APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING: Please find below brief details of our training programme for June. For any further information please contact me on the number below or consult our website on the links below. Thesaurus construction demystified - 20th & 21st June The two day course will help you work out whether and how to build a thesaurus, how to adapt it for specific needs and how to plan the work that will be involved. http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR1021&type =&datesearch=&venue=&text=&sort=b&searchid=1 introduction to the European Union - 22nd June Introducing you to the European Union and the key information sources on the web for following its activities. Speaker: Ian Thomson http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR933&type= &datesearch=&venue=&text=&sort=b&searchid=1 information legislation and public sector records management - 23rd June Covers the major legislation (including FOI) relating to records management in government and the implications for records management professionals and those with responsibility for managing records. Speaker: Philip Jones http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR973&type= &datesearch=&venue=&text=&sort=b&searchid=1 branding your information service - 23rd June An introduction to the concepts of Branding an Information Service, with some practical tips to get you started. Speaker: Ruth Sanderson http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR1029&type =&datesearch=&venue=&text=&sort=b&searchid=1 folksonomies - 26th June Folksonomies are a powerful, simple and fun way to allow communities of people to identify and index the information resources that are useful to them. http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR1010&type =&datesearch=&venue=&text=&sort=b&searchid=1 Consultancy and advisory skills - 26th June An introduction to the key elements of the role of a professional consultant and the tools and techniques which can be applied in the day to day responsibilities of knowledge and information professionals. Speaker: Boyd Hendricks and Ian Wooler http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR1096&type =&datesearch=&venue=&text=&sort=b&searchid=1 internet tools for the advanced searcher - 30th June Reviews searching techniques both with and without search engines and covers more specialised areas such as mailing lists, newsgroups, intelligent search agents, finding people and images and offers additional hints and tips for better and quicker searching. http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=TR946&type= &datesearch=&venue=&text=internet&sort=b&searchid=1 Angela Cookson Training Administrator TFPL Ltd 2nd Floor, Times Square 160 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BF Tel: 0207 332 6000 Website: www.tfpl.com