Web 2.0 in real life
to be held at
The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool
Tuesday, 21st April 2009, 09.30 - 16.30
Course Outline
Find out how 2.0 applications are being used in libraries and information centres, and what actually works. Blogs, wikis, RSS? YouTube, podcasts, Slideshare? Flickr, Connotea, LibraryThing? Facebook, Second Life, Twitter? This workshop will look at the reality of 2.0: what is useful and what is destined for Gartner's 'Trough of Disillusionment', never to be seen again.
The workshop will start with a brief overview of Web 2.0 and what it means. It will then look in more detail at how 'stuff' can be used as sources of information, as a means of enhancing services to users, and raising the profile of information services. The areas covered will include:
* Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds
* Shared authoring tools
* Start pages e.g. iGoogle, PageFlakes, NetVibes
* Social bookmarking services
* Using YouTube and Flickr as information resources and to promote your group or organisation
* "Presentation" sites such as Slideshare and Authorstream
* Social networking sites e.g. Facebook
* To Twitter or not to Twitter
There will be a heavy practical element to the workshop so that participants can explore Web 2 and try out the technologies for themselves. There will be extensive notes and exercise sheets to guide participants through the day, and all the information and presentations will be available electronically.
**** N.B. Places on this course are strictly limited because of access to PCs so please book early to avoid disappointment ****
Course Presenter: Karen Blakeman
Karen Blakeman has worked in the information profession for over twenty years and has been a freelance consultant since 1989. Her company (RBA Information Services) provides training and consultancy on the use of the Internet, and on accessing and managing information resources. Karen writes for "Business Information Searcher". She also publishes a monthly, electronic newsletter called "Tales from the Terminal Room". Her publications include "Search Strategies for the Internet". She was recently made an Honorary Fellow of CILIP and in 2002 she received the Information World Review Information Professional of the Year award
Don't forget the UKeiG Conference 2009
UKeiG will be holding a residential forum that will provide opportunities for information and IT professionals to network, wine and dine in excellent social surroundings while catching up on the very latest developments in e-information.
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UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE. Registered Charity No. 313014
Web 2.0 in real life
The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool
Tuesday, 21st April 2009, 09.30 - 16.30
Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG members £160 + VAT (£188.00); others £190 + VAT (£223.25)
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