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The
practicalities of Web 2.0: essential information for information professionals
a UKeiG Course
to be held at
Kings College London, Guy’s Campus,
Course Outline
Getting to grips with Web 2.0 is not an easy task,
since it’s difficult to even find a standard definition to use! You can be
forgiven for doubting that it even exists in fact, or if it does, will it
really make any kind of difference to what you do as an information
professional, and how you serve the different client groups that you have.
Rather than spend a lot of time wondering and
worrying about the theoretical aspects perhaps the best way to view the use of
Web 2.0 is to consider practical aspects – what exactly can information
professionals do with these tools?
The course will
include:
A session to ground the concept of Web 2.0 in terms
of practicalities.
How to use a variety of different tools, both in
order to save you time and effort in your daily work, but also how to use them
to help clients. Some of the tools covered will be start pages, building your
own search engines, creating websites without technical knowledge, utilizing
community knowledge with social networking tools, and keeping colleagues up to
date with weblogs and bookmarking tools.
The course will have a strong practical element,
and delegates will go away having created tools that they will then be able to
immediately pick up when back and work and start to use.
Who should
attend:
Information professionals who are involved in
current awareness services, selective dissemination of information, those who
need to research subject areas and keep up to speed on them and professionals
who offer quick reference services. In fact, anyone who wants to save time and
work more effectively! A technical background or knowledge is certainly not
required or needed. Delegates should have access to personal email accounts
such as Hotmail or Gmail since they will need to register with various tools
before using them.
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N.B. Places on this course are strictly limited because of access to PCs so
please book early to avoid disappointment ****
Course Presenter:
Phil Bradley
Phil Bradley is well known as a librarian and
internet consultant who has close ties with both CILIP and UKeiG. Phil is
closely involved with developments in Web 2.0 technologies and his book
‘How to use Web 2.0 in your library’ has recently been published by
Facet Publishing.
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The
practicalities of Web 2.0: essential information for information professionals
Kings College London, Guy’s Campus,
Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG members £150 + VAT (£176.25); others £180 +
VAT (£211.50)
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April 2008, to Christine Baker, Piglet Cottage, Redmire, Leyburn, North
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