As I'm sure many of you are aware, the RSC Northwest has recently launched a brand new website at www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk Take a look and let us know what you think.

The most popular sections of the "old website", as we now affectionately call it, were the web link collections. We had over 500 live web links to resources, technology, strategies, etc... over two systems and therefore we needed to ensure these links were not lost and we're combined in an organized manner.

We wanted a system that would allow us to easily add links under categories or keywords that would allow for easy searching and allow us to embed it into the new site. Ideally, with the Web2.0 world we now live in, we wanted something that was freely available online with no installation and no web server. We found what we needed with Furl. www.furl.net

The RSC's Furl archive is available at: http://www.furl.net/members/rscnw There are over 600 links on the archive covering subjects as diverse as Animal Care, eAssessment, Information Skills and VOIP. The RSC team are adding more every week, so if you would like to recommend a link to us, then please do. Just email support@rsc-northwest.ac.uk If you find the link useful, then it's highly likely others will too.

Subscribe to the Furl Archive

If you would like to receive an email update when links have been added to either the whole archive, or just certain categories/subject areas, then you can either complete the registration at: http://www.furl.net/subscribe?id=1301069&search=true or just email the RSC (support@rsc-northwest.ac.uk) with your email address and whether you'd like to be subscribed to all categories or only certain ones. Don't worry; you won't be inundated with emails.

Alternatively, if you use an RSS Reader, subscribe to the RSS feed. http://rss.furl.net/members/rscnw/rss.xml If you're not sure what this is, then just ask. We'll happily explain how you can use RSS.

Recommend to a friend

Please recommend our Furl archive to colleagues within your organization. The more the merrier!

• E.g. If you know a Media Studies lecturer that is always on the lookout for more resources, ask them to subscribe to our Media Studies collection.
• E.g. If you need information about Interactive Whiteboards, then take a look at the Interactive Whiteboards category

Website Integration

All our subject resources links are now available through Furl on the bottom right of our new website homepage. Just click on the subject of interest. Plus you can also search the website for more links, try searching for podcasting.

Chrissie Turkington
August 2007