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Knowledge for Business

Finding free resources for you and your users 
Knowledge is power – sustainable businesses come from being able to exploit 
this potential. Businesses that can capitalise and create new knowledge 
hold a competitive edge over their competitors.

As business professionals we are always looking for free and accessible 
business information for our clients – whether they are students, 
researchers, small businesses or public enquiries.

Knowledge for Business is London’s first event which draws together many 
different providers of this information. We will encompass both physical 
and virtual collections and provide networking opportunities with a wide 
range of business professionals.

Neil Infield of the British Library and Goretti Considine of The City 
Business Library will speak about the collections and services that are 
available to support librarians, businesses and researchers.

Angela Joyce of Intute will talking about Intute's Business and Management 
section, plus the new tutorial, Internet Business Manager. There will be 
time for a hands-on session for participants.

Kevin Saunders of the Chartered Management Institute will explain how the 
Institute delivers a wide range of practical information services, both on 
and off-line, to support the needs of practising managers and those 
studying for a management qualification.

There will also be an opportunity to view various business publications 
from leading publishers and to tour the brand new Docklands Campus Library.

The conference will take place at the University of East London’s Docklands 
Campus. Located on the waterfront of the Royal Albert Dock, the campus was 
shortlisted for the Building of the Year in 2001 and is now expanding with 
a new Business School, Library and Learning Centre, Knowledge Dock and 
Institute for Performing Arts Development, and is home to the London East 
Research Institute.


Speakers

Neil Infield: British Library
Neil will be speaking about the unique free sources of market research + 
help and advice available from the British Library Business & IP Centre. 
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/

Until 2005 he was manager of Business Information Services (BIS) at Hermes 
Pensions Management (the principal fund manager for the British Telecom and 
Post Office pensions schemes). During his time at Hermes he developed the 
BIS far beyond its traditional library services.
 
He has been active in SLA Europe for over 15 years. Having previously been 
President, he now edits their newsletter and manages the website.

Goretti Considine: City Business Library
Goretti is the Business Librarian at the City Business Library, one of the 
leading business information libraries in the country.  
She will be speaking about the major collection of sources of business 
information that is held at the library and the support that can be given 
to librarians and researchers in accessing this valuable resource.

Angela Joyce: Intute
Angela Joyce works for Intute, where she is a Section Editor for Business 
and Management, and the EuroStudies section. She has a postgraduate diploma 
in European Business from the University of the West of England. Before 
that she worked in Further Education, and is a qualified librarian and 
languages graduate.

She will talking about Intute's Business and Management section, plus the 
new tutorial, Internet Business Manager. There will be time for a hands-on 
session for participants.

Kevin Saunders: Chartered Management Insitute
As Member Services Manager at the Chartered Management Institute, Kevin 
Saunders is responsible for the Institute’s Management Information Centre 
(MIC).  Kevin will explain how the Institute delivers a wide range of 
practical information services, both on and off-line, to support the needs 
of practising managers and those studying for a management qualification.



Location	University of East London, Docklands Campus

Date	Thursday January 17th 2008

Time	10.00am to 3.45pm to be followed by drinks reception
	
Cost	£85 to include refreshments, lunch and drinks reception

Booking	Please visit www.uel.ac.uk/libraryconference  for more information 
and to complete the online booking form