Aslib has a couple of new courses taking place in May:
- Copyright Policies, Dealing with Infringements and Risk Management, 1st
May
- Running an Effective Information Service with Limited Resources, 2nd May
Further details of these appear below.
These are the training courses taking place in May at Aslib's Offices in London:
Copyright Policies, Dealing with Infringements and Risk Management, 1st May
NEW
Copyright and licensing are important strategic issues for information
professionals, the effective management of which can reduce the risks of
copyright infringements and create more efficient working practices. This
workshop will develop a toolkit for dealing with infringements of copyright,
managing risk and developing suitable policies and procedures. Participants will
consider staff and user expectations, planning requirements, restrictions and
how to create an environment where copyright is handled appropriately. The
afternoon will build upon the areas covered in the morning by facilitating the
development of an institutional copyright policy covering both the internal
management of rights as well as copyright and licensing compliance for the use
of third party materials held by the institution. The session will be concluded
with an examination of how copyright policies can be successfully implemented
and enforced.
Workshop Director: Naomi Korn
Fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT (£411.25) Non
members
Further details: www.aslib.com/training/4/29.html
Running an Effective Information Service with Limited Resources, 2nd May NEW
Aimed at people who may be new to information work, or who may have been left to
cope with running an information service on their own, this course is designed
to give you lots of ideas for hitting the ground running. It will help you
discover the information needs of the organisation you are serving, identify the
information resources that will help meet those needs, and decide how to provide
services that get your information unit noticed and valued.
Course Director: Tim Buckley Owen
Fee: £230 plus VAT (£270.25) Aslib corporate members /£287.50 plus VAT (£337.81)
Non members
Further details: www.aslib.com/training/4/12.html
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS, 3rd May
Statistical data is a vital aid to decision making in business. Statistics are
important to provide information on existing and potential markets, measure
industry performance and indicate social and economic trends. This course is
intended for those who want to gain a better understanding of statistical data,
key concepts and available sources. It will be of interest to all information
professionals whose work involves the use of statistics.
Course Director: Chris Murphy
Fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT (£381.88)
Non members
Further details: www.aslib.com/training/1/11.html
METADATA: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 15th May
Metadata is one of the most important, but least understood, aspects of the
modern information environment. This course demystifies the concept of metadata,
and shows how and why it is used, in a variety of environments. A variety of
commonly-used metadata formats will be demonstrated for example Dublin Core, and
AACR/MARC - and the way in which metadata creation relates to the 'traditional'
library/information tasks of indexing and cataloguing will be outlined.
Library/information workers are often called to create metadata records; they
may also be asked to evaluate, choose or create metadata formats for their
organisation's information. This course deals with both these topics, in
principle and in practice.
Course Director: Dr David Bawden
Fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT (£381.88)
Non members
Further information: www.aslib.com/training/4/21.html
ORGANISING DIGITAL INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, 17th May
Organising information and knowledge for effective retrieval is of ever more
importance, with the increasing importance of digital information - especially
the Internet and intranets - and of knowledge management. This course gives an
overview of the most important tools for information organisation, focusing on
metadata formats, and on subject description tools, especially taxonomies and
thesauri. Examples are demonstrated from a variety of digital environments, and
participants have the chance to design, in outline, a information organisation
tool for their own situation.
Course Director: Dr David Bawden
Fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members /£325 plus VAT (£381.88)
Non members
Further information: www.aslib.com/training/4/22.html
KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE: An Exploratory Workshop, 22nd May
Information Architecture (IA) has established itself in recent years as a
portfolio of practices combining aspects of web design, usability, metadata
management and information science with a view to creating information systems
which people find both useful and usable. Yet, IA conventionally addresses only
one component of organizational competence - explicit knowledge (information).
Although information must be managed effectively, in the knowledge economy this
is not sufficient on its own, leaving out of account as it does, that other
vital component of organizational competence tacit knowledge. IA however, is
evolving in some quarters into Knowledge Architecture (KA), a compound
discipline addressing all the sources of organizational competence - explicit
and tacit - within a single, holistic framework. In order to add the missing
tacit dimension, an additional set of tools and techniques needs to be included
in the Knowledge Architect's toolkit. This interactive workshop blends
presentation, discussion and practical exercises to consider the evolutionary
stages involved in the transition from IA to KA and to examine the most
important tools and techniques involved. It presents a number of case studies
and invites delegates to discuss the implications for information professionals,
information managers, information architects, knowledge managers and knowledge
workers alike.
Workshop Director: Bob Bater
Fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT (£411.25) Non
members
Further information: www.aslib.com/training/3/03.html
UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING INFORMATION NEEDS, 23rd May
Understanding the information needs of users - individuals and groups - is an
absolute necessity of an information worker, or information service, is to be
effective. This course gives both a thorough understanding of the concepts, and
practical skills for understanding and assessing information, from the immediate
needs of a single user needing information (the 'reference interview') to the
all-encompassing information needs of a whole organisation (part of an
information management audit).
Course Director: Dr David Bawden
Fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT (£411.25) Non
members
Further information: www.aslib.com/training/4/24.html
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 24th May
Projects are a fact of life in library and information environments. Whether
they are big projects (such as implementing IT systems, setting up a website,
conducting a customer survey) or on a smaller scale, (such as introducing a
newsletter) all projects represent a steep learning curve for busy managers. The
ultimate success of any project depends on vision, effective communication
skills and good planning. By using tried and tested methods and techniques a
project can be successfully completed without disrupting normal service
routines.
Course Director: Nicola Wise
Fee: £230 plus VAT(£270.25) Aslib corporate members/£287.50 plus VAT(£337.81)
Non members
Further information: www.aslib.com/training/2/10.html
IN-COMPANY TRAINING SERVICE
All our courses are available as onsite/in-company events. Organisations that
need to train 6 or more staff in the same subject will save on course fees by
having the course onsite. Please contact me if you would like a quote.
If you have any enquiries about these, please email me at [log in to unmask]
Nicole Adamides, ASLIB Training
The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS
Tel: 020 7613 3031 Fax: 020 7613 5080
www.aslib.com/training Email: [log in to unmask]
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