Our Enterprise Development Group (eDG) is developing a utility that will allow the user to paste an RSS URL into a form and create presentation javascripts in a variety of formats, including headline only, scrolling, ticker tape, and full text. In addition, they are creating a variety of RSS creation tools that will allow the user to create and display RSS in a variety of formats compatible with the News @ Utah.gov initiative. They presented some prototypes yesterday following Ray Matthews' enthusiastic presentation on creative ways that we might use RSS in state government. Ray maintains an online RSS tutorial that he uses to support a class that he offers through the State Library. The Library maintains a growing body of RSS feeds such as the Utah and National Public Library News.
I just used one of the Library's outstanding online services to reserve Ben Hammersly's new book, Content Syndication with RSS. First, I checked the online catalog to see the status, then I used the live chat to see what the process was for reserving materials, and the book will be sent through interoffice mail as soon as it is available (Ray's already got it checked out).
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