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ASLIB MIDLANDS BRANCH

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Forthcoming Events:

Visit to Mary Seacole Library, Birmingham City University, Edgbaston campus

Thursday 17th July 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm

An opportunity to visit this stunning new library - one of the largest specialist health libraries in the country. As well as admiring the building there will also be the chance to learn about the range of electronic support offered to students, including the LiveReader, which allows a document to be digitally captured and the text then read aloud.

Further details from Christine Kostrzebski (email: christine.kostrzebski (@) imiplc.com or tel: 0121 717 3904)

Past Events:

• Improve your employability

  Thursday 17 January 2008
  10.00 am to 4.30 pm, Birmingham Central Library A one day workshop, led by Lawraine Wood, which will help candidates to improve their CVs and to evaluate and improve their interview techniques. Cost (including lunch, tea and coffee): £75 Aslib members, £90 non members.

  Details from Margaret Brittin (margaret (@) brittin.fslife.co.uk)

• Improve your employability.

  Thursday 8th November 2007 10.00 am to 4.30 pm, Birmingham Central Library

   
  A one day workshop, led by Lawraine Wood, which will help candidates to improve their CVs and to evaluate and improve their interview techniques.
   
  Cost (including lunch, tea and coffee): £75 Aslib members, £90 non members.
   
  Details from Margaret Brittin (margaret@brittin.fslife.co.uk)

• Web 2 and Other Emerging Technologies

Tuesday 6 March, Birmingham Central Library, 10.00 am - 4.30 p

Speaker Phil Bradley will look at topics such as weblogs, RSS, wikis, creating portal pages, social bookmarking and online file storage. Cost: £75 (£60 for Aslib members) for whole day; £45 (£35 for Aslib members) for morning or afternoon session - NB. We have 8 free places for Aslib members willing to serve on the Branch committee for 1 year

Full details from: Harry Drummond (drummond@wlv.ac.uk) or website www.aslibmidlands.org.

• Change in the Workplace
  
  Wednesday 22 November, 10.00 am - 4.30 pm, Birmingham Central Library
  
  This workshop, led by Lawraine Wood, covers change in the workplace from a personal point of view and also managing change and its impact on your team. Includes practical exercises to exchange examples of good and bad practice.
  
  Cost (including lunch, tea, coffee): £75 Aslib members; £90 non-members
  
  Details from: Margaret Brittin margaret@brittin.fslife.co.uk

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• Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP): What's in it for the Information Professional?
  
  Thursday 7 September 2006, 5.00 - 7.00 pm, Birmingham Central Library
  
  Speaker Paula Kingston will explain what NLP is and how it can be applied to our working lives. Lots of opportunities to try out practical techniques to increase your confidence - plus networking and cheese and wine. FREE event.
  
  Details from: Margaret Brittin margaret@brittin.fslife.co.uk

• Aslib Midlands visit, Matthew Boulton College, Birmingham.
  (Monday 24th April 2006, 10.30 am to 12.30 pm)
  
  

Regular updates on the group's activities can be found in the hard copy version of Managing Information, the monthly journal available free to all Aslib members.