eLucidate Jan/Feb 2009 is now available

The January/February issue of eLucidate is now available at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/elucidate/index.html

The PDF is at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/elucidate/pdfs/eLucidate6-1.pdf

This months issue includes:

Online training for the information professional - benefits and challenges. Caroll Mitchell, Wiley

For every slice of useful information on the internet there is an unknown, but certainly greater, amount of useless information. Sorting through this maze is the information professional's job. Recognizing the difficulties and showing how to work around them, through training sessions, is my contribution to easing that workload. [Members only]

Web 2.0 Round-up
Compiled and edited by Karen Blakeman. Web 2.0 Round-up is a compilation of recent postings and comments on the UKeiG Web 2.0 blog at http://ukeig.wordpress.com/. [Members only]

Intranets
Martin White of Intranet Focus looks at publications to read in 2009 [Members only]

Public Sector News
Jane Inman reports on public ideas for public sector websites. the NHS, Environment Agency, geographical information and 21st Century Lords [Members only]

Current Awareness
Summaries of articles (print and electronic) about information access and retrieval, electronic publishing, preservation and virtual libraries etc. edited by Gina Cybulska [Members only]

Meeting Report: Intranets Forum - Knowledge Management at the Environment Agency
Report by Jackie Bowater on the Intranets Forum held at the Environment Agency in December 2008 [Members only]

Meeting Report: Semantic Analysis Technology
Report by Michael Upshall on the ISKO meeting held London, November 2008

Meeting Report: Engaging with the environment - finding quality e-information resources
Report by Julie Fowler on the UKeiG seminar held in November 2008, London

Press Releases & News
News about the Cambridge Information Group and LibraryThing; Duke University Press and Portico, Digital Images for education - Community Call; Emerald's eBook series collections; Oxford University digitises First World War resource collections.

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