UKeiG Student Conference Award

UKeiG would like to remind students that it offers awards to UK undergraduate and postgraduate students in UK schools or departments of librarianship, information studies, information science, knowledge management or information management running courses accredited by CILIP.

The Student Conference Award is offered to enable a student to attend a UK-based conference relevant to their professional studies (e.g. LILAC, The CILIP Umbrella Conference, the Online Information Meeting)

Applications are accepted throughout the year. The grant awarded may not cover all costs. UKeiG reserves the right to withhold the award. It is a condition of winning support that a short ‘conference report’ is presented for publication in our journal, eLucidate.

Nominations should take the form of a letter detailing the benefits to be gained from attending the conference, as well as details of the conference, including date and place, and the costs for which support is sought.

All enquiries to awards@ukeig.org.uk

For more information on UKeiG awards see: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/awards/index.html

Press Release: Innovation in e-Information Conference

UKeiG Conference: Innovation in e-Information - encouraging creative thinking and discussion amongst information professionals

The information industry is in a continual state of change and information professionals need to stay one step ahead of the game. On 16-17th June this year, UKeiG is hosting ‘Innovation in e-information’ in order to drive this agenda forward. This conference will provide information professionals with the opportunity to expand their skills and knowledge, explore issues of strategic significance and advance their professional development activities.

This major UKeiG event will bring together experienced practitioners to share and discuss the key issues of service delivery across all sectors, providing expert guidance and opinion. Active delegate participation will be key, with opportunities to discuss issues, share experiences and formulate innovative solutions in the breakout sessions. There will also be plenty of time for networking during the conference drinks and dinner.

UKeiG pride themselves on listening to their membership and providing what they need, so they have extended the early bird discount. By booking before the 9th April, the full two-day residential conference costs only £300 for members. (Other rates are available for non-members, and non-residential or single day attendance).

Speakers and topics include:
· Jan Wilkinson, Rylands University Library: Customer needs
· Richard Wallis, Talis: A new web of information
· Nic Price, Independent Adviser: User-centred web design
· Roger Mills, Oxford University Library: Digital images
· Laurence Bebbington, University of Nottingham: E-law
· Martin White, Intranet Focus Ltd: Risk management
· Ross Scrivener, Royal College of Nursing: Web 2 in action
· Hazel Hall, Napier University: Social computing tools

Breakout sessions will be topical, so may change, but are currently:
· Innovative search techniques
· Avoiding legal problems
· Increasing the value of your intranet
· Practical solutions for managing digital images
· The future of online publishing
· Information security


Notes to editors:

Full details of the conference and programme can be found at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/conf2009/index.html

UKeiG is a respected and well-established forum for all information professionals, users and developers of electronic information resources. UKeiG focuses on disseminating high quality advice, information and publications about e-industry news and developments; raising awareness of existing and new technologies that retrieve, manage and process electronic information; encouraging innovation in electronic information retrieval management and processing; and supporting continuing professional development by delivering a high quality portfolio of practical and affordable training programmes and seminars. Members can access UKeiG’s e-journal eLucidate and a series of popular factsheets. Full details can be found at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/

CILIP, the leading body for the information profession, has awarded UKeiG its prestigious seal of recognition in acknowledgement of its contribution to high quality training. See http://www.cilip.org.uk/qualificationschartership/seal/ for details.

UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE. Registered Charity No.: 313014. For more details on CILIP please visit http://www.cilip.org.uk/


Megan Roberts
Research Consultant
Skype: meganjayneroberts

Innovations in e-information - the UKeiG 2009 State of the Art Conference

UKeiG is pleased to announce a major addition to its training and seminar programme. There has been considerable demand from members for a residential forum that provides opportunities for information and IT professionals to network, wine and dine in excellent social surroundings while catching up on the very latest developments in e-information.

'Innovations in e-information - the UKeiG 2009 State of the Art Conference' will be held at the Manchester Conference Centre from Tuesday 16th - Wednesday 17th June 2009 - put it in your diary now!

UKeiG will be drawing on the expertise of many of its high profile information experts to deliver on a range of key topics. A call for papers will shortly be issued inviting recommendations for presentations and breakout sessions.

Speakers will include:

Laurence Bebbington, Law Librarian and Information Services Copyright Officer, University of Nottingham

Karen Blakeman, Consultant and Director of RBA Information Services

Phil Bradley, Librarian and Internet Consultant

Dr Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist, Talis

Professor Charles Oppenheim, Head of the Department of Information Science, Loughborough University

Martin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd.

To register an interest in the event please email conference@ukeig.org.uk with UKeiG 2009 in the subject header.

UKeiG Student Conference Award

Every year UKeiG offers support for one or more students' attendance at a professional conference. These include, but are not limited to:

LILAC

Umbrella

Internet Librarian International

Online Information Meeting

Library Information Show

Applications are accepted throughout the year, but should arrive at least 2 months prior to the conference for which support is being requested. Where more than one application for a conference is received, the winner will be chosen from the applications received according to their application letters, which should detail the benefits to be gained from attending the conference, as well as details of the conference (including date and place) and the costs to be incurred.

The grant awarded may not cover all costs. It is a condition of the award that a short 'conference report' is presented for publication in the Group's e-journal, eLucidate. UKeiG reserves the right to withhold the award if no suitable application is received.

Further details may be found at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/awards/student_conference.html

Application letters should be sent to awards@ukeig.org.uk with the Subject line "UKeiG Student Conference Award".