UKeiG Meeting: FOI: How are we doing?
Implications for e-information and the information professional.

to be held at The John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester. Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 9.45 - 16.30

Course outline

The first 'FOI' year has seen the emergence of a series of new activities: new journals on freedom of information, records managers in high demand, courses on every aspect of FOI and tales of journalists aggressively testing the system to expose the cracks.

Topics to be covered include:

-Summary of progress to date
-Examples of best practice
-E-information practice - using disclosure logs
-E-information opportunities - using FOI as a research tool
-The role of the information professional - a lost opportunity
-Looking ahead - new initiatives for the future.

Course Presenter

Steve Wood is a Senior lecturer in Information Management at Liverpool John Moores University. He lectures and researches on FOI and e-business areas. He is editor of the popular website Freedom of Information Act Blog and founding editor of "Open Government: a journal on freedom of information".
Other speakers include Tim Turner, FOI Officer, Wigan Council and Guy Daines, Policy Advisor at CILIP

To register your interest in this meeting, reserve a place, or request further details, please email meetings@ukeig.org.uk. Further details are also available via the UKeiG website at www.ukeig.org.uk.