UKeiG showcases and celebrates digital knowledge and expertise, ensuring that members from all sectors are savvy with R&D and innovations across the information industry. Core topics in our portfolio include artificial intelligence, digital literacy, effective information retrieval and search technologies, enterprise search, social media, data management, research support, scholarly communication and open access publishing. Mission statement To champion innovation in and the effective exploitation of digital information resources, tools, techniques and technologies in all sectors of the library, information and knowledge profession.

Aims

• Stimulate communication and the exchange of knowledge about digital information
• Disseminate high quality advice, information and publications about e-industry news and developments
• Raise awareness of existing and new technologies that retrieve, manage and process digital information
• Support continuing professional development by delivering a high quality portfolio of practical and affordable training programmes and seminars
• Encourage innovation in digital information retrieval, management and processing
• Support and stimulate the information industry through a range of awards and bursaries

Who does UKeIG serve?

UKeiG’s diverse membership includes library and information professionals at all levels of the UK workforce involved the creation, delivery and exploitation of digital information, search technologies, discovery tools and information retrieval, scholarly communication, training and service delivery.

The UKeiG demographic is cross-sectorial and comprises the private, commercial and public sectors, embracing schools, further and higher education, the NHS, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, science, social science, law, finance, arts, humanities, public libraries, archives and museums.

What does the UKeIG offer?

Our online CPD programme comprises up to twenty three-hour courses and workshops a year for members, non-members and CILIP employer partners, attracting around 600 delegates. Current topics include: AI, natural language processing, search usability, research data management and data visualisation.   

Our current main publication is eLucidate.

Socials: UKeiG JISCmail list (LIS-UKeiG), X (Twitter) and LinkedIn.

For more information please contact our administrator on info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk.

Background

The UK e-information Group (UKeiG) - formerly known as the UK Online User Group (UKOLUG) - was launched in 1978 as a special interest group of the Institute of Information Scientists (IIS) to satisfy the overwhelming interest in online search skills. It is now a highly respected special interest group of CILIP.

UKeiG was instrumental in ensuring that the information community in the UK could take advantage of digital information services. UKOLUG’s inaugural conference was held in York in 1984 and UKeiG continues to provide CPD courses, networking events, bursaries, international awards and its open access journal eLucidate

See Evolution and impact: a history of the Institute of Information Scientists 1958-2002 which includes a chapter on the history of the Group.

 

UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP.
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