ASLIB Business Information Group

Introduction

The ASLIB Business Information Group is a newly launched group with the aim of serving information professionals, information intermediaries and business members from academia, corporate and professional backgrounds.

The Group Aims:

To provide a community of practice group for ASLIB members concerned with supplying and using Business Information.
To promote and share good practice in the searching, retrieval, exploitation and management of Business Information.
To provide a forum for networking, discussion and support to professionals with an interest in this area.

Activities

Visits are arranged to a variety of organizations of relevance to Business Information. Visits allow members to meet and network with other people in the profession and learn how information needs are met in a range of different environments.

Events

First Event! Killer business information promotion techniques and how to develop your career

The first meeting for the Business Information Community of Practice will be held at the City Business Library at the Guildhall, London on the 22nd February, 6pm for a 6.30pm start.

The meeting is free and open to the public, future events will only be for ASLIB members, non-ASLIB members are invited to join BICoP as an affiliate member (prices start at £100.00).

The meeting will include information on the City Business Library services to business, their exemplary promotional activities and outreach to the business community. There will also be a presentation followed by questions on developing your business information career from the Sue Hill Recruitment team.

To book your place, or for further information about the event or the BICoP email Emmy Rawcliffe: erawcliffe@aslib.com, or call 01274 515663.

For further information on the Business Information Group please contact:

Helen Lee
Information Centre
The Food and Environment Research Agency
Sand Hutton
North Yorkshire
YO41 1LZ
UK
Email: helen.lee@fera.gsi.gov.uk

ASLIB: The Association for Information Management.