This email contains details of Aslib's October courses and conferences. 

NEW EVENT in OCTOBER:
Aslib is running a series of management briefings, exploring some of the issues
that today's library/ information service manager faces. These briefings will
provide an opportunity to hear ideas from and discuss these as well as network
in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The first of these is: 
Managing Information Services in takeovers/mergers 
(31 October 2007, 4pm-6pm)
This session will give managers more confidence to cope with the impact of major
changes in their organisation's governance. It will look at practical ways in
which they can keep a high profile in change management, while understanding the
need to lead, motivate and communicate. There will be a chance to share learning
from real experiences of takeovers and mergers in the public and private
sectors, and gather some tips and techniques for dealing with change of this
magnitude. 
Briefing Director: Gwenda Sippings
Fee: £40 plus VAT (£47) Aslib corporate members / £50 plus VAT (£58.75) Non
members
To book your place, please visit: www.aslib.com/training/2/17.html

CONFERENCES
The following autumn conferences are being sponsored by Aslib:

Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2007
(http://virtualworldsforum.com/)
Europe's first pan-European virtual worlds conference will create a genuine
meeting place for brands and corporations, virtual worlds and the converging
games, entertainment and business spaces. (Aslib corporate members receive a 10%
reduction on the conference fee).
23-26 October 2007, London

Translating and the Computer 29
(http://www.aslib.com/conferences/tcindex.html)
Aslib's own annual conference on translation and translation related tools.
29-30 November 2007, London


OCTOBER COURSES:
Please note: all our courses (except where indicated) take place at Aslib in
London. Non members' fees are in brackets. 

Using Excel Spreadsheets to manage a library budget (pm), 
Friday 5, £150+VAT(£187.50+VAT)
What this course intends is to demonstrate how you can use Excel spreadsheets to
manage your library budgets. To compare what you estimated you would spend which
what you actually spent. To enable you to know at a moment's notice where you
are at any point in time with your actual and newly predicted spend and not have
to spend ages doing a manual reforecast. Common and more complex Excel formulas
will be explored to make your professional life easier and to automate as much
as possible. It is not intended to be a book-keeping course, but is aimed at the
average library manager who is too busy to spend ages on budget management but
for whom it is important they can lay their hands on vital, up to-date
information without having to have a major trawl through past invoices and
catalogue records to try and work out where they are in the spending stakes.
Course director: Fiona Durrant
Further details, including how to book: http://www.aslib.com/training/2/16.html

Copyright Policies, Dealing with Infringements and Risk Management, 
Wednesday 10, £280+VAT (£350+VAT)
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
Further details, including how to book: http://www.aslib.com/training/4/29.html

Building & Deploying a Corporate Taxonomy, 
Thursday 11, £280+VAT (£350+VAT)
A Corporate Taxonomy is the backbone of an organization's information
architecture. Whether the focus is on records management, document management or
knowledge management, a Corporate Taxonomy is key to effective storage and
retrieval. A Corporate Taxonomy is different from a subject taxonomy in that it
is a taxonomy of business activities. Corporate Taxonomies are therefore
specific to an organisation and have to be custom-built. This interactive
workshop uses a blend of presentation, discussion and practical exercises to
explain the purposes of a Corporate Taxonomy and to introduce delegates to
technologies, techniques and tools for building and deploying them. Workshop
director: Bob Bater
Further details, including how to book: http://www.aslib.com/training/4/06.html


Basic Cataloguing and Indexing, 
Monday 15, £230+VAT (£287.50+VAT)
This course is aimed at people who need to organise a collection of information
but who have little or no knowledge or experience of how to do it. The
collection may include books, periodicals, photographs, videos, computer discs,
Internet page references and other material. The course will show beginners how
to create and maintain control over this material so that required items and
information can be retrieved. The emphasis is on practical cataloguing and
participants are invited to bring typical material from their collections to
form a group of items that can be considered in the practical sessions. The
final section of the course considers how computers can assist in cataloguing
and indexing, with practical demonstrations. However, no prior computer
experience is needed for this.  Course director: James Shearer
Further details, including how to book: http://www.aslib.com/training/4/02.html


Web 2.0: An Overview, 
Tuesday 16, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Web 2.0 is said by some not to exist. Nevertheless, the new technologies
associated with web 2.0 are increasingly described in the literature, and most
significantly, are being used by your students, colleagues, friends and
relations, as everyday information management tools. There are no rules,
everyone can contribute, and no-one needs to use controlled vocabulary or
command language. This one day event explains what is meant by web 2.0
applications, and looks at using weblogs, rss, wikis, podcasts, social linking
and tagging, shared authoring tools, instant messaging, and social networking
sites, within the context of an information management environment. Course
director: Lyn Roninson
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/5/03.html

British Official Publications, 
Wednesday 17, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
What exactly is a white paper? How is draft legislation examined and passed into
law? What are statutory instruments and how are they examined? What is the
difference between parliament and government? You should attend this course if
your organisation needs to keep abreast of current developments in parliament
and government;  if you have to deal with the publications but are hazy about
the system and if you need to monitor the development of policy or legislation.
Course director: Chris Pond
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/1/02.html

Designing Training and Coaching Sessions,
Monday 22, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
This programme will enable you to design effective training and coaching
sessions. You will find out about the training cycle and this is used as a
framework for the development of effective training in information and library
services. You will briefly explore learning and individual differences in
learning. This knowledge of people's approaches to learning is then used as the
basis for designing effective training sessions using a range of learning and
teaching activities and resources.   Course director: Nicola Wise
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/2/02.html

British Company Law, 
Tuesday 23, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
'Very important, but far too difficult for non-specialists' is how company law
is typically viewed. This course distils the key legal principles which govern
corporate activity for those who lack the time to follow lengthy conventional
legal courses. It also goes beyond setting out the formal legislative framework
to examine how these rules are applied in practice in British companies,
featuring copious real life examples and looking at actual company documents.
The course also identifies sources for researching companies and their
directors. Course director: Chris Murphy
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/1/01.html

Indexing: Principles and Practice,
Thursday 25, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Indexing is one of the best known of 'traditional' library/information
activities. Its importance has not diminished in the digital age. On the
contrary, indexing is of even more importance in digital environments, so that
information can be efficiently found from sources such as the Internet, or
intranets. Indexing is an important part of the broader process of metadata
creation. Many library/information workers are expected to index material, but
not everyone is given sufficient training. This course covers general principles
of indexing, and the indexing process, and also specific points of practice, in
the indexing of all kinds of material, emphasising the value of controlled
indexing languages. The relations between indexing and other ways of analysing
and denoting content (abstracting, summarising, classifying, categorising etc.)
are emphasised. The course also deals with understanding, and creating, indexing
policies, which govern the way in which indexing is carried out. Course
director: David Bawden
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/4/16.html

Project Management, 
Friday 26, £230+VAT (£287.50+VAT)
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. This course will provide an overview of the skills and tasks required
to develop, manage and successfully implement projects in busy organisations.
The workshop will comprise mini-presentations and practical exercises. Course
director: Nicola Wise
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/2/10.html

Statistics for Business, 
Monday 29, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
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
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/1/11.html

Constructing a Thesaurus, 
Tuesday 30 - Wednesday 31, £475+VAT(£595+VAT)
Most text retrieval systems require the support of a structured and defined
vocabulary to perform effectively. In-house systems often fall short of their
potential performance, mostly because of an inadequate supporting term
vocabulary. This course is excellent for those who need to develop an
understanding of using language to construct a thesaurus. It is of particular
value to database managers, librarians, information officers and system analysts
operating and developing text retrieval systems outside the library environment.
The two days will involve a mix of lectures, discussions and practical work.
Course director: David Bawden
Further details: http://www.aslib.com/training/4/05.html

Management Briefings: Managing Information Services in takeovers/mergers, 
Wednesday 31 (4-6pm) at BBA, £40+VAT (£50+VAT) NEW 
Details at the beginning of this update.


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 or future events, please email me at
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Kind regards,


Nicole Adamides, ASLIB Training
The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS
Tel: 020 7613 3031	Fax: 020 7613 5080
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