CILIP Training & Development are pleased to announce our October 2010 courses.

Don’t forget - CILIP members receive up to 40% discount on all CILIP training.

Evaluating the impact of public libraries

6 October 2010, London

How good is your library service? How can you measure the impact you make on the community and people’s lives? Move beyond performance indicators and consider the differences between monitoring efficiency and evaluating impact to see the effectiveness of your library or information service.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

*Finding useful impact indicators

*How can you tell that you are making a difference

*Collecting the evidence

FULL DETAILS:  http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/pages/evaluating-impact-public-libraries.aspx

Practical project management for LIS staff

19-20 October 2010, London

Learn the general principles and techniques of good project management and apply these to real workplace projects within the library and information field. Confidently manage your project budget, your project team and understand risk assessment and management.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

*The stages of project management

*Costing projects, budgeting and cashflow management

*Identifying problems and implementing solutions

FULL DETAILS:  http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/pages/practical-project-management-lis-staff.aspx

Going beyond Google

7 October 2010, London

Discover the ‘invisible web’ – what search engines can’t find easily! A practical hands-on course that will show you Google’s limitations and broaden your understanding of other useful search engines and information discovery tools.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

*Other search engines

*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

MARC 21: an introduction

26-27 October 2010, London

Sound knowledge of MARC 21 is a key element in professional effectiveness when cataloguing in an online environment. Providing a structured introduction to MARC 21, this course is essential to LIS professionals involved in quality online data creation.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

*Working with fixed field 008

*Recorded music, video material and electronic resources

*Names and Uniform titles

FULL DETAILS:  http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/pages/marc-21-an-introduction.aspx

Can’t make it to our London training venue? Why not have our training brought to you with our Onsite training programme. Any of the above courses can be delivered direct to your workplace if you have 5 or more people with training needs.

Find out more:  http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/onsitetraining/pages/default.aspx

Don’t forget all CILIP Members receive a 40% discount on all our training courses.

Browse all our courses online: http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/training/pages/default.aspx