Introduction to Metadata – 22nd November 2012

<http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/event/introduction-to-image-metadata>

This recently updated course is designed specifically to help you consider how to effectively incorporate metadata into the fabric of your digital collections, through explanation, discussion and practical activities.

 Video Production: Lectures and Interviews 2-days – 28th/29th Jan 2013

<http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/event/video-production-1-lectures-and-interviews>

Intended to instil basic competence in the many areas of knowledge that are needed to produce good video work. A hands-on approach is taken, such that during the two days of learning about video techniques the participants will actually produce two short videos. All equipment and facilities will be supplied.

Free On-demand Online courses:

Using the Internet to finding digital media resources –

Audio – <http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/tutorial/audio/>

Video – <http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/tutorial/video/>

Images – <http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/tutorial/imagesearching/>

At CILIP  Headquarters, London on Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 – 09:30 – 16:30

Course Outline:
No matter what the size of the organisation, working in a virtual team is now the way that discussions are held and decisions made. Often members of these teams are external to the organisation, and may well be in a different country and time zone.

Virtual teams are not a new way of working, and over the last three decades a great deal of research and experience has led to the establishment of a substantial amount of good practice in the management of virtual teams. However it seems that few organisations offer staff tuition in either how to participate in a virtual team, or in managing such a team.

Among the subjects to be covered will be:
.  Understanding why and how virtual teams differ from co-located teams
.  Making good use of audio and video technologies
.  Preparing for virtual team meetings
. The best structure for a virtual team meeting
. How to address the common challenges of virtual teams
. Evaluating team performance
. Developing training courses for virtual teams and team members

The course will be a mixture of presentations and group work to enable delegates to gain an insight into the benefits and challenges of virtual teams

Who should attend:
Anyone who has to manage or participate in virtual team meetings and wishes to get the best out of other team members during and between meetings.

Course Presenter: Martin White
The course will be presented by Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Ltd. He has been involved in managing virtual teams for over thirty years, and regularly works with multi-national virtual teams as a key element of his consulting projects.

Costs (including lunch and refreshments): UKeiG members £160 + VAT at the current rate; others £200 + VAT at the current rate

Using Social Media for Research, a one day course for LIS researchers and practitioners, being held in Central London, Tuesday 6th March 2012.

A one-day workshop for library and information professionals and researchers who want to look at new ways of targeting respondents and disseminating research results using social media. A highly participative workshop that will introduce delegates to techniques for improving research effectiveness, response rates and impact.

The workshop presenters David Haynes and Noeleen Schenk are experienced LIS professionals who have worked using a variety of research methods with government libraries, public library services, academic libraries and special libraries.

Book your place by visiting: www.aspire2rm2.eventbrite.co.uk. Book before 5th February 2012 for the special “early bird” rate.

Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol, UK
5-8 December 2011

Registration for IDCC 2011 is open at http://asp.artegis.com/idcc11

Register before 15 November to take advantage of the current conference registration fee. There is also a special discounted rate for registrations of more than two from any institution.

You can also take your pick from the programme of pre- and post-conference workshops. Many of the workshops are free and all have limited availability.

There are a few remaining places for the first workshop in the research methods series: Evaluating Service Impact being held in Central London, Monday 28th November 2011.

This is a one-day workshop for professional librarians, knowledge managers and information service providers. During the day participants will work through what is required to identify meaningful performance measures for your service. For further details see: www.aspire2rm1.eventbrite.com.

The workshop will be facilitated by David Streatfield who is an Independent Impact Consultant to the Global Libraries Initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and has acted in a similar capacity for IFLA, and the Global Impact Study. With his colleague Sharon Markless, David is preparing a new edition of their book Evaluating the Impact of Your Library, to be published by Facet Publishing in 2012.

The 23rd of November sees the launch of a new series of free JISC Digital Media online surgeries. Each session is designed to provide help and support and answer any questions you have regarding digital media.

The first surgery in the new series is:

Making better videos: Planning Your Video Production Wednesday 23rd November, 2011 at 1pm

The first one-hour session is designed to provide an overview of the video production process and highlight the basic areas that should be considered before starting to shoot.

Zak Mensah JISC Digital Media’s e-Learning Officer said “Im delighted that we are continuing to provide online surgeries – Video Production is a topic we are aware the community are keen to learn more about as they create more media rich content for their learning and teaching resources.”

To book a place on this session please visit http://bitly.com/jdmsurgery

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