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
Martin White
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Tuesday, 6 December, 2011 – 09:30 – 16:30
CILIP Headquarters, London
Many organisations are finding that the search application on their web site and intranet, or even a more comprehensive enterprise search, is not providing the expected benefits. Finding a solution to the problem is not easy as there are so many variables. Is the search engine unsuitable for the task, are expectations too high, or is the way that the search engine has been implemented not best practice? The objective of this workshop is to help delegates analyse the nature of the problem that they are facing, and then to provide a range of solutions for consideration.
Semantic Technologies For A More Powerful Web is a one-day workshop delivered by our SEO expert, George Munroe. He explains the purpose RDFa (Resource Description Framework in attributes) and how to use it. RDFa is the standard for adding semantic data to your web content.
Knowing about RDFa, and how to apply it will:
Enhance the discoverability, usability and popularity of your online resources Improve the display and functionality of your content in search engines Improve searches across web resources such as data repositories Enable new kinds of “mash-up” with your data and content
Sign up today, http://bit.ly/nv1lxq
Where: Netskills Training Suite, Newcastle Univerity, Newcastle upon Tyne
When: 15th Novmber, 10am-4pm
The Sixth CILIP CoFHE and UC&R Joint Conference
Great Expectations: what do students want and how do we deliver?
Newcastle University, 25th – 27th June 2012
Call for papers opens Monday 3rd October 2011 Call for papers closes Friday 2nd December 2011 Notification of acceptance – Friday 16th December 2011 We require a 500 word abstract (which will be sent to a panel of reviewers) A PC with Internet access and PowerPoint will be available to presenters.
All workshop presentations should address one or more of the conference themes.
Student experience
Quality Assurance
Expectations in a digital world
Marketing and advocacy
Skilling the workforce for the future
Measuring impact
Collaboration and partnership
Surviving in difficult times
Submissions should include the following:
Names of author(s)
Name of presenter(s) at the conference (if known) Contact details of author(s) and presenter(s) including email addresses, postal addresses and direct telephone number Audio-visual requirements (e.g. PowerPoint, Internet access, etc.) Special requirements (i.e. break out rooms, Computer suite) Abstract (500 word maximum)
Workshop guidance
Workshops should be an hour (maximum) in length Workshops should involve active participation and discussion with the focus on participants being able to develop skills or practical ideas for future implementation in their own practice Break-out rooms and / or computer suites will be available for these sessions. Please illustrate if you require these facilities for your workshop
Please send your submission to Leo Appleton l.appleton1@ljmu.ac.uk by Friday 2nd December 2011.
Personal presence, communication and networking skills: get your message across and sell your ideas: Lesley Robinson
Venue: CILIP Headquarters, London
Google Map of venue location: http://bit.ly/rqi7uN
Date: Thursday, 17 November, 2011 – 09:30 – 16:30
Course Outline: Often, it’s not about what you say or do, but how you say and do it. Whether you are developing new ways of working, introducing new ideas and concepts, delivering a business case or even leading a key meeting, you need to make yourself heard and understood. The power of your message can get lost in the way you communicate. This course will help you to understand the impact you have on people, learn effective ways of communicating and understand the skills needed to build a valuable network of people within and outside the organisation.
The session will include:
* Defining what personal presence is and how to make best use of it
* Understanding the different ways of communicating and how to choose the most effective way for your purpose
* Looking at the barriers to good communication
* Building a powerful network internally
* Practicing a range of networking skills to give you confidence in any situation
* Finding the best way to sell your ideas and having an impact
* Dealing with difficult situations
Who should attend: This course is aimed at information professionals in middle and senior management positions across all sectors who wish to increase the power of their communication skills and get results. The course will enable people to:
* Discover new tools and techniques for communicating effectively
* Reduce the fear of networking, especially with senior people
* Have the confidence to lead meetings, facilitate groups and give powerful presentations
* Identify and build valuable networks which will support them in their work
The course will be a very practical and interactive experience to enable the participants to experiment with some of the techniques discussed.
Course Presenter: Lesley Robinson
18th November 2011
Copyright for Information Providers: Advanced
In brief
A basic understanding of copyright highlights just how complex an issue it is: knowing how the law
works is just the beginning. This course will give delegates a greater 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.
Course highlights:
* Copyright in an electronic context
* Copyright and software/the Web
* Trading in copyright materials
* The international dimension
* Copyright and career development
25th November 2011
Business Plans: How to Produce a Workable and
Convincing Business Plan (half-day)
In brief
A well-conceived business plan is a powerful aid to achieving better results in the commercial world
and other fields of activity. This course will explain soundly-established principles for devising a plan
that works. It is for anyone bidding for resources from others, whether they hope to launch or expand
a business, or serve as a unit manager seeking to justify future allocation of resources.
Course highlights:
* Systematic reviews for businesses and organizations
* Ways to identify and exploit business opportunities
* Financial analysis, forecasting and budgeting for business plans
On completing the course you will be able to:
* Draw up business plans with increased competence
* Enhance the credibility and persuasiveness of business plans
* Incorporate ways of anticipating and dealing with circumstantial change
* Track and refine future business plans with greater ease and effectiveness
4 November, London
Are you planning a digitisation project? Do you want to learn more about how to approach this? This training day includes presentations and case studies on planning for digitisation; how to select materials for digitisation; and preservation issues.
For full programme and booking details, please see: http://www.bl.uk/blpac/planning.html
The course costs £100 + VAT including lunch and refreshments (£75 + VAT for members of Research Libraries UK)
This courses is part of a Preservation Learning Programme jointly sponsored by RLUK and the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre.
Legal basics and what the Hargreaves Report means for anyone who handles electronic information
Professor Charles Oppenheim and Emily Goodhand
http://bit.ly/pHpXc1
Tuesday, 15 November, 2011 – 09:30 – 16:30
CILIP Headquarters, London
Run by UKEIG