Details of various events taking place in September and October are listed
below.  This includes the first of the new Management Briefings
www.aslib.com/training/2/17.html , as well as the various conferences we are
supporting.  The first briefing will look at managing an information service in
takeovers/mergers.

The following autumn conferences are being sponsored by Aslib:

UNICOM Records Management Update
(http://www.unicom.co.uk/recordsmanagement)
Records Management continues to evolve rapidly as changes to practices, software
and new
applications arrive on the scene. Find out how the profession is moving on and
about the new
opportunities and challenges arising.
25 September 2007, London
(Aslib Corporate Members receive a 20% discount on the advertised fee)

Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2007
(http://virtualworldsforum.com/)
Europe’s first pan-European virtual worlds conference will create a genuine
meeting place for brands and corporations, virtual worlds and the converging
games, entertainment and business spaces.
23-26 October 2007, London
(Aslib Corporate Members receive a 10% discount on the advertised fee)

Translating and the Computer 29
(http://www.aslib.com/conferences/tcindex.html)
Aslib’s own annual conference on translation and translation related tools.
29-30 November 2007, London


SEPTEMBER COURSES:
Please note: all our courses take place at Aslib in London.

Knowledge Architecture: An Exploratory Workshop, 19 September 2007
(http://www.aslib.com/training/3/03.html) 
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.
Course Director: Bob Bater
Course fee: £280 plus VAT (£329) Aslib corporate members / £350 plus VAT
(£411.25) Non members

Cataloguing Practice, 26 September 2007
(http://www.aslib.com/training/4/03.html)
If you have experience of cataloguing or database compilation but need guidance
or practice using AACR2 and MARC (including MARC21), or want to refresh
knowledge gained some time ago, this course will give you the skills needed,
including some practice in using online public access catalogues (OPACs) and
thinking about their design criteria. Participants are invited to bring typical
material from their collections to form a group of items that can be considered
in the practical sessions. This course is not aimed at complete beginners.
Course Director: James Shearer
Course fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT
(£381.88) Non members

Economics for the Real World: Understanding Economic Data, 27 September 2007
(http://www.aslib.com/training/1/05.html)
This course addresses the key economic principles that underpin business and
government, bypassing the highly abstract and unrealistic components of much
conventional economics training. It clarifies the issues and interprets the
jargon in order to make economic theory relevant to business activity. The
course aims to equip attendees with a practical understanding of the ways in
which economists try to describe and explain the workings of the economy, the
significance of the many types of economic data and how changes in them should
be interpreted. 
Course Director: Chris Murphy
Course fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT
(£381.88) Non members

Effective Desk Research, 28 September 2007
(http://www.aslib.com/training/6/02.html)
This course is aimed at 1) professionals who are at the point in their career
where they are adding longer term project work to their basic information
retrieval duties and 2) managers/mentors helping such people. It details a
step-by-step structure that can help manage the research process with a
particular emphasis on reference interview techniques, data collection, methods
of adding value and managing an effective feedback process. The focus is on
practicality and the course is based on systems the lecturer has helped set up
and run himself.  According to the particular needs of the group on the day, a
number of pre-prepared units can be slotted in including, for instance, using
the telephone as a research tool and managing a fee-charging service. The
emphasis of the day is very much to encourage debate and best practice sharing
amongst delegates who have the opportunity to discuss the challenges they face
with fellow professionals. 
Course Director: John Harrow
Course fee: £260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members / £325 plus VAT
(£381.88) Non members


OCTOBER (in brief)  (More details on www.aslib.com/training)
Understanding and Assessing Information Needs, Tuesday 2, £280+VAT (£350+VAT)
Electronic Serials Management, Wednesday 3, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Abstracting and Summarising, Thursday 4, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Using Excel Spreadsheets to manage a library budget (pm), Friday 5,
£150+VAT(£187.50+VAT)
Classification Practice, Monday 8,  £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Digital Rights Management, Tuesday 9, £280+VAT (£350+VAT)
Copyright Policies, Dealing with Infringements and Risk Management, Wednesday
10, £280+VAT (£350+VAT)
Building & Deploying a Corporate Taxonomy, Thursday 11, £280+VAT (£350+VAT)
Basic Cataloguing and Indexing, Monday 15, £230+VAT (£287.50+VAT)
Web 2.0: An Overview, Tuesday 16, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
British Official Publications, Wednesday 17, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Designing Training and Coaching Sessions, Monday 22, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
British Company Law, Tuesday 23, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Indexing: Principles and Practice, Thursday 25, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Project Management, Friday 26, £230+VAT (£287.50+VAT)
Statistics for Business, Monday 29, £260+VAT(£325+VAT)
Constructing a Thesaurus, Tuesday 30 – Wednesday 31, £475+VAT(£595+VAT)
Management Briefings: Managing Information Services in takeovers/mergers,
Wednesday 31 (4-6pm), £40+VAT (£50+VAT) NEW 


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
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Kind regards,

Nicole Adamides, ASLIB Training
The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS
Tel: 020 7613 3031	Fax: 020 7613 5080
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