Since the end of the summer we have seen a marked increase in demand for our public access courses with an increasing interest in SharePoint training. This has covered several areas from people wanting to get a general grounding in the basics of how to get the most from it as an information professional to the intricacies of how it fits with records management - or not as the case may be, a debate I see that is still on going!
October saw us looking at issues in promoting information literacy to end users looking at what approaches and techniques to use to work with end users in this area. Those attending fed back that the course had highlighted areas that they had not considered. They found work that they had done in the course to develop an action plan useful for providing a focus once they returned to work.
In November we have been looking closely at social media – how to take advantage of these tools for business use, the advantages and disadvantages of Google as a search engine. We also covered what the other alternatives are to Google. We looked at how communities of practice for knowledge workers can be developed both in the traditional sense and also taking advantage of new technologies and working practices in this digital age. From comments on the research courses people found advice on alternative search engines and resources helpful, I also attended these courses and found the information a real insight realising there is life out there to find without Google! To illustrate, on Karen Blakeman’s course we came up with a list of top 10 resources, these can be seen on her blog http://www.rba.co.uk/wordpress/2009/11/06/top-10-business-search-tips-3rd-november-2009/
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