UK einformation Group UKeiG is a respected and well-established body for all information professionals, users and developers of electronic information resources. It has individual and corporate members across all key UK sectors: government, legal, business and commerce, science, technology and healthcare, higher and further education, and the public sector, funded was founded in 1978 as UKOLUG - the UK Online User Group. It changed its name to the UK eInformation Group in 2004 to reflect changes in technology and the wider activities in which the Group is now involved.
Goals and objectives
.Stimulate communication and the exchange of knowledge about electronic 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 electronic information
.Support continuing professional development by delivering a high quality portfolio of practical and affordable training programmes and seminars
.Encourage innovation in electronic information retrieval, management and processing
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/about/index.html
Training courses 2008/2009
Event
Date
Location
Understanding metadata and controlled vocabularies - the key to integrated networking.
Thursday, 3rd July 2008, 9.30-16.30
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
SharePoint for Intranets and Web Sites.
Tuesday 15th July 2008, 9.30-16.30
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Understanding metadata and controlled vocabularies - the key to integrated networking.
Tuesday, 29th July 2008, 9.30-16.30
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
UKeiG Intranets Forum: Drop in session
Thursday, 25th September 2-5pm
Imperial College London
Intranet Governance
Thursday 9th October 2008
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Engaging with the environment: finding quality eInformation resources
Wednesday, 5th November 2008
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Biomedical Information
Wednesday, 26th November 2008
Kings College, London. Guys Campus
UKeiG Intranets Forum
Friday 12th December, 2.30-4.30pm
Environment Agency, Bristol
Innovations in e-information - the UKeiG 2009 State of the Art Conference
Tuesday 16th - Wednesday 17th June 2009
Manchester Conference Centre
Online Information 2007
Presentation - Searching without Google: alternative tools for more expert searching.
This is a powerful presentation of 46 power point slides where one find full features of 11 search engine other than Google.
(Presentation - Tricks and tips for better web search.
This is an excellent presentation of 38 Power Point slides, gives the standard features of search engine, issues and flair for searching. One must have a look at once
Events
2008 Sakai Community Conference
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France1-3 July 2008
The Sakai Foundation has announced that the 2008 Sakai Community Conference will be held in Paris, France. The dates will be Tuesday-Thursday, 1-3 July, with pre-conference sessions and activities On Monday, 30 June. All meetings and conference sessions will be held at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. The Sakai technical demonstrations will take place on Wednesday evening, 2 July 2008, at the Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Centre, which is located nearby.
https://sakai.educonference.com/conferences/
JISC/CNI 2008
The JISC/CNI Meeting: Transforming the User ExperienceHastings Europa Hotel, Belfast10-11 July
Following the success of previous conferences held in Brighton and York, The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are proud to announce the 7th International Meeting which will be held at the Europa Hastings Hotel, Belfast, on 10 and 11 July 2008.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2008/
Institutional Web Management Workshop 2008 (IWMW 2008)
IWMW 2008: "The Great Debate"
University of Aberdeen
22-24 July 2008
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2008/
The Red Island Repository Institute Fedora-focused Workshop
Red Island Repository Institute: 1st Fedora Summer InstitutePrince Edward Island, Canada11-15 August 2008http://vre.upei.ca/riri/
Aarhus, Denmark18 September 2008
http://www.lsi.uned.es/IACH2008/
Organised in conjunction with the 12th European Conference On Research And Advanced Technology For Digital Libraries (ECDL 2008)
The Information Access to Cultural Heritage (IACH) workshop held in conjunction with ECDL 2008 will bring together academics carrying out research in the area of information access and practitioners working in the cultural heritage field. The goal of the workshop is promoting exchange of ideas concerning creation, curation, storage, retrieval and use of cultural heritage information. In particular, the workshop will focus on the question of how the keepers of cultural heritage resources can improve information access by applying information technology and principles currently being developed in the area of information access.
http://www.ecdl2008.org
DCC Digital Curation 101
DCC Digital Curation 101 Training Programme6-10 October 2008
The National e-Science Centre13-15 South College StreetEdinburghEH8 9AA http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/digital-curation-101-2008/
4th International Digital Curation Conference
4th International Digital Curation Conference:"Radical Sharing: Transforming Science?"
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1-3 December 2008
In partnership with the National e-Science Centre they are holding 4th International Digital Curation Conference on 1-3 December 2008 at the Hilton Grosvenor Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland.
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2008/
Online Educa Berlin 2008
Online Educa Berlin 2008:14th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and TrainingHotel InterContinental Berlin, Budapester Str. 2, D-10787 Berlin, Germany3-5 December 2008
Online Educa Berlin 2008 welcomes Michael Wesch as a keynote speaker. The event is the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors and will take place from December 3 - 5 at the Hotel InterContinential in Berlin.
http://www.online-educa.com/
