GO | School for Information
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Educating information professionals for the future
Upcoming Courses
The New RDA (Online)
After years of preparation, a completely new version of the metadata standard RDA (Resource Description and Access) came into effect on December 15, 2020. The standard is now fully in line with principles and practices that are common to linked data.
Strategic Use of Social Media (Online)
In times of Information Overload it is not easy to be noticed on Social Media. At the samen time are Social Media essential in communication to customers, users of your services and your target adience. Choosing the right platform and right content for the selected audience is key for succes!
Professional Internet Research (Online)
The secret of effective and efficient searching for information lies in the skill to formulate a clear research question, a structured approach and the right search strategy.
MARC 21 (Online)
MARC is of great importance for the digital exchange of information. It is widely used as the standard format for bibliographic data. An Information specialists has every reason to get to know MARC 21
Records Management
Managing and preserving documents is essential for the daily operations for every organisation. Especially governance and compliance are important in the digital era.
Advanced Patent Information Course (APIC)
Succesful innovation is inseparable from the proper use of Patent Information. However, the management of Patent Information comes with its own issues.
Advanced Internet Search (online)
Internet search? It all seems so easy. Just Google and you will always find the right relevant information. Or don’t you? We, as Information Specialists, all know there is often a lot more to be found than the first page of Google results.
Gettin started as a Community Librarian
With the change in the role and function of the library, the desired competencies of employees are also changing. One of the trends that has emerged recently is the transition to a “community library”.
Improving findability; the basics of tagging, metadata and keywords
Finding content is more than just search: metadata, tags and keywords are an important aspect of improving the findability of content. However, adding these tags to content, also called indexing, is not as easy as it might seem.
Disruptive Technologies and New Skillsets in Libraries
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Internet of Things (IoT), drones, robotics and blockchain technology, are all examples of fourth industrial revolution (4IR/IR 4.0) technologies which have impacted how we live, learn, work, play, and interact with each other.
Marketing of Information Services
As an Information Professional you have a lot to offer. Learn how to make sure your Information Services are getting the attention they deserve!
Introduction of AI for Libraries
A 3-hour training on ‘AI in the library’ where we discuss Chat GPT and similar generative AI-applications and their role within information services.
QPIP exam training
This module of the Advanced Patent Information Course prepares you in 2 sessions of 6 hours for the Qualified Patent Information Professional -exams (QPIP).
Searching for information with AI
A half-day course on the possibilities, limitations, and changes in searching with the help of AI (content generators).
Introduction Knowledge Graphs
This workshop gives an introduction to Knowledge Graphs: what are they, how are they structured and how are they used? And what do slogans like RDF, triples, semantic web and ontologies have to do with this?
Introduction to Prompt Engineering
A 3-hour training that introduces participants to various techniques to get the desired results when using Gen AI.
LLEAD – GO Library & Archives Leadership Program
LLEAD-GO is an intensive, hybrid leadership journey that brings together librarians, archivists, and records managers from across Europe in one powerful shared learning experience.
Data Steward
Course of 5 x 3 hour sessions providing the right competences to successfully perform in the role of Data Steward.
Archiving and AI
1-day course which gives you understanding of the possible applications of AI in Archiving and Records Management.
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Read our 75 Year GO Digital Magazine
75 years of GO opleidingen. That is a wonderful milestone and at the same time an impressive achievement in a period in which a great deal has happened both within and outside our field. I think that if we could give the founders in 1950 a glimpse of 2025, they would…
GO | School for Information at CIL2026
GO | School for Information is part of Computers in Libraries 2026 in Airlington, VA. From 16 – 19 March we will be actively present at this interesting event organised by Information Today. We will have a booth at the Information Market during the event. But…
GO Hosts Workshop for Over 90 International Participants
As a highly successful start to the collaboration between The Department of Library and Information Studies, The University of the West Indies, Mona and GO opleidingen, an online workshop titled ‘AI & Digital Information Literacy’ took place on June…
About GO | Opleidingen
For more then 65 years GO | School for Information is specialist educator in the field of Information Services. We offer a wide range of courses for information professionals. All activities are practical and immediately applicable in your daily work.
About the Information Hero
An Information Hero is like a superhero, but instead of dealing with natural disaster, creepy criminals or lifethreathening situations he / she deals with the superpower of information!
