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These are the training courses taking place at Aslib in London in December and January. More details, including the fee, can be found by following the links: DECEMBER Knowledge Management, Tuesday 5 (http://www.aslib.com/training/3/01.html) This seminar will give you an understanding of what knowledge management is, how it has emerged from several key strands of management thinking and a useful review of many of the initiatives that can and are being implemented. Perhaps most importantly it will encourage you to respond positively to the opportunity and the challenge represented by this subject. If the leading writers are correct about its significance for this century, can you afford not to? Course Director: Nick Willard Knowledge Mapping?.The Next Step, Wednesday 6 (http://www.aslib.com/training/3/02.html) Knowledge Mapping is emerging as one of the key elements of many Knowledge Management initiatives. Library and information professionals have an important part to play - and in some instances will be expected to take the lead role. This one-day seminar will clarify this complex subject and provide clear guidelines on how to proceed. Course Directors: Graham Robertson and Bob Bater The Ten Step Marketing Toolkit, Tuesday 12 (http://www.aslib.com/training/2/07.html) This focused one-day course gives delegates practice in the core aspects of marketing their information services internally or externally. It is a more focused and practical version of an earlier 2-3 day course. During the day attendees will work through 10 practical tools that will help them create value for their customers through applying effective marketing techniques such as needs identification, market segmentation, product planning and promotion. Delegates will have the opportunity to apply these techniques by working on a small marketing project related to their own work situation. Course Director: David Skyrme Metadata: Principles and Practice, Wednesday 13 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/21.html) Metadata is one of the most important, but least understood, aspects of the modern information environment. This course demystifies the concept of metadata, and shows how and why it is used, in a variety of environments. A variety of commonly-used metadata formats will be demonstrated for example Dublin Core, and AACR/MARC - and the way in which metadata creation relates to the 'traditional' library/information tasks of indexing and cataloguing will be outlined. Library/information workers are often called to create metadata records; they may also be asked to evaluate, choose or create metadata formats for their organisation's information. This course deals with both these topics, in principle and in practice. Course Director: Dr David Bawden Organising Digital Information and Knowledge, Thursday 14 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/22.html) Organising information and knowledge for effective retrieval is of ever more importance, with the increasing importance of digital information - especially the Internet and intranets - and of knowledge management. This course gives an overview of the most important tools for information organisation, focusing on metadata formats, and on subject description tools, especially taxonomies and thesauri. Examples are demonstrated from a variety of digital environments, and participants have the chance to design, in outline, a information organisation tool for their own situation. Course Director: Dr David Bawden JANUARY 2007 Copyright for Information Providers: An Introduction, Tuesday 30 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/07.html) Copyright is an increasingly complex problem for information providers. An awareness of the many pitfalls is vital the efficient management of information services. Whatever area you work in you will come across copyright as a live issue and need to understand how to handle the challenges it poses. At the end of the day you will have a firm understa nding of what problems you may face and be able to alert colleagues to possible problems and also advise your organisation on how to protect its rights. Course Director: Graham Cornish Copyright for Information Providers: Advanced, Wednesday 31 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/26.html) A basic understanding of copyright highlights just how complex an issue it is. Knowing how the law works is just the beginning but you need to be able to map basic concepts new and innovative information delivery systems and technologies. After this day's training you will have a grater understanding of how to interpret the law and how to put in place management systems that take account of the rapidly changing techniques used for information storage and delivery. Copyright is an issue that will not go away and a working knowledge of it will be a valuable additional element in any CV or job. Course Director: Graham Cornish 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 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. 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