When: November 18 @ 18:00 – 21:00pm
Where: Edinburgh University Main Library, Edinburgh
SLA members: free
Non-members: free
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Information is Our Business: Why Businesses Need Information Managers
Speaker event with Katharine Schopflin
In the modern workplace, many people have to make decisions about where they create, manage and store information. Moreover, they are offered a plethora of information repositories in the form of email inboxes, collaboration spaces, fileshares, document management systems and private storage space. As a result, valuable corporate information assets can be irretrievably lost, while server space is filled up with out of date or useless information.
There are a number of reasons why people do not effectively manage their information assets:
- They lack a knowledge of the principles of good information management
- They lack an understanding of the value of information and the risks of losing it
- They appreciate the value of information but are unwilling to share it
In such an environment, how do you work with end-users to capture and utilise high value information?
This talk will consider practical approaches and persuasive arguments for effective information management. It will be of key value to any information professional who works in an organisation which creates as well as acquires information.
Katharine Schopflin has 18 years experience in library and information management in sectors including broadcasting, government and non-profit. She is the editor of ‘A Handbook for Media Librarians’ and ‘A Handbook for Corporate Information Professionals’, which will be published by Facet Publishing in December 2014. She writes and speaks regularly on a range of information issues including knowledge management, professional development and managing media assets. She has recently joined the Board of SLA Europe as joint Chair of Digital Communications and was formerly on the committees of NGLIS (Network of Government Library and Information Specialists) and AUKML (Association of UK Media Librarians). This year she graduated from University College London with a PhD in Library and Information Studies.
** The talk will be followed by drinks and nibbles kindly sponsored by SLA Europe which will give attendees an opportunity to network.
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