The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is offering two lunchtime courses focusing on creative and impactful approaches to communicating research.

Communicating and capturing research impact using social media and altmetrics on Wednesday 9th July 2025 12 - 2 pm.

Social media and academic networks are an ever-changing digital ecosystem, and this session will help you make more informed decisions about which platforms you should invest your time in. Delegates will gain a practical understanding of altmetrics and why they are an important method for tracking interest, impact and engagement, whilst also working as an intelligence tool. The course will also explore AI's potential to support communication activities as a time saving and creative tool.

For more information, and to book online go to:https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1968330&group=201314

Eye catching research communications - using creative tools to make your own videos, animations and graphics on Thursday 17th July 2025 12  - 2 pm.

Videos, animations and infographics are powerful methods to catch the attention of wide audiences and help showcase research in ways that traditional activities cannot. Regardless of your technical or creative abilities, anyone can make a good infographic or animation with the right tuition. You’ll learn how to use a suite of affordable and free online tools you can use to create professional looking communications and campaigns. The session will include live demos as well as provide you with several hacks and shortcuts to help your first outputs be as good as they can be. You’ll discover that these activities need not be laborious or expensive. The course will also explore AI's potential to support communication activities and highlight pitfalls of being overly reliant on them.

For more information, and to book online go to: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1968332&group=201314

Speaker

Andy Tattersall is an information and communications professional with twenty years’ experience within academia and a background in journalism. He writes, teaches and gives talks about research and professional communications, social media, information literacy, open research and altmetrics. Andy has a hands-on approach to all of these and has created countless videos, animation, podcasts, blogs in addition to other outputs. Andy received a Teaching Senate Award from The University of Sheffield for his pioneering work on Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Andy was named in Jisc’s Top 10 Social Media Superstars. He was a member of the Cilip Multimedia and Information Technology Committee (MmIT) for ten years (two as Chair) and is a member of the UKSG Events and Education Committee. Andy edited a book on altmetrics for Facet Publishing which is aimed at researchers and librarians. Andy has written extensively for the LSE Impact Blog and The Conversation. He is also part-funded as the scientific communications lead for the NIHR-Funded knowledge mobilisation for public health project KNOW-PH.

https://linktr.ee/andy_tattersall

Pricing

The courses (including presentation slides and documentation) cost:

Ø  UKeiG/CILIP members £35 + VAT

Ø  Employer Partner staff £52 +VAT (Please contact your rep or email employerpartners@cilip.org.uk for the discount code)

Ø  Non-members £65 + VAT

Credit and debit cards are the preferred method of payment. Invoices are available on request using the online ‘Bill Me’ option.

UKeiG’s CPD portfolio includes topics such as:

Ø  Data Visualisation

Ø  Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation

Ø  Artificial intelligence for librarians, information and knowledge professionals

Ø  Research Data Management

Ø  Search Usability

Ø  Natural Language Processing

Visit here for regular updates:  https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/event_list.asp?show=&group=201314

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UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP: the library and information association

Registered Charity No. 313014

CILIP members can join UKeiG for free via the CILIP website

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