News from August 2008

Netskills recently ran two workshops in Dublin for the Irish Health Sciences Libraries Group. Topics included using Web 2.0 technologies and advanced web searching, tailored to health librarians. Both workshops were oversubscribed and very well received.

Netskills recently attended the RSC Eastern e-Fair at Barnfield College in Luton. Attended by over 160 people, the e-fair provided a great opportunity to share good practice and showcase innovative use of technology.

Netskills' Newcastle based training facility, Netskills Training Suite, reopened this week after a refurbishment and equipment upgrade. The work included new computers and a redesigned reception and coffee area. To accompany this the Training Suite now takes its place alongside other services on the Netskills website.

Staff and students from most UK universities and colleges no longer need to register a username and password to access our Training Materials. As part of a major revamp of the online access system, we've added the ability for users from licence holding institutions to login using their normal institutional details - via the UK Access Management Federation.