ASLIB courses

...and practice of cataloguing and indexing The starting point the collection - what is in and what is out the material - from books to Internet pages...

...Knowledge managers - User-facing IT specialists Building and Deploying a Corporate Taxonomy A Corporate Taxonomy is the backbone of an organization's information architecture...

...and purposes of cataloguing The tools available AACR2 MARC (MARC21 and its predecessors) MARC21 manual The tools in use: the document surrogate AACR2 descriptions...

...who need guidance, practice or want to refresh knowledge. Major themes throughout the course are your users, your collection, and tailoring the approach to meet their needs...

...construction Appreciate the standard rules for vocabulary control and thesaural relationships Select the most appropriate form of thesaural display appreciate...

...After the training you will have a greater understanding of how to interpret the law and how to put in place management systems that take account of...

...infringements and the development of a Copyright Policy for their organisation. By the end of the day, participants will have: Identified the need...

...of electronic serials and offers the opportunity to gain an understanding of the rapidly-changing serials environment as well as an insight into the practical...

...A comprehensive introduction to enquiry answering techniques, from understanding the question through choosing sources to searching efficiently and presenting the answer effectively...

...This course covers general principles of indexing, and the indexing process, and also specific points of practice, in the indexing of all kinds of material...

...records management for the first time and wish to gain a grounding in the relevant concepts and techniques, building on and adapting their existing skills as information professionals...

...This course provides a practical introduction to principles and practice of metadata, using as examples the most widely-used formats. Suitable...

...This one-day course covers all modern tools for organising information, focusing on taxonomies and thesauri, and gives participants the chance to construct...

...considers how real and how serious they are, and offers advice on overcoming them. The course is suitable both for those who want to deal better with information themselves...

...to give you lots of ideas for hitting the ground running. Make your information service a real success with this special problem-solving course...

...Session 2 Direct assessment of information needs Methods and examples 12.45 : Exercise 2 13.00 : Lunch break 14.00 : Session 3 Indirect assessment of information...

...but the approach will be broad. The course goes beyond consideration of individual applications, to focus on a spectrum of techniques to develop a consisent...

...presentation Closing a project seeking and using constructive feedback Why you should attend: This course is aimed at 1) professionals who are at the point...

...for a thesaurus collect terms, and put them into thesaurus form add inter-term relations and term information choose and create appropriate thesaurus displays...

...across copyright as a live issue and need to understand how to handle the challenges it poses. Course highlights: Basic principles of copyright law Types...