LIKE THIS YEAR
LIKE 2010
As the last LIKE of 2010 approaches, it's a good time to look back at LIKE's event-full year.
Here's a reminder of the monthly events we've shared - and a note on what's to come....
LIKE 10 Thursday 28 January
Dinner with Liz Scott-Wilson, Carol Scott and Virginia Henry
Knowing me, knowing you: information behaviour & culture change
Do professional traits influence information behaviour? A knowledge specialist interviewed a social worker and an engineer about how they see their world, their work and their knowledge and records.
LIKE 11 Thurs 25 February
Dinner with Fran Alexander - Taxonomy Manager, BBC
Taxonomies in an open world
How can we use knowledge systems like taxonomies to create common ground so that we understand each other and share information effectively? At the same time how can we make knowledge systems flexible enough so that we can all use terms we want to use?
LIKE 12 Thurs 25 March
Dinner with Chris Collison
No more consultants
Chris talked about his recently published book, "No More Consultants", co-authored with Geoff Parcell. In their book, Chris and Geoff argue that automatically reaching for external consultants to solve a problem misses the opportunity to use the expertise held within the organisation.
LIKE 13 Wednesday 28 April
Dinner with James Lappin
A file for our times: re-imagining records for the real time world
James presented us with two questions for discussion: What types of records do 21st century knowledge workers want to read? and What types of systems or standards would be needed to support the capture and management of those records?
LIKE 14 Thursday 27 May
Dinner with Susie Andretta
Transliteracy: In the world of ubiquitous computing are we all competent 'transliterati'?
"a unifying perspective on what it means to be literate in the 21st Century [including] the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks".
LIKE 15 Thursday 24 June
Civil rights in the digital world with Glyn Wintle - Open Rights Group
Glyn Wintle's talk covered all the areas in which the Open Rights Group are involved from the Digital Economy Bill, to the BBC breaking your TV, to Knitting, to the goverment breaking Wikipedia, to Copyright and Digital Rights Management.
The Open Rights Group exists to preserve and promote your rights in the digital age. Founded in 2005 by 1,000 digital activists, ORG has become the UK's leading voice defending freedom of expression, privacy, innovation, consumer rights and creativity on the net.
LIKE 16 Thursday 29 July
Guided tour of London's Square Mile
From the Monument, through the city's streets and alleys to St Dunstan in the East and via Wren's churches to the NatWest Tower and the Gherkin - concluding at the Jamaica Wine House - London's first coffee house (but we didn't settle for coffee!)
LIKE 17 Thursday 26 August
LIKE Posh Picnic
Didn't make it to the Park, but had a great indoor picnic at Gordon Ramsey's York & Albany.
LIKE 18 Thursday 30 September
21st Century Info Pros
Discussion led by Luisa Jefford, Director of Public Sector Recruitment at TFPL, on the skills required of Information Professionals and the roles available to them in the 21st Century world of work.
LIKE 19 Thursday 28 October
Making the leap to Open Source
Choosing and implementing Open Source software at the King's Fund Information and Library Service
Ray Philips chaired by Hanna Lewin
In the Autumn of 2009, The King's Fund Information and Library Service decided to become one of few UK libraries using the open source LMS, Koha. Ray Phillips, Head of Information Services and Matthew Hale, Online Services Librarian, explained some of the strategic reasons behind that decision.
LIKE 20 Thursday 23 November
The Spirit of LIKE, the Spirit of Christmas. (Networking with Santa!)
Strategic Business Consultant and expert networker
, Lesley Robinson will lead us through a number of interactive sessions, culminating in the suitably seasonal activity of networking with Santa and exchanging 'virtual' gifts.
. ..coming soon
LIKE 21 Thursday 27 January 2011
Detecting, preventing and reversing information black holes. Hanna Kazerani will be asking whether companies really need to know everything they know?
