Dear Colleagues,

Following on  the very successful IEEE UK User Group meeting  that was
hosted by London South Bank University last autumn, Content Online  
and IEEE will be sponsoring 3 in
depth UK training sessions in May 2008.

You are cordially invited to one of the 3 events listed below, the  
sessions will be exactly alike, plan to attend only one.

Please e-mail  Ian Smith at Content Online: [log in to unmask]   
your
preferred location.

More detailed instructions will be e-mailed out closer to the date.

  You are invited to join IEEE for a free 2 hour programme entitled
"Overview of IEEE Xplore and Guidelines for Successful Searching"

      DATE :            MONDAY  19TH MAY 2008
      TIME:                  9.30 AM  till 1. 00 PM
      LOCATION :    UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD PEEL PARK
                                  CAMPUS THE CRESCENT SALFORD M5 4WT

      DATE :            WEDNESDAY 21st MAY 2008
      TIME:                  9.30 AM  till 1.00 PM
      LOCATION :        STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY GLASGOW

      DATE :                 FRIDAY 23RD MAY 2008
      TIME:                  9.30 till 1.00 PM
      LOCATION :    TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

COFFEES/TEAS WILL BE PROVIDED AT 9.30 AM.
LUNCH WILL BE SERVED AT 12 NOON, PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US.

Information Professionals, both academic and commercial are invited to
attend a session to learn time-saving search techniques for finding  
technology content using IEEE
Xplore, the online delivery platform for IEEE products. During this  
live demonstration, presented by
IEEE Client Services Manager Ruth Wolfish, participants will learn :

-Advanced search features such as field searching, wildcards and  
proximity searching
-Search by author affiliation or country
-Browsing for specific journals, conference papers or IEEE Standards
-Creating email and RSS alerts
-Understanding the Abstract Record
-Alternatives to Google and GoogleScholar such as CrossRef Google and  
scitopia.org
-New features that are planned for 2008 and beyond

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Information professionals who oversee IEEE Xplore or who answer their
users’ questions on how to efficiently find IEEE content should  
attend.This
is a meeting for librarians who are familiar with IEEE Xplore and who  
would like to have input on future development.


BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
      -Enhance your understanding of IEEE and IEEE Xplore;
      -Exchange ideas about productively using IEEE Xplore;
      -Learn of proposed IEEE features and services;
      -Have more influence over the direction of IEEE features and  
services;
      -Network with your peers and exchange ideas.


INFORMATION ON THE PRESENTER
Ruth Wolfish, IEEE Client Services Manager, provides training for IEEE
online products, distributes informational
materials to drive usage, answers all usage questions, and performs both
on-site and internet conference training.
She works with all of IEEE's academic, government and corporate  
accounts.
Ms. Wolfish came to IEEE in 2001 from Lucent Technologies. Her 18-year
career with Lucent and its predecessor companies included roles as Bell
Labs Reference Librarian, management trainer and administrator of
education, information specialist for business systems, and electronic
content coordinator for Lucent's Digital Library.

Please e-mail  Ian Smith Content Online: [log in to unmask] of your
preferred location. More detailed instructions will be e-mailed out  
closer to he date.


Steven Tweedie: Content Online Ltd
contact | [log in to unmask] - Mobile 07967-133-484 | skype -  
steven_tweedie | Office 01228-535-372

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