Many of you probably already know about this one, but just in case…
At the leadership institute I attended last week, I learned that there was a tool for keeping up with news from UW-Madison and the UW System that I was totally unaware of — the daily clip sheet. These are the old clipping files that are now maintained online and available as RSS feeds.
The UW System Clipsheet includes “Summaries of news stories of interest to the UW System.” Some recent items included an article on Damon A. Williams, our new vice provost for diversity and climate, and financial aid.
The UW Madison’s University Communications Clipsheet, “Selected highlights of stories featuring UW-Madison which have appeared in the media.” Recent clips included articles on John Wiley, research on girls’ math scores conducted here, and student’s use of food pantries.
If someone’s looking for a project, I wonder how (other than long instructions) we could help them link to the articles from some of our online databases? I’ll ask around, but let me know if you have ideas.
I currently work on the UW System clipsheet and would be happy to talk with you about our clipsheet processes. Just shoot me an email. Have a good afternoon!
Comment by Molly — July 28, 2008 @ 3:35 pm |
I had wondered the same thing, so last year, I experimented with setting up some general alerts and was sharing items of potential interest with John Lucas at University Communications, with proxied links to articles.
It wound up being too time-consuming for me to keep this up, but would perhaps be appropriate for GLS Library Communications or GLS External Relations staff to work on?
He shared a couple of general guidelines:
* They don’t clip every single version of a story, unless the sources are extremely varied in their coverage.
* They don’t generally post alumni mentions, unless it is an obit, or their contributions related back to the institution in some way.
Thanks for the UW System link – hadn’t known about that one!
Comment by Amanda Werhane — July 29, 2008 @ 11:24 am |
It seems like it would be a big contribution just to provide some kind of proxied link to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Comment by mcsarah — July 29, 2008 @ 12:37 pm |
Thanks for the tip! I didn’t know about this resource and have found it very useful! strange that it took the leadership institute to find it. I hope you had a great experience in the “institute”. Phew!
Comment by covelli — August 4, 2008 @ 2:53 pm |