ASLIB Training Services

September-October Training courses on Business and Official Information Sources, Cataloguing and Classification, Copyright and Intellectual Property, General Management and Communication Skills  and Library and Information Management Skills.

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ASLIB provides training and development for busy information professionals in key aspects
of information work. We offer public courses and workshops, as well as on-site and distance
programmes.

16th September 2011

Indexing: Principles and Practice
In brief
Indexing is of great importance in the digital age – information needs to be efficiently found from
sources such as the internet or intranets. This course relates to all kinds of material and covers
general principles of indexing, the indexing process, specific points of practice, the relations between
indexing and other ways of analysing and denoting content.
Course highlights:
• Principles of indexing, and the indexing process
• Indexing as part of metadata creation
• Controlled vocabularies for indexing
• Indexing policies
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Understand principles of indexing, and the indexing process
• Understand the relationship between indexing and metadata creation
• Understand the value of controlled languages for indexing
• Index different forms of material effectively and create an indexing policy


19th September 2011

Abstracting and Summarizing
In brief
Abstracting and summarizing techniques are essential for current awareness services, enquiry
answering, desk research, preparing briefings and writing reports. This course is a practical
introduction to key techniques in abstracting and summarizing documents: news items, articles, books,
reports and unpublished internal documents, and shows participants how existing reading and writing
skills can be used more efficiently to improve abstracting technique.
Course highlights:
• What do we want our abstracts to achieve?
• Signposting – gathering material for the abstract
• Writing an abstract with only limited resource material
• Rapid reading techniques
• Writing abstracts that are accurate, comprehensive, stylish and fast
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Scan documents rapidly and identify their key content
• Summarize or describe that content
• Observe house style rules
• Write to length and to deadline

23rd September 2011

Copyright Policies, Dealing with Infringements, and Risk
Management
In brief
This workshop is for senior managers, project leaders and decision makers who have an
understanding of copyright law by having attended one of the basic courses on copyright and wish to
learn more. This workshop will develop a toolkit for dealing with copyright issues and participants will
consider staff and user expectations and how to create an environment where copyright is handled
appropriately.
Course highlights:
• Dealing with infringements of copyright, managing risk and developing suitable policies and
procedures
• Planning requirements and restrictions
• Institutional copyright policy: internal management of rights as well as copyright and licensing
compliance
• How copyright policies can be successfully implemented and enforced
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Identify the need for a structured and strategic approach to copyright
• Examine how to deal with copyright infringements
• Explore how to manage risk effectively
• Produce a plan for your own copyright policy


26th September 2011

How to Motivate Your People through Effective Staff
Reviews
In brief
Effective performance reviews can lead to motivated staff and improved performance, whilst poor
reviews have a negative effect and can lead to de-motivated and unhappy teams. This course takes a
competency-based approach to managing staff and will give line managers the tools needed to carry
out an effective review.
Course highlights:
• Performance management and the review process – The Big Picture
• Understanding the competency approach
• Excellent tips and tools to ensure that your reviews run smoothly and are effective
• Understanding and using the skills of a good reviewer
• Handling difficult situations and types of people
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Motivate individuals to improve performance
• Deal with potential problem people and situations through effective reviews
• Enable your department to meet organizational goals


7th October 2011

Using Excel Spreadsheets to Manage a Library Budget
(half-day)
In brief
This course is for library managers too busy to spend ages on budget management but for whom it
is important to access vital, up-to-date information to work out where they are in the spending stakes.
The aim is to demonstrate how, using common and more complex formulae, Excel spreadsheets can
be used to manage library budgets.
Course highlights:
• The budget cycle
• The different types of figures/terminology
• A practical look at a spreadsheet example
• Recording monthly, periodic and annual payments
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Have a greater knowledge about practical use of the functionality of Excel
• Record the budget and keep it as a living, useful document throughout the financial year
• Have a greater insight into the specific vagaries of library budgets

10th October 2011

British Company Law
In brief
Company Law is typically viewed as “very important, but far too difficult for non-specialists”. This
course distils the key legal principles which govern corporate activity for those who lack the time
to follow lengthy conventional legal courses, through real life examples and examination of actual
company documents.
Course highlights:
• Limited Liability and types of company
• Company formation and financing
• Company decision takers
• Company reporting and disclosure
• Corporate crimes and dangers and dissolving companies
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Understand what company law provisions are intended to achieve
• Distinguish the theoretical legal position from business reality
• Decipher corporate legal jargon
• Trace and use company documents – a vital tool for analysing a business


14th October 2011

Copyright for Information Providers: An Introduction
In brief
Copyright is an increasingly complex problem for information providers and an awareness of the many
pitfalls is vital for the efficient management of information services. In whatever area you work you will
come across copyright as a live issue and need to understand how to handle the challenges it poses.
Course highlights:
• Basic principles of copyright law
• Types of copyright
• How to obtain it and who owns it
• Authors/owners and their rights
• Exceptions to copyright law
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Identify and respond to potential problems
• Alert colleagues to possible problems
• Advise your organization on how to protect its rights


21st October 2011

European Union Information
In brief
This intensive one-day course introduces the European Union – its institutions, legislative acts and
how policy is made, and how to find out about its activities. The practical information implications
of “better regulation” and the ways in which EU law is transposed and implemented in the UK are
examined.
Course highlights:
• Introduction to the European Union
• Searching for EU information
• Legislative and judicial information sources
• Policy monitoring
• Keeping up-to-date: EU and non-EU sources
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Demonstrate a greater knowledge of major sources of official and other EU information
• Identify a range of specialist online sources
• Evaluate online sources of EU information
• Solve complex EU information enquiries


28th October 2011

Enquiry Handling
In brief
Information professionals need to demonstrate special expertise when it comes to finding the
information their enquirers need. This course concentrates on practicalities rather than sources
and introduces participants to the full range of basic enquiry-answering techniques, showing how it is
possible to tackle any subject, even when you do not know what information sources may be available
to help.
Course highlights:
• Comprehensive introduction to enquiry-answering techniques
• Understanding the question
• Choosing sources and efficient searching
• What to do if you cannot find the answer
On completing the course you will be able to:
• Understand fully what the enquiry wants
• Select and reject possible reference sources with confidence
• Search indexes and databases efficiently
• Know what to do if you cannot find the answer


Download a copy of the ASLIB Training Directory - http://www.aslib.com/training/courses/pdf/ASLIBTrainingDirectoryJanuaryJune2011.pdf


To book a place or for further information about any aspect of the ASLIB training please contact:

Diane Heath Publications and Training Manager 
ASLIB 
Howard House 
Wagon Lane 
Bingley 
BD16 1WA

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Tel: +44 (0) 1274 785090 
Web: www.aslib.com/training