RSS Specifications

This site is a comprehensive rss reference detailing everything you need to know about RSS.
RSS is defined as Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. RSS files are formed as XML files and are designed to provide content summaries of news, blogs, forums or website content.
Users select the rss feeds (content) they wish to subscribe. The feeds are generally simple headlines and brief descriptions if the user is interested they can click to see additional information.

http://www.rss-specifications.com/

Newsletter software

eNewsletter Manager Free Edition 2.3.20
http://www.e-undertown.com/en/software.asp
Electronic newsletters cover every subject from gender studies to smart growth, and those persons who publish them will appreciate these handy application. This version of eNewsletter manager gives users the ability to manage up to three newsletter databases, create alternate HTML and text message versions, and also to send personalized email messages to recipients. This version is compatible with computers running Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, and Vista. [KMG] From The Scout Report

Technology Resources from WebJunction

Computer Basic Support
Computer Security
Computer Networking
Computer Accessibility
Software
Hardware
Internet Tools
Public Access Computing
Technology Planning
Buying Technology

Web Junction link: http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=325

Sustaining Public Access Computing: Technology Competencies

By Betha Gutsche, Editor

The technology comptencies are divided into two sections: Patron Assistance and System Administration. [To read this file you need Adobe Acrobat] When the pdf opens, click the Bookmarks tab on the left for a Table of Contents.
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=15575

The Ultimate Guide to the Invisible Web

http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/invisible-web

Newbie's Guide to Flickr By Josh Lowensohn

Flickr is a popular photo-sharing and hosting service with advanced and powerful features. It supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other's photos. You can share and host hundreds of your own pictures on Flickr without paying a dime. There's also a pro service that gets you unlimited storage and sharing for about $2 a month, making it one of the cheapest hosting sites around (more on that later).
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9703620-2.html?tag=blog

Sometimes Google Isn’t Enough [Powerpoint]

When Google Isn’t Enough
A Powerpoint Presentation on the Deep or Invisible Web on "uncovering information sources search engines can’t see"

The Web and Libraries

"The Importance of the Web To Libraries”

ICTLIG (Western Cape)

invites you to a morning of talks and discussion on

on 16th May 2007 @ EDULIS Library, 15 Kruskal Avenue, BELLVILLE.

Attendance fee: R10.00 LIASA members; R 20.00 non-members.

Please pay when you arrive at the function.

RSVP by 14th May 2007 to Miss Nuroo Hoosain-Ismail
Email: Nuroo.Hoosain-Ismail@uct.ac.za Phone 021-650 5305

Programme :

08h00-08h30 Tea*

08h30-08h45 Membership drive

09h00-09h15 Opening and introduction : Warren Hansen (Chair of ICTLIG, Western Cape)

09h15-10h00 SA without connectivity : Geoff Hoy (TENET)

10h00-10h30 Tea*

10h30-11h15 Handheld devices: Duncan Greaves (TENET)

11h15-11h20 Beyond Google: The Deep Web; and Keeping Up to Date: Blogging and RSS Feeds : Celia Walter (Blogger and a Subject Librarian, UCT)

11h20-12h45 Questions & Discussion related to the talks

12h45 Closing: Draw for Prizes

* Catering will be Halaal

The Web and Libraries

The Importance of The Web to Libraries
a morning of talks and discussion on 16th May 2007

For more information about the programme, and for directions to the Edulis Library, Bellville, please follow this link to my UCT Blog
http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/celias/2007/05/10/the_web_and_libraries

as I am having difficulty setting up this page. Celia