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Aslib is sponsoring a UNICOM conference: SOCIAL TOOLS FOR BUSINESS USE: Web 2.0 and the new participatory culture London, 21-22 Feb 2007 The adoption of social software / Web 2.0 ideas by large organisations has begun, and it is going to be a game changing development. Many are leveraging the benefits of social software to address immediate business issues, rather than just for the novelty factor. This conference looks at the new technologies in a business environment, with overview presentations and case studies by expert practitioners Further details of the conference can be found at: www.aslib.com/conferences. Aslib corporate members receive a discount on the conference fee. These are the training courses taking place in February at Aslib's Offices in London. More details, including the fee, can be found by following the links: Copyright for Information Providers: Advanced, THURSDAY 1 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/26.html) A basic understanding of copyright highlights just how complex an issue it is. Knowing how the law works is just the beginning but you need to be able to map basic concepts new and innovative information delivery systems and technologies. After this day's training you will have a grater understanding of how to interpret the law and how to put in place management systems that take account of the rapidly changing techniques used for information storage and delivery. Copyright is an issue that will not go away and a working knowledge of it will be a valuable additional element in any CV or job. Course Director: Graham Cornish DESIGNING TRAINING AND COACHING SESSIONS, TUESDAY 6 (http://www.aslib.com/training/2/02.html) This programme will enable you to design effective training and coaching sessions. You will find out about the training cycle and this is used as a framework for the development of effective training in information and library services. You will briefly explore learning and individual differences in learning. This knowledge of people's approaches to learning is then used as the basis for designing effective training sessions using a range of learning and teaching activities and resources. Course Director: Nicola Wise RUNNING TRAINING AND COACHING SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY 7 (http://www.aslib.com/training/2/11.html) This programme will enable you to deliver and evaluate effective training and coaching sessions. You will briefly explore the practical aspects of implementing training and coaching sessions e.g. financial side of training, selecting a trainer, health and safety. You will explore working in one-to-one and small group situations using the principles of coaching and training. You will also consider how to effectively run training sessions using ICT. Finally, you will learn how to evaluate training programmes and sessions. Course Director: Nicola Wise DEVELOPING YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS, THURSDAY 8 (http://www.aslib.com/training/2/04.html) The first few years of a new manager's working life involve developing a range of basic management skills and techniques, and developing confidence in putting them into practice. Experienced managers sometimes find that their management skills and techniques become static. In today's fast-changing environment it is essential that all managers continue to develop their knowledge and skills, and this workshop provides the opportunities for experienced managers to review their current management and leadership skills and identify ways of improving them. The workshop covers a range of topics and themes that are in demand by experienced managers. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn a range of management and leadership skills and techniques. Course Director: Nicola Wise INDEXING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, TUESDAY 13 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/16.html) Indexing is one of the best known of 'traditional' library/information activities. Its importance has not diminished in the digital age. On the contrary, indexing is of even more importance in digital environments, so that information can be efficiently found from sources such as the Internet, or intranets. Indexing is an important part of the broader process of metadata creation. Many library/information workers are expected to index material, but not everyone is given sufficient training. This course covers general principles of indexing, and the indexing process, and also specific points of practice, in the indexing of all kinds of material, emphasising the value of controlled indexing languages. The relations between indexing and other ways of analysing and denoting content (abstracting, summarising, classifying, categorising etc.) are emphasised. The course also deals with understanding, and creating, indexing policies, which govern the way in which indexing is carried out. Course Director: Dr David Bawden KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, WEDNESDAY 14 (http://www.aslib.com/training/3/01.html) This seminar will give you an understanding of what knowledge management is, how it has emerged from several key strands of management thinking and a useful review of many of the initiatives that can and are being implemented. Perhaps most importantly it will encourage you to respond positively to the opportunity and the challenge represented by this subject. If the leading writers are correct about its significance for this century, can you afford not to? Course Director: Nick Willard KNOWLEDGE MAPPING?THE NEXT STEP, THURSDAY 15 (http://www.aslib.com/training/3/02.html) Knowledge Mapping is emerging as one of the key elements of many Knowledge Management initiatives. Library and information professionals have an important part to play - and in some instances will be expected to take the lead role. This one-day seminar will clarify this complex subject and provide clear guidelines on how to proceed. Course Directors: Graham Robertson and Bob Bater NEGOTIATING ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS - AN AFTERNOON WORKSHOP, FRIDAY 16 (http://www.aslib.com/training/2/08.html) It is tough out there at the moment. We all need to make an impression on our employers and one way we can achieve this is to save money. It is often awkward talking about money and this session gives practical guidance on how to broach the subject with the publisher. This session is aimed at anyone who has to deal with online resource renewals, new subscriptions or cancellations. The workshop provides practical tips and strategies you can really use. Delegates will be able to learn from the experience of the presenter as well as have the opportunity to discuss their own experiences. Course Director: Fiona Durrant PRESENTATION SKILLS, TUESDAY 20 (http://www.aslib.com/training/2/09.html) This intensive course will help you to make memorable and effective presentations. It is a very practical workshop and you will gain the opportunity to develop your presentation techniques in a non-threatening atmosphere. Course Director: Nicola Wise FINDING DIGITAL INFORMATION: SOURCES AND SEARCHING, WEDNESDAY 21 (http://www.aslib.com/training/6/05.html) This course is designed for those who have to carry out searches - reference or research - of varied kinds, and who need an overview of the kinds of sources available, the kinds of systems which give access to them, and the most effective ways of finding the right information quickly. The course covers different kinds of queries (reference and research, open and closed ..), and the way these are matched to sources and search techniques. It deals with varying kinds of resources: by level (primary, secondary?), by content (full-text, bibliographic, factual ?), and by environment (web pages, structured online databases ?). It compares the main search systems and interfaces (web search engines, metasearch engines, online databases ?), illustrates some effective search tactics, and shows how these can be combined into a strategic approach for finding the right information. Finally, it shows how novice searchers can gain expertise in the systems which are most useful to them, and how to keep up with new developments. Course Director: Dr David Bawden ECONOMICS FOR THE REAL WORLD: UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC DATA, THURSDAY 22 (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 BRITISH COMPANY LAW, TUESDAY 27 (http://www.aslib.com/training/1/01.html) 'Very important, but far too difficult for non-specialists' is how company law is typically viewed. This course distils the key legal principles which govern corporate activity for those who lack the time to follow lengthy conventional legal courses. It also goes beyond setting out the formal legislative framework to examine how these rules are applied in practice in British companies, featuring copious real life examples and looking at actual company documents. The course also identifies sources for researching companies and their directors. Course Director: Chris Murphy ABSTRACTING AND SUMMARISING, WEDNESDAY 28 (http://www.aslib.com/training/4/01.html) Information overload affects everyone, and there is an urgent need for people who can extract the key facts and opinions from documents rapidly and reproduce them accurately. Abstracting and summarising techniques are essential for current awareness services, enquiry answering and desk research, preparing briefings and writing reports. This course reassures participants that abstracting is a learnable skill which we all practise in our daily lives, and shows how we can use our ordinary reading and writing skills more efficiently to improve our abstracting technique. This course reassures participants that summarising - and the rapid reading that goes with it - are learnable skills, and shows how we can use our existing reading and writing skills more efficiently to improve our abstracting technique. Directed by Tim Buckley Owen, who has more than 20 years' experience in abstracting, report writing and journalism, the course includes practical exercises based on a range of different document types. Course Director: Tim Buckley Owen All our courses are available as onsite 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 [log in to unmask] Kind regards, Nicole Adamides Aslib Training, The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS Tel: 020 7613 3031 Fax: 020 7613 5080