CILIP Training & Development are pleased to announce our March 2010 courses. Don't forget - CILIP members receive up to 40% discount on all CILIP training. COPYRIGHT FOR BEGINNERS 3 MARCH 2010, LONDON Get up to speed with the fundamentals of copyright with this great beginners course. Not only will you leave with the knowledge of the basic principles and concepts of copyright laws and the differences between rights of authors and rights of owners, it will ensure you provide a service without breaking copyright law. PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS * Basic principles of copyright law * Types of copyright * Rights of authors, rights of owners * Crown and Parliamentary copyright FULL DETAILS: http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/pages/copyright-for-beginners.aspx IMPROVING YOUR WEBSITE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE 11 MARCH 2010, LONDON Learn what is involved in effectively targeting your customer's interests and information needs on your website. This practical course will give participants a step-by-step guide to planning and building a multimedia website, with exercises throughout. PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS * The principles of structuring a website * An effective homepage * Encouraging dialogue with users - polls, comment, forums and blogs * Search engine optimisation FULL DETAILS: http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/Pages/improving-your-website.aspx DESIGNING AND DELIVERING EFFECTIVE TRAINING 23 & 24 MARCH 2010, LONDON Are you required to teach/train, but never had the right training? Specifically for library and information workers, this new two-day workshop identifies the principles and approaches in designing and running successful training events, in a practical and supportive environment. PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS * Learning and teaching methods * Technology support * Preparation including contingency planning FULL DETAILS: http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/Pages/designing-delivering-effective-training.aspx GOING BEYOND GOOGLE(tm) 4 MARCH 2010, LONDON Understand Google's limitations and discover the other useful search engines that are out there. Find out about the 'invisible web', subject gateways and virtual libraries on this practical one-day CILIP course. PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS * Other search engines - do we need them? * The invisible web, subject gateways, virtual libraries * Bulletin boards, mailing lists, newsgroups FULL DETAILS: http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/Pages/going-beyond-google.aspx USING BLOGS, WIKIS AND RSS FEEDS 18 MARCH 2010, LONDON A highly practical CILIP course that will see you creating a weblog, a wiki and learn how to use RSS feeds. You will gain a good grounding in the field of Web 2.0, helping raise the profile of your services and enable you to deliver them differently. A popular course that will book fast! PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS * Web 2.0 in context * Weblogs - exploration, searching and using * Creating and using wikis and RSS FULL DETAILS: http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/Pages/using-blogs-wikis-RSS%20feeds.aspx