The Commercial Legal and Scientific Information Group (CLSIG) invite you to attend our latest seminar:
Web 2.0 - the truth behind the hype
Thursday 17 September, Hammonds LLP, 7 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YH
Doors open 6pm, 6.30-8pm
What is web 2.0 and what isn't it?
[Web 2.0] is an "architecture of participation" -- a constellation made up of links between web applications that rival desktop applications, the blog publishing revolution and self-service advertising. This architecture is based on social software where users generate content, rather than simply consume it, and on open programming interfaces that let developers add to a web service or get at data. It is an arena where the web rather than the desktop is the dominant platform, and organization appears spontaneously through the actions of the group, for example, in the creation of folksonomies created through tagging." Wired magazine <http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/10/69114> , 2005
"The promoters of Web 2.0 venerate the amateur and distrust the professional. We see it in their unalloyed praise of Wikipedia, and we see it in their worship of open-source software and myriad other examples of democratic creativity. Perhaps nowhere, though, is their love of amateurism so apparent as in their promotion of blogging as an alternative to what they call 'the mainstream media.'" Nicholas Carr on his blog Rough Type <http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/10/the_amorality_o.php> 2005
So who is right? In this seminar Karen Blakeman, Independent Information Trainer and Consultant at RBA Information Services, and Phil Duffy, Information Services Manager at Hammonds LLP will debate the pros and cons of using web 2.0 tools and technologies.
There will be a networking reception after the event.
BOOKING DETAILS
All seminars are £10 for CLSIG members, £15 for non-members and half-price for the unemployed. To book or for more information please email [log in to unmask]
Cheques should be made payable to CLSIG and sent to Joanna Hudson, Information Services Officer, Hammonds LLP, 7 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YH. Please note that refunds are only available up to a week before the event.
Look out for our next seminar on marketing; details coming soon on our website.
CLSIG website: www.clsig.org.uk
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