**Apologies for cross-posting**
Business Information on the Internet
to be held at
Kings College London, Guys Campus, London Bridge, London
Tuesday, 8th April 2008, 9.30 16.30
Course outline
This one day workshop looks at key sources of business information available
on the Internet. It will compare what is available for free with
pay-as-you-go and subscription services, and highlight quality, coverage,
functionality and price.
Topics to be covered include:
* key starting points, evaluated listings and portals
* company information, including information on SMEs
* directories and marketing resources
* news, blogs, alerts and RSS
* official statistics and market data
* key search techniques
On completing this course you will
* have the key starting points at your fingertips
* have essential resources for the different types of business
information
* be able to search more effectively and quickly for business
information
* be able to assess when you will have to start paying for information
* have compiled your own Top 10 business resources
Throughout the day, there will be practical sessions during which you can
work through exercises or try out your own research. Each delegate receives
a comprehensive set of notes.
The workshop will benefit anyone who plans to use, or already uses, the
Internet for gathering business information.
**** N.B. Places on this course are strictly limited because of access to
PCs so please book early to avoid disappointment ****
Course Presenter: Karen Blakeman
Karen Blakeman has worked in the information profession for over twenty
years and has been a freelance consultant since 1989. Her company (RBA
Information Services) provides training and consultancy on the use of the
Internet, and on accessing and managing information resources. Karen writes
for "Business Information Searcher". She also publishes a monthly,
electronic newsletter called "Tales from the Terminal Room". Her
publications include "Search Strategies for the Internet", now in its sixth
edition. She is a Fellow of CILIP and in 2002 she received the Information
World Review Information Professional of the Year award.
UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of
Library and Information Professionals.
7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE. Registered Charity No. 313014.
To book a place on this course, please follow the link below to book online
or print and complete the form below and return it to Christine Baker
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2008/April/BusinessInformationLondon2008040
8.html
Business Information on the Internet
Kings College London, Guys Campus, London Bridge, London
Tuesday, 8th April 2008, 9.30 16.30
Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG members £150 + VAT (£176.25); others £180 + VAT (£211.50)
Please complete and return this form by 1 April 2008, to Christine Baker,
Piglet Cottage, Redmire, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4EH.
Tel & Fax 01969 625751, Email: [log in to unmask]
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A cancellation fee of £25.00 + VAT is payable. No refunds after 1 April
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Cancellations received less than 7 working days before the start of the
course will be subject to the full fee. For non-attendance at a course
there will be no refunds and the full fee will be payable. Substitutions
may be made at any time without additional cost. UKeiG reserves the right
to cancel a course if insufficient bookings have been received. Delegates
will be offered an alternative date or a full refund of the course fee.
UKeiG reserves the right to make changes to the programme. UKeiG will not
be liable for any consequential loss of travel or accommodation fees due to
cancellation of the course.
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