: The Dewey blog		The Dewey blog offers news and views on classification issues, interesting and unusual DDC resources, and a means to provide ongoing feedback to help shape the DDC's future.
Digital Collection Management		News and updates on OCLC Digital Collection Management products and services
EZproxy Enhancements		Recent enhancements and updates
EZproxy Database Configurations		Recent additions and changes to database specific configuration instructions
Group Services		News and updates on OCLC Group Services
Management Services and Systems		News and updates on OCLC Management Services and Systems
Reference and Discovery		News and updates on OCLC Reference and Discovery products and services
Resource Sharing and Delivery		News and updates on OCLC Resource Sharing and Delivery products and services
Web and Data Services		News and updates on OCLC Web and Data Services
WorldCat		News and updates on OCLC WorldCat

OCLC Support (English)

Name	Feed	Description	Validate
System Alerts		Conditions that might be affecting an OCLC service.
Closed Dates in Authority Records		Lists of authority headings that have been changed to add a death date.

OCLC Programs and Research (English)

Name	Feed	Description	Validate
OCLC Programs and Research		The latest announcements from OCLC Programs and Research.
RLG Programs		Latest news from RLG Programs
OCLC Research		The latest announcements from OCLC Research
Terminology Services project		Latest news and announcements on the progress of the project.

OCLC-related feeds (English)

An offering of feeds available from other sources that OCLC visitors may find of interest.

Name	Feed	Description
BlogJunction		WebJunction's niche in the blogosphere.
Dublin Core		Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
HangingTogether		Four OCLC RLG Programs staff discuss libraries, archives and museums.
Hectic Pace		Andrew Pace, Executive Director for Networked Library Services at OCLC pontificates on a variety of issues important to libraries.
It's all good		A blog from five OCLC staff about all things present and future that impact libraries and library users.
Lorcan Dempsey's weblog		Lorcan Dempsy, Vice President (Research) and Chief Strategist, OCLC, on libraries, services and networking.
Metalogue		Metalogue is a forum for sharing thoughts on all things related to knowledge organization by and for libraries, hosted by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services for OCLC.
Outgoing		Thom Hickey, Chief Scientist, OCLC Research, on library metadata techniques and trends.
Weibel Lines		Ruminations on Libraries and Internet standards from Stu Weibel, Senior Reseach Scientist at OCLC.
WorldCat blog		A fun spot to read about what's happening on WorldCat.org and to share cool ways that people are using the site and their libraries.

RSS resources

What is RSS?

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based format for distributing information from websites to desktops. A newsreader application accesses the RSS feeds you choose to bring your favorite information sources to you. Numerous newsreaders are available, including freeware, shareware and browser-based options.

How do I add a feed?

Click on the "+ RSS FEED" button to choose one of the web-based feed readers offered on the AddThis.com site. If your preferred feed reader is not available from AddThis.com, click the "view xml" link near the top of the AddThis.com page, then copy and paste the feed URL into the feed address field of your reader. Your feed reader may require additional steps to finish the subscription process.

If you experience any problems reading any of our feeds, check out the "Valid RSS" link to see if the feed conforms to specifications. (If it doesn't, please let us know!)