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Dear all Many thanks to all the people who contacted me and offered me help with my session. I really appreciated it. I will be replying to you all individually over the next few days. I finally delivered the session this afternoon, and I think it went down well. I would be very happy to share my PowerPoint and plan with anyone who is interested - just drop me an email. Information from others suggested feedly http://cloud.feedly.com or Yanobs http://yanobs.com/reader/ or The Old Reader http://theoldreader.com/ Phil Bradley has created a good list of alternatives to Google Reader: http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2013/03/20-alternatives-to-google-reader.html Ned Potter has also blogged a good list of alternatives to Google Reader; http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=2145 In terms of an alternative to iGoogle - most people suggested Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ <http://www.netvibes.com/northantspslibraries#Home> I also found Symbaloo http://www.symbaloo.com/ which looks quite nice, but I haven't had time to test it.Protopage http://www.protopage.com/ and Flipboard https://flipboard.com/ were also suggested. In terms of other content - I talked about mailing lists, Google Groups, RSS feeds, blogs, Wikis, Twitter, Facebook, Webinars, Online/Distance learning, MOOCs, TOCs, Database alerts, ebooks on eReaders, and mobile phone apps. It certainly got them all thinking!! Best wishes Katherine Katherine Staples Subject Librarian: Health & Social Care Oxford Brookes University Library Gipsy Lane Headington Oxford OX3 0BP Tel: 01865 483135 Email: [log in to unmask] Please note my working days are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday On 10 October 2013 11:54, Katherine Staples <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all > > For the past few years we (Health and Social Work Librarians at Oxford > Brookes University) have run a session for our third year undergraduates > entitled Keeping Up to Date. We have shown them the NHS Evidence resources > and talked about NHS Athens passwords. We have also mentioned RSS feeds, > Google Reader, Blogs, Microblogging (ie Twitter), Journal Alerts and > Database alerts. We have advised our students that they can pull all of > this information together using a Start Page - and have used iGoogle. > > So, with the demise of iGoogle and Google Reader - we are now in a > quandary about what to use/demonstrate. > Do any of you have any ideas? Doe any of you also run a Keeping Up to Date > course/session, and what do you include? > > Thanks in advance for your help > Katherine > > Katherine Staples > Subject Librarian: Health & Social Care > Oxford Brookes University Library > Gipsy Lane > Headington > Oxford > OX3 0BP > > Tel: 01865 483135 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > Please note my working days are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday >