Places are still available on this one-day workshop
Workshop leader: Karen Blakeman
Venue: InTuition House, Borough High Street, London SE1 1JX
Date: Thursday, 29th October 2009, 09.30 – 16.30
Costs (including refreshments and buffet lunch): £150 + VAT (£172.50)
Further details and booking form:
http://www.rba.co.uk/training/searching.htm
Workshop outline
The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with the tools and
information that are needed to search more quickly and effectively. With
the major search engines claiming coverage of over 20 billion web pages
in their databases, it is becoming increasingly difficult to locate
relevant information. Most of us head straight for Google when we want
to search the Internet but Google is not the only search tool.
This workshop looks at recent developments at Google and the
alternatives, including Web 2.0 ‘stuff'. Karen Blakeman will take you
through the best of the search engine world and highlight how they can
be used to significantly improve your results.
Topics to be covered include:
* different types of search tools and how they work
* making the most of Google and its new features
* alternatives to Google
* specialist search tools
* image, audio, video and news
* web 2.0 resources, mashups, people search
* setting up your customised search engine
Participants will have ample opportunity to test out advanced search
techniques and to compare different search engines. A significant part
of the day will be taken up with practical sessions; exercises will be
provided but delegates are free to try out searches of their own. This
workshop is suitable for all levels of experience. The techniques and
approaches covered can be applied to all subject areas.
Workshop leader: Karen Blakeman
Karen Blakeman has worked in the information profession for thirty years
and has been a freelance consultant since 1989. She provides training
and consultancy on the use of the Internet, and on accessing and
managing electronic information resources. She is an Honorary Fellow of
CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals,
an active member of the UK e-Information Group (UKeiG), and a member of
the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). In 2002
she received the Information World Review Information Professional of
the Year award.
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