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Aslib has a couple of new courses taking place in May: - Copyright Policies, Dealing with Infringements and Risk Management, 1st May - Running an Effective Information Service with Limited Resources, 2nd May Further details of these appear below. These are the training courses taking place in May at Aslib’s Offices in London: COPYRIGHT POLICIES, DEALING WITH INFRINGEMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, 1st May NEW Copyright and licensing are important strategic issues for information professionals, the effective management of which can reduce the risks of copyright infringements and create more efficient working practices. This workshop will develop a toolkit for dealing with infringements of copyright, managing risk and developing suitable policies and procedures. Participants will consider staff and user expectations, planning requirements, restrictions and how to create an environment where copyright is handled appropriately. The afternoon will build upon the areas covered in the morning by facilitating the development of an institutional copyright policy covering both the internal management of rights as well as copyright and licensing compliance for the use of third party materials held by the institution. The session will be concluded with an examination of how copyright policies can be successfully implemented and enforced. Workshop Director: Naomi Korn Fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT (£411.25) Non members Further details: www.aslib.com/training/4/29.html RUNNING AN EFFECTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, 2nd May NEW Aimed at people who may be new to information work, or who may have been left to cope with running an information service on their own, this course is designed to give you lots of ideas for hitting the ground running. It will help you discover the information needs of the organisation you are serving, identify the information resources that will help meet those needs, and decide how to provide services that get your information unit noticed and valued. Course Director: Tim Buckley Owen Fee: £230 plus VAT (£270.25) Aslib corporate members /£287.50 plus VAT (£337.81) Non members Further details: www.aslib.com/training/4/12.html STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS, 3rd May Statistical data is a vital aid to decision making in business. Statistics are important to provide information on existing and potential markets, measure industry performance and indicate social and economic trends. This course is intended for those who want to gain a better understanding of statistical data, key concepts and available sources. It will be of interest to all information professionals whose work involves the use of statistics. Course Director: Chris Murphy Fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT (£381.88) Non members Further details: www.aslib.com/training/1/11.html METADATA: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 15th May 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 Fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT (£381.88) Non members Further information: www.aslib.com/training/4/21.html ORGANISING DIGITAL INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, 17th May 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 Fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members /£325 plus VAT (£381.88) Non members Further information: www.aslib.com/training/4/22.html KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE: An Exploratory Workshop, 22nd May Information Architecture (IA) has established itself in recent years as a portfolio of practices combining aspects of web design, usability, metadata management and information science with a view to creating information systems which people find both useful and usable. Yet, IA conventionally addresses only one component of organizational competence - explicit knowledge (information). Although information must be managed effectively, in the knowledge economy this is not sufficient on its own, leaving out of account as it does, that other vital component of organizational competence tacit knowledge. IA however, is evolving in some quarters into Knowledge Architecture (KA), a compound discipline addressing all the sources of organizational competence - explicit and tacit - within a single, holistic framework. In order to add the missing tacit dimension, an additional set of tools and techniques needs to be included in the Knowledge Architect's toolkit. This interactive workshop blends presentation, discussion and practical exercises to consider the evolutionary stages involved in the transition from IA to KA and to examine the most important tools and techniques involved. It presents a number of case studies and invites delegates to discuss the implications for information professionals, information managers, information architects, knowledge managers and knowledge workers alike. Workshop Director: Bob Bater Fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT (£411.25) Non members Further information: www.aslib.com/training/3/03.html UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING INFORMATION NEEDS, 23rd May 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 Fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT (£411.25) Non members Further information: www.aslib.com/training/4/24.html PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 24th May Projects are a fact of life in library and information environments. Whether they are big projects (such as implementing IT systems, setting up a website, conducting a customer survey) or on a smaller scale, (such as introducing a newsletter) all projects represent a steep learning curve for busy managers. The ultimate success of any project depends on vision, effective communication skills and good planning. By using tried and tested methods and techniques a project can be successfully completed without disrupting normal service routines. Course Director: Nicola Wise Fee: £230 plus VAT(£270.25) Aslib corporate members/£287.50 plus VAT(£337.81) Non members Further information: www.aslib.com/training/2/10.html IN-COMPANY TRAINING SERVICE All our courses are available as onsite/in-company 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] Nicole Adamides, ASLIB Training The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS Tel: 020 7613 3031 Fax: 020 7613 5080 www.aslib.com/training Email: [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail is evolving - check out the new Windows Live Hotmail http://get.live.com/betas/mail_betas