A brief reminder about the latest UK Electronic Information Group (UKeiG)
Professional Development opportunities.

If you have any feedback or suggestions for CPD courses please contact
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Current Professional Development Opportunities

   - Search Usability: Filters and Facets
   - Research Data Management for Information Professionals
   - Open Access, Open Data, Open Science: Anatomy of a Disruptive
   Technology

The UKeiG events and professional development opportunities diary for 2017
is updated on a regular basis. Keep an eye open for new courses, and please
book early to avoid disappointment.
https://tinyurl.com/js4t964

Upcoming courses for 2017 are all held at CILIP’s headquarters in the heart
of London.

Search Usability: Filters and Facets – May 10th
This course will provide an introduction to the basic principles of search
usability with a focus on the development of faceted navigation schemes
that deliver both search effectiveness and user satisfaction.

Who should attend?
Intranet/web managers, information architects, search specialists,
developers and managers of search projects, or anyone who either has
implemented or is planning to implement a search application and wants to
maximise the usability and effectiveness of their investment.

Faceted search offers tremendous potential for transforming the search
experience. It provides a flexible framework that can satisfy a wide
variety of user needs, from simple fact retrieval to complex exploratory
search. It is now the dominant interaction paradigm for most library sites
and is being increasingly applied to a wide range of search applications.
However, with this power comes a challenge: what kinds of categorisation
schemes are effective and how should we use them to support search and
navigation? Above all, how can we deliver search applications that address
a growing range of user needs without compromising usability?

The course will include both presentations and group work to enable
delegates to analyse, evaluate and improve the effectiveness of search
applications within their own organisation.

For more information, and to book online, go to:
https://tinyurl.com/je98fc2

Research Data Management for Information Professionals – May 17th

This course provides a practical and informative introduction to the role
of librarians and information professionals in supporting Research Data
Management (RDM).

Who should attend?
Information professionals and librarians with an interest/responsibility
for supporting research, especially RDM, or any professional wishing to
keep their skills up to date in this important field.

There is an increasing understanding that data collected during research
needs to be managed more carefully. It is in researchers’ own interests to
do so, and increasingly funders also mandate data planning. The scale,
diversity and fragility of digital data make this challenging. Universities
are beginning to develop a support infrastructure that will help improve
research data management. Some libraries are already beginning to play a
key role in defining and delivering this infrastructure.

The course introduces the essential skills required by librarians and
information professionals to support all stages of the research process.
For more information, and to book online, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/kcrsufb

Open Access, Open Data, Open Science: Anatomy of a Disruptive Technology –
May 24th

This one-day workshop gives an overview of developments in Open Access,
Open Data and Open Science framed within the context of a disruptive
technology.

Who should attend?
Information and library professionals keen to understand the impact of Open
Access, Open Data and Open Science on their work, their institutions and
the current and future services they provide for their users. Researchers
with an interest in the changing nature of scientific scholarly
communication and its impact on research impact.

The concept of Open Access to research outputs, such as journal articles,
has been common currency for many years. More recent thinking has expanded
the concept of openness even further, to Open Science (OS), which aims to
transform science by making research more open, global, collaborative,
creative and closer to society. This shift is potentially extremely
important for the development and exploitation of research, and hence for
the professionals who support it.

Delegates will be encouraged to raise questions and debate issues of
immediate concern throughout the day.

For more information, and to book online, go to:
https://tinyurl.com/hy7f8q5

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