The increase in Web 2.0 applications that have been appearing in the last year are simple to use, and allow information professionals to make information available more quickly and effectively than ever before.
This course will examine many of these tools in a practical manner, allowing participants to explore ways in which shared search techniques, social bookmarking, saved data, wikis and other applications not only promote the information centre, but provide a richness and depth of information to their users that has not been possible until now.
By the end of day participants will have:
- enhanced their use of blogs
- learnt how to use advanced information handling tools
- looked at the latest developments
- explored further practical methods to avoid duplication of output
- created their own wiki or added to an existing one
Who should attend?
Those who have had responsibility for current awareness or a selective dissemination service (SDS) for at least 3 years and/or those who need to promote their services. Previous attendees of Web 2.0: the nuts and bolts course are also welcome.
Special notes: participants should have access to a web based email account if they are unable to access their usual work/home email as will need to register various utilities. You must also have set up a blog prior to the start of the course and be using it.
Programme
- An introduction to the range of Web 2.0 resources available
- Doing more with blogs – images and audio and more
- Using storage/filing services and webpage creation tools. What these are, how they can be used and a practical exercise in creating start pages and collaborative websites.
- Using bookmarking services, web monitoring tools and group search engines, including practical exercise Introduction to wikis and how these can be used to disseminate/alter information within an organisation or group.
- Social networking services such as Facebook - how do these fit in?
- Latest developments in the field
Places are limited to: 10
9.30 Registration and coffee - 10.00 Start -1.00 Lunch
- 4.30 Close
Course leader: Phil Bradley
Fees:
CILIP personal members: £305 plus VAT £358.38
CILIP organisation members: £370 plus VAT £434.75
Non members: £430 plus VAT £505.25