What would an intranet be like if it was designed by a librarian?

The presentations given at the UKeiG Intranets Forum, "What would an intranet be like if it was designed by a librarian?", on 19th February 2009 are now available in the members' area of the UKeiG web site at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/intranets_forum/

Presentation by Jennifer Smith and Ben Summers on OneIS (PDF) (1.4 MB)

Presentation by Janet Corroran. A survey of Imperial College London Library staff intranet: process and result (PPT) (600 KB)

Updated Factsheet: Top Search Tips

An update to the Top Search Tips Factsheet is now available on the UKeiG web site at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/factsheets/topsearchtips.html .

This Factsheet pulls together the top tips listed by participants attending the Google and Beyond search workshops. These can be search tools, individual web sites or search techniques. The Factsheet is in the members' area of the web site: if you have forgotten your user name and password, or would like temporary access, please contact karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk

Calling Chemistry Researchers!

Can you spare 15 minutes to answer an online survey? The survey is investigating how you communicate with your academic colleagues, particularly in using digital methods. The survey is part of a study, commissioned by JISC, the Joint Information Systems Committee (http://www.jisc.ac.uk) to understand methods of scholarly communications in your field, and aims to set up advocacy programmes to encourage the take up of new methodologies and technologies to improve the access to, use and re-use of content by UK academics.

The survey is hoping to reach as many researchers as possible. Your input will provide vital insight and you will have the chance to win a £40 Amazon voucher to thank you for your time. You can access the survey from 30th January at (http://www.rsc.org/advocacy).

Getting to grips with developing and managing e-book collections: an introduction

Venue: Netskills Training Suite, University of Newcastle
Date: Tuesday 27th October 2009, 9.30 - 16.30
Presenters: Ray Lonsdale and Chris Armstrong

Course Outline

This course opens the door to a new electronic format and is designed to support librarians who are beginning to set up e-book collections. In the last eight years, there has been an unprecedented growth in the publishing of e-books with an increasing array of different types available for all sectors. The programme will give you the opportunity to explore different e-books including a range of commercially-published and free reference works, monographs, textbooks, and fiction. Examples will include individual titles and also collections of e-books, such as those offered by NetLibrary, Credo, MyiLibrary and Oxford University Press. The course will also facilitate consideration of the new opportunities e-books offer for librarians and users in academic, public and special library and information services, and will explore the significant collection management and promotional issues which challenge information and library staff.

The course is designed to offer:

• an understanding of the nature of e-books
• a familiarity with range of commercially-produced e-books from publishers and aggregators
• a familiarity with range of free e-books
• an appreciation of the advantages and disadvantages of the medium
• an appreciation of the collection management issues associated with bibliographical control, selection, acquisition, access, evaluation, licensing, and archiving
• a familiarity with the different ways of promoting awareness and use of e-books

In addition to talks by the presenters, the course includes practical exercises. One will allow delegates to explore examples of online e-books in a structured way. Others will comprise activities during which delegates will examine the major collection management, and marketing and promotion issues. Plenary sessions led by the course presenters will be held to enable delegates to discuss their findings in the light of current research and professional practice.

Course Presenters

Ray Lonsdale and Chris Armstrong Chris Armstrong and Ray Lonsdale have been working and offering courses in the field of e-books, e-resources and collection management for the past 12 years, both in the UK and abroad. Up until recently, they were members of the Joint Information Systems Committee e-Book Working Group, which has been promoting the publishing and uptake of e-books in further and higher education and sixth form colleges. Ray is Reader in Information Studies at Aberystwyth University and a Director of Information Automation Limited. He has specialised in the field of collection management and, in particular, in the management of electronic collections. Ray has published extensively and has edited several national and international professional and academic journals. Chris runs a consultancy, research and training company, Information Automation Limited, which he set up in 1987. The company specialises in all forms of electronic resources and in electronic publishing, a topic on which Chris has taught a module in the Department in Aberystwyth. Chris is a regular writer, and sits on the editorial boards of three professional journals. He is also a National Councillor of CILIP.


For more information or to book a place on this course, please visit www.ukeig.org.uk or email meetings@ukeig.org.uk

Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 for Intranets and Projects

Venue: The City Suite, Thistle City Hotel, Barbican, London, EC1V 8DS
Date: Thursday 21st May 2009, 9.30-16.30
Presenter: Martin White

Course Outline

Many organisations with a strong commitment to Microsoft are moving to implement SharePoint 2007 (often referred to as MOSS07) as a general-purpose intranet/collaboration document management application. As a result, intranet and web managers are increasingly under some pressure from their organisation to migrate their intranet to SharePoint 2007 and even defend why they feel it is not of benefit to the organisation to do so.

The objective of this workshop is to outline the benefits and challenges of SharePoint 2007 implementations so that intranet managers are better prepared to discuss these with colleagues in the IT department in developing a business case and implementation plan for using SharePoint 2007.

The main sections of the workshop will be

• An introduction to SharePoint 2007
• Supporting collaboration with SharePoint 2007
• Using SharePoint 2007 for intranet content management
• SharePoint 2007 search functionality
• Planning for a SharePoint 2007 implementation
• Working with Microsoft channel partners
• Future plans for SharePoint 2007
• Critical success factors

Who should attend

Intranet and web managers who are considering migrating from their current content management and collaboration applications to SharePoint 2007. No technical knowledge of SharePoint will be required.

Course Presenter

The course will be presented by Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Ltd, who has evaluated SharePoint 2007 on behalf of a number of his clients and is writing a report on the use of SharePoint 2007 for intranet applications.

For more information or to book a place on this course, please visit www.ukeig.org.uk or email meetings@ukeig.org.uk

New UKeiG Committee Member - Nick Woolley

UKeiG is pleased to welcome Nick Woolley, King's College London, as a co-opted member to the UKeiG management committee.

Nick will be helping with the further development of the UKeiG site and the UKeiG Web 2.0 Strategy.

The Management Committee for 2009 is as follows:

Officers

Martin White, Chair
Charles Oppenheim, Hon. Treasurer
Karen Blakeman, Hon. Secretary

Committee Members

Liane Bradbrook
Janet Corcoran
Karen Gravett
Gary Horrocks (Immediate Past Chair)
Tracy Kent
Gina Nason
Megan Roberts
Clare Sinclair
Michael Upshall
Sheila Walker
Anne Welsh (co-opted)
Nick Woolley (co-opted)

Details of the management committee can be found on the UKeiG web site at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/contact/index.html

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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Essential Copyright for Information Professionals

What You Need to Know - and Preparing for Change!

Venue: CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Date: Tuesday, 17th March 2009, 9.30-16.15
Presenter: Laurence Bebbington
Costs (including lunch and refreshments): UKeIG members £140 + VAT (£161.00); others £170 + VAT (£195.50)

Course Outline

Copyright remains one of the most challenging legal issues for information professionals in all areas of the information industries. This one-day introductory course will chart a path through the complexity of the subject. It will cover all essential aspects of copyright and associated rights. Delegates will be taken step-by-step through the fundamentals of copyright. Woven into the sessions will be the latest information on forthcoming changes to UK law on copyright and how you need to understand and prepare for them now. Understanding of each topic will be illuminated by real-life examples of copyright issues. Examples will be drawn from a wide range of contexts.

The sessions will include:

• Copyright - what is it, how does it arise and how long does it last?
• Ownership of copyright
• Categories of copyright works
• The rights of the copyright owner
• Permitted acts and exceptions to copyright
• Database right
• Moral rights
• Licensing schemes for education, commercial and business
• organisations
• Overview of copyright in the digital environment
• The Gowers Review - Planning for Change: a special, dedicated session on how the likely reforms to UK law currently under implementation from the Gowers Review will affect you, and how will you benefit. What do you need to be doing now?

The course will be led by presentations but will include real-life problems and scenarios for discussion, and plenty of opportunity for questions and answers.

For more information or to book a place on this course, please visit www.ukeig.org.uk or email meetings@ukeig.org.uk