**Apologies for
cross-posting**
Business
Information on the Internet
to be
held at
Kings College
London, Guy’s Campus,
Tuesday, 8th April
2008, 9.30 – 16.30
Course
outline
This one day workshop
looks at key sources of business information available on the Internet.
It will compare what is available for free with pay-as-you-go and subscription
services, and highlight quality, coverage, functionality and price.
Topics
to be covered include:
· key
starting points, evaluated listings and portals
· company
information, including information on SMEs
· directories
and marketing resources
· news,
blogs, alerts and RSS
· official
statistics and market data
· key
search techniques
On
completing this course you will
· have
the key starting points at your fingertips
· have
essential resources for the different types of business information
· be
able to search more effectively and quickly for business information
· be
able to assess when you will have to start paying for information
· have
compiled your own Top 10 business resources
Throughout the day,
there will be practical sessions during which you can work through exercises or
try out your own research. Each delegate receives a comprehensive set of
notes.
The workshop will
benefit anyone who plans to use, or already uses, the Internet for gathering
business information.
**** N.B. Places on this course are strictly limited
because of access to PCs so please book early to avoid disappointment ****
Course
Presenter:
UKeiG is a Special Interest Group
of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
Professionals.
To book a place
on this course, please follow the link below to book online or print and
complete the form below and return it to Christine Baker
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2008/April/BusinessInformationLondon20080408.html
Business
Information on the Internet
Kings College London,
Guy’s Campus,
Tuesday, 8th April
2008, 9.30 – 16.30
Costs (including lunch
and refreshments):
UKeiG members £150 +
VAT (£176.25); others £180 + VAT (£211.50)
Please complete and
return this form by 1 April 2008, to Christine Baker, Piglet Cottage, Redmire,
Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4EH.
Tel & Fax 01969
625751, Email: [log in to unmask]
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payable in full prior to the date of the course. Cancellations received
less than 7 working days before the start of the course will be subject to the
full fee. For non-attendance at a course there will be no refunds and the
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insufficient bookings have been received. Delegates will be offered an
alternative date or a full refund of the course fee. UKeiG reserves the
right to make changes to the programme. UKeiG will not be liable for any
consequential loss of travel or accommodation fees due to cancellation of the
course.