Resource of the Week
By Steven M. Cohen, Associate Editor
PubSub
Librarians An Introduction to PubSub
This week, Shirl and Gary gave me the ROTW floor to talk about a resource that we released at PubSub on June 1st (For those who don't follow my blog, I started at PubSub in the beginning of the year, continuing my untraditional library career.) First, a bit about the company:
+ The ability to put all subscriptions for each state, all the Supreme Court justices, the entire cabinet, and/or the committees, in your aggregator by using the OPML feature. (For example, the OPML feed for NY would be: http://www.pubsub.com/features/government/state_detail.php?state=ny&format=opml.) This saves you from having to subscribe to each individual feed.
+ The ability to add any of the subscriptions to your PubSub account by clicking on the green plus signs next to every pre-built subscription. This also allows you to edit or add to the query syntax that has already been created, allowing for more personalization of content.
Also, on each state page, we've indicated which congress member was discussed most often during the previous day and how often this person was mentioned.
Who can benefit from using PubSub Government? Librarians, activists, watch groups, campaign managers, journalists, lobbyists, and anyone else interested in monitoring the U.S. government. If you have any questions about PubSub Government, you can contact us at government@pubsub.com.
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