UKeiG Events

UKeiG at Online Information

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:49:29 +0100

Venue: Olympia, London
Dates: Tuesday 1 - Thursday 3 December 2009

Making 'Search' work

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:47:06 +0100

Venue: The City Suite, Thistle City Hotel, Barbican, London EC1V 8DS

Date: Tuesday 10 November 2009, 9.30-16.30

Course Outline:
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.

Presenter: Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Ltd,

Costs (including lunch and refreshments): UKeiG members £140 + VAT (£ 161.00); others £170 + VAT (£ 195.50)

UKeiG at Internet Librarian International, London

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:44:26 +0100

Dates: Thursday 15 - Friday 16 October 2009
Venue: Novotel London West, London

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

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:35:47 +0000

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.

Further details are available on the UKeiG Web site