In response to original posting of 2/14/12:
From:
"Kohn, Karen" <kohnk_at_arcadia.edu> <mailto:kohnk_at_arcadia.edu>
I am stumped and wondered if you had any ideas for me. I hope this is
appropriate for this list, sorry if not. Here is the problem:
I've relied heavily on Books in Print alerts for Collection Development.
I run a search for a particular author and then set up an RSS feed to
alert me when anything new is published by that author. In response to
a survey I recently sent out about collection development, the faculty
sent me a lot more author names to keep an eye out for, so I want to
make new RSS feeds.
I do a search in BiP, click on the RSS icon, and try to create a feed.
When I go to add it to Google Reader, it does not recognize the feed.
(This used to work in the past but doesn't anymore.) I tried changing
feed readers to Bloglines. It also doesn't recognize the feed. I
thought maybe I could get a feed from somewhere other than Books in
Print, so I tried Amazon but they don't let you create an RSS feed from
the results of a search. The Library of Congress catalog does not
either, and neither does WorldCat.
I contacted both Books in Print and Bloglines asking if they had
suggestions and I haven't heard back yet.
Can you think of any other way I can get alerts when a specific author
publishes a book?
Thanks!
--
/Karen Kohn/
Collection Development Manager
Education and Sociology Librarian
Landman Library
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038
ph: 215-572-8528 <tel:215-572-8528>
fax: 215-572-0240 <tel:215-572-0240>
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From:
"Brian C. Gray" <bcg8_at_case.edu>
You may want to check with your primary book vendors as well to see what
automated search help they can offer.
Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Team Leader, Research Services
Librarian: Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Email: brian.c.gray_at_case.edu <mailto:brian.c.gray_at_case.edu>
Blog: http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/
Kelvin Smith Library 201-K
Office hours in Nord Hall: http://researchguides.case.edu/profile/bcg8
Case Western Reserve University
Kelvin Smith Library
11055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Phone: (216) 368-8685
Fax: (216) 368-3669
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From:
Julie Watson <jawatson_at_maryu.marywood.edu>
Karen,
You can use Google Scholar:
1)Search for your author.
2)Click on user profile.
3) Find box in uppr right - follow this author - click follow new
articles (it will include books). Y
4)enter your email address.
5) You will get notifications via email.
Hope that is useful to you....
---
Julie Watson
Assistant Professor
Research Librarian
Marywood University
2300 Adams Ave
Scranton, PA 18509
570-348-6211 x 2467, LRC209
jawatson_at_marywood.edu
http://www.marywood.edu/library/
Received on Wed Feb 29 2012 - 03:04:43 EST