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Aslib is sponsoring the following Conferences: GARTNER PORTALS, CONTENT & COLLABORATION SUMMIT 2006 Strategies and Best Practices for the High-Performance Workplace 2-3 October 2006, London Further details: www.aslib.com/conferences/gartner.htm TRANSLATING AND THE COMPUTER 28 16-17 November 2006, Kensington, London Further details: www.aslib.com/conferences Now in its 28th year, this Aslib conference will address the latest developments in translation (and translation-related software). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- These are the October courses taking place at Aslib in London: 5th - Enquiry Handling: Getting the Right Answer Each Time - 1 space available 9th - Business Information - FULL 11th - Basic Cataloguing and Indexing 12th - Creative Commons Licences, pm course 13th - British Official Publications 16th - British Company Law 17th - 18th - Constructing a Thesaurus (NOW ALSO AVAILABLE AS A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE) 23rd - Cataloguing Practice 26th - Information Architecture - An Introduction, pm course 30th - Developing Your Information Strategy 31st - Understanding and Assessing Your Information Needs Details of the October courses appear below. Please follow the links for further information, including fees: 5TH - ENQUIRY HANDLING: GETTING THE RIGHT ANSWER EACH TIME (www.aslib.com/training/4/11.html) Everyone has access to search engines these days, so information professionals need to demonstrate special expertise when it comes to finding the information their enquirers need. This course introduces participants to the full range of basic enquiry answering techniques, showing how it is possible to tackle any subject, even when you don't know what information sources may be available to help. Presented by the author of the best-selling Facet Publishing book Success at the Enquiry Desk, this course concentrates on practicalities rather than sources, but also includes suggestions for 25 multi-purpose information sources you can't afford to ignore. Course Director: Tim Buckley Owen 9th - BUSINESS INFORMATION (www.aslib.com/training/1/03.html) Effective performance in meeting business information needs requires an understanding of the key concepts, jargon and institutions relating to this type of information and an awareness of the principal sources through which it can be retrieved. This course meets both needs and is directed at information professionals who have either not previously dealt with information in the business field or only limited experience of handling it. Course Director: Christopher Murphy 11th - BASIC CATALOGUING AND INDEXING (www.aslib.com/training/4/02.html) This course is aimed at people who need to organise a collection of information but who have little or no knowledge or experience of how to do it. The collection may include books, periodicals, photographs, videos, computer discs, Internet page references and other material. The course will show beginners how to create and maintain control over this material so that required items and information can be retrieved. The emphasis is on practical cataloguing and participants are invited to bring typical material from their collections to form a group of items that can be considered in the practical sessions. The final section of the course considers how computers can assist in cataloguing and indexing, with practical demonstrations. However, no prior computer experience is needed for this. Course Director: James Shearer 12th - CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCES - PM COURSE (www.aslib.com/training/4/25.html) Creative Commons (CC) licences are a way to clarify the conditions of use of a work and avoid many of the problems current copyright laws pose. This half-day workshop is a basic introduction to Creative Commons and its implications for the information professional. Participants will look at the process of choosing a licence; then through discussion and group work will consider related issues and the role Creative Commons will play in the future. Course Director: Marieke Guy 13th - BRITISH OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS (www.aslib.com/training/1/02.html) If your organisation needs to keep abreast of current developments in parliament and government, then this course is for you. By the end of the day, you will be able to: - trace documents in hard copy and electronic forms - understand how a Bill goes through and how a select committee functions - deal with enquiries for basic historical government and parliamentary documents - feel confident in appraising documents and their place in the system. Course Director: Dr Chris Pond 16th - BRITISH COMPANY LAW (www.aslib.com/training/1/01.html) 'Very important, but far too difficult for non-specialists' is how company law is typically viewed. This course distils the key legal principles which govern corporate activity for those who lack the time to follow lengthy conventional legal courses. It also goes beyond setting out the formal legislative framework to examine how these rules are applied in practice in British companies, featuring copious real life examples and looking at actual company documents. The course also identifies sources for researching companies and their directors. Course Director: Christopher Murphy 17th - 18th - CONSTRUCTING A THESAURUS (www.aslib.com/training/section4.html) Most text retrieval systems require the support of a structured and defined vocabulary to perform effectively. In-house systems often fall short of their potential performance, mostly because of an inadequate supporting term vocabulary. This course is excellent for those who need to develop an understanding of using language to construct a thesaurus. It is of particular value to database managers, librarians, information officers and system analysts operating and developing text retrieval systems outside the library environment. The two days will involve a mix of lectures, discussions and practical work. Course Director: Dr David Bawden 23rd - CATALOGUING PRACTICE (www.aslib.com/training/section4.html) If you have experience of cataloguing or database compilation but need guidance or practice using AACR2 and MARC (including MARC21), or want to refresh knowledge gained some time ago, this course will give you the skills needed, including some practice in using online public access catalogues (OPACs) and thinking about their design criteria. Participants are invited to bring typical material from their collections to form a group of items that can be considered in the practical sessions. This course is not aimed at complete beginners; they would benefit by taking Aslib's companion course "Basic Cataloguing and Indexing" prior to this course. Course Director: James Shearer 26th - INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE: AN INTRODUCTION (pm workshop) (www.aslib.com/training/section3.html) This introductory morning workshop is designed to help information and knowledge specialists to improve structure, presentation, navigation and labeling of electronic content on corporate web sites. Workshop Leader: Shelley Hardcastle 30th - DEVELOPING AN INFORMATION STRATEGY (www.aslib.com/training/section4.html) This course is aimed at information professionals and others who have responsibility for, or interest in, planning the development of their information services. It introduces a number of key information strategy issues and ideas, and considers some techniques and models that may be used to develop possible strategic approaches. Case studies will be used to illustrate a variety of considerations, and practical examples taken from participants' experiences will be used where possible. Course Director: James Shearer 31st - UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING INFORMATION NEEDS (www.aslib.com/training/section4.html) Understanding the information needs of users - individuals and groups - is an absolute necessity of an information worker, or information service, is to be effective. This course gives both a thorough understanding of the concepts, and practical skills for understanding and assessing information, from the immediate needs of a single user needing information (the 'reference interview') to the all-encompassing information needs of a whole organisation (part of an information management audit) Course Director: Dr David Bawden All our courses are available as onsite events. Organisations that need to train 6 or more staff in the same subject will save on course fees by having the course onsite. Please contact me if you would like a quote. If you have any enquiries about these or future events, please email me at [log in to unmask] Kind regards, Nicole Adamides Aslib Training, The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS Tel: 020 7613 3031 Fax: 020 7613 5080