Unofficial Cilip2 Wiki

If you are interested in following up the twitter and blog discussions on yesterday's open session on Web 2 at CILIP council (#cilip2), an unofficial wiki has now been set up on wikispaces:

cilip2unofficial http://cilip2unofficial.wikispaces.com/

Discussions are not limited to the topics covered yesterday: it looks as though it is going to be an area where information professionals can discuss all sorts of tools and approaches to using Web 2.0 in the workplace.

You will have to "sign up" but it is straightforward and worth doing. We're already having a discussion on the usefulness (or not) of Twibes :-)

Look forward to seeing more UKeiG members there.

Web 2.0 in real life 21st April - place available due to cancellation - Update

Update 21 April 2009: This place has now been filled.

Event: Web 2.0 in real life
Venue: The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool
Date: Tuesday, 21st April 2009, 09.30 - 16.30

Due to a last minute cancellation a place has become available on the popular UKeiG Web 2 course run by Karen Blakeman. This course has been fully booked for some time and places are at a premium, so take advantage of this opportunity!

If you are interested in this course please contact Christine Baker direct:
Tel & Fax 01969 625751.
Email: cabaker@ukeig.org.uk

Course Outline

Find out how 2.0 applications are being used in libraries and information centres, and what actually works. Blogs, wikis, RSS? YouTube, podcasts, Slideshare? Flickr, Connotea, LibraryThing? Facebook, Second Life, Twitter? This workshop will look at the reality of 2.0: what is useful and what is destined for Gartner's 'Trough of Disillusionment', never to be seen again.

The workshop will start with a brief overview of Web 2.0 and what it means. It will then look in more detail at how 'stuff' can be used as sources of information, as a means of enhancing services to users, and raising the profile of information services. The areas covered will include:

• Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds
• Shared authoring tools
• Start pages e.g. iGoogle, PageFlakes, NetVibes
• Social bookmarking services
• Using YouTube and Flickr as information resources and to promote your group or organisation
• "Presentation" sites such as Slideshare and Authorstream
• Social networking sites e.g. Facebook
• To Twitter or not to Twitter

There will be a heavy practical element to the workshop so that participants can explore Web 2 and try out the technologies for themselves. There will be extensive notes and exercise sheets to guide participants through the day, and all the information and presentations will be available electronically.

Additional date for Web 2.0 in Real Life

The workshop on Web 2.0 in Real Life to be held on Tuesday 21st April is now full. The event is being repeated on the following day, Wednesday 22nd April, at the same venue. (The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool).

Full details and a booking form are available on the UKeiG web site.

UKeiG Workshop: Web 2.0 in real life

Venue: The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, 1 Brownlow Street, Liverpool
Date: Tuesday, 21st April 2009, 09.30 - 16.30

Course Outline

Find out how 2.0 applications are being used in libraries and information centres, and what actually works. Blogs, wikis, RSS? YouTube, podcasts, Slideshare? Flickr, Connotea, LibraryThing? Facebook, Second Life, Twitter? This workshop will look at the reality of 2.0: what is useful and what is destined for Gartner's 'Trough of Disillusionment', never to be seen again.

The workshop will start with a brief overview of Web 2.0 and what it means. It will then look in more detail at how 'stuff' can be used as sources of information, as a means of enhancing services to users, and raising the profile of information services. The areas covered will include:

• Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds
• Shared authoring tools
• Start pages e.g. iGoogle, PageFlakes, NetVibes
• Social bookmarking services
• Using YouTube and Flickr as information resources and to promote your group or organisation
• Presentation" sites such as Slideshare and Authorstream
• Social networking sites e.g. Facebook
• To Twitter or not to Twitter

There will be a heavy practical element to the workshop so that participants can explore Web 2 and try out the technologies for themselves. There will be extensive notes and exercise sheets to guide participants through the day, and all the information and presentations will be available electronically.

N.B. Places on this course are strictly limited because of access to PCs so please book early to avoid disappointment

Course Presenter: Karen Blakeman
Karen Blakeman has worked in the information profession for over twenty years and has been a freelance consultant since 1989. Her company (RBA Information Services) provides training and consultancy on the use of the Internet, and on accessing and managing information resources. Karen writes for "Business Information Searcher". She also publishes a monthly, electronic newsletter called "Tales from the Terminal Room". Her publications include "Search Strategies for the Internet". She was recently made an Honorary Fellow of CILIP and in 2002 she received the Information World Review Information Professional of the Year award

Costs (including lunch and refreshments):

UKeiG members £160 + VAT (£188.00); others £190 + VAT (£223.25)

Further details and a booking form are at: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2009/April/Web2InRealLife.html

UKeiG Intranets Forum: Web 2.0 at the British Library and theTUC's application of Google Mini

An informal intranets forum meeting for UKeiG members

Date: Wednesday 25th June 2008 at 10.00 a.m.

Venue: TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS

If you are involved in intranets and would like to meet your colleagues, this informal forum is for you.

Caroline Halcrow of the British Library will talk about the development of internal and external communications at the BL, including their use of SharePoint, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds and Facebook.

Ashlee Christoffersen, Intranet/Internet Officer, Trades Union Congress will give a presentation about the TUC intranet’s application of Google Mini.

Pastries and coffee will be provided and the meeting will end at 12.00

Location: 2 minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station.
Map: http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm

If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact: Janet Corcoran, Imperial College London Email: j.m.corcoran@imperial.ac.uk

If you are not a member of UKeiG, and would like to come along to this meeting, visit the UKeiG website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/join/index.html for joining details.

UKeiG sheds light under the Umbrella

Hot on the heels of Lynne Brindley's opening Plenary Session at Umbrella last week, where she urged us to embrace the new technologies and just 'go and do it', Phil Bradley took over the clarion call at the UKeiG session that followed and gave a talk on Practical Uses for Web 2.0 in a Library Environment. The room was packed to overflowing with people perched on tables and sitting on the floor. Phil explained the many uses of Web 2.0 technology and illustrated these with examples from his own web site. Lynne's encouraging words were emphasised rather more strongly by Phil who dismissed excuses such as not being allowed to do it by the organisation, and said 'Be subversive - just do it, and do it NOW'.

There was considerable interest in Web 2.0 at this year's Umbrella and delegates were interested in adopting the various technologies in their own work environment. UKeiG will continue to focus on these topics in its training and seminar programme.

UKeiG seminar at Umbrella - Phil Bradley on Web 2.0

A reminder to those of you attending Umbrella 2007 that Phil Bradley will be talking about 'Practical Issues for Web 2.0 in a Library Environment'.

The seminar is hosted by UKeiG and taking place on Thursday 28h June 2007 at 15.30.

Venue: De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire

Further details are available on the Umbrella 2007 web site.

UKeiG at Umbrella 2007

UKeiG is hosting a seminar at Umbrella 2007, following requests from members for a succinct and relevant review of the Web 2.0 developments and the implication for librarians and information professionals. Who better to take us on this journey than Phil Bradley, Information Specialist and Internet Consultant, who is well known amongst the profession and promises an enlightening and challenging session.

Venue and date

De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire
Thursday 28th June 2007 15.30 – 16.45

Further details are available on our web site training pages.