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An introduction to the wide range of resources available at the Pendlebury Library and the UL's Music Department.

This beginners course equips you with the skills to implement a relational database design entity relationship diagram (ERD) into a MySQL database.

This is a CD-ROM-based video presentation on Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 7 (voice recognition software). Designed for both new and practised users of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 7, presenter Dan Newman visually guides you through key topics and skills, whilst suggesting various useful hints and tips. Each volume takes approximately 2 hours. The video is designed to complement the printed User Guide and taught courses (manpower permitting, one-to-one tuition is available from the Computing Service).

Personal development is unique to each individual. It is about having time for yourself to take stock and consider your next moves. During this programme you will explore your future in a practical way and learn how to develop your potential. You will undertake realistic self-assessment and set challenging goals. Key areas covered include communication skills, assertiveness, improving your work/life balance and developing positive skills and attitude. If you want to progress and develop, then this programme is for you.

You should plan to attend all four sessions.

Being able to negotiate well is essential for many staff at all levels within the University. Recognise your strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator and learn how to identify and examine different negotiation techniques. Start to identify and practice those principled approaches that are most likely to prove successful when negotiating an important agreement or settlement.

'The Online Netskills Interactive Course' (TONIC) is a web-based learning course on using the Internet. TONIC is an easy-to-understand, structured course, offering step-by-step, practical guidance on main Internet topics. The course is intended for beginners to networking who have some familiarity with computers. The course provides an introduction to the Internet and computer networks in general.

During the course you will:

Process Suppliers' Invoices on the system Match invoices to Purchase Orders and deal with any discrepancies Process Suppliers' Credit notes on the system Process Invoices received from another department Query and extract basic information from the system Become aware of the month-end reports available to you

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course provides an introduction to object oriented programming (OOP), aimed at those who have no prior experience of object oriented programming. The concepts of object oriented programming are demonstrated in Python, and Python's implementation of these concepts is discussed. By the end of the course, attendees should have a basic familiarity with these concepts and be able to assess wether the object-oriented paradigm is appropriate for their programming tasks.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, most of the examples in the presentation are of greatest relevance to scientific programming.

Please note that there are no practical exercises during this course.

The skills and knowledge covered in this publication will allow you to become quickly proficient in the changes and new features introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. Access 2007 is not included in this course.

This short on-line course is for anyone who will be using the Cambridge University Financial System (CUFS) for the first time. Completion is a pre-requisite for delegates attending subsequent courses that specialise in certain parts of the system.

Delegates attending face-to-face iProcurement training or completing iProcurement training online do not need to complete this course.

The on-line course is a mixture of reading, interactive demonstrations, mini tasks and a final task to consolidate and confirm your understanding.

During the on-line course you will:

   * Be given an overview of the whole financial system
   * Gain confidence in manoeuvring around the screens within certain parts of the system
   * Discover helpful features and short cuts within the screens
   * Develop a basic appreciation of the University's account code structure
   * Become aware of the possible sources of further help

It is essential that the course is completed at least one week prior to the next finance course you wish to attend.

The on-line course is a mixture of reading, interactive demonstrations, mini tasks and a final task to consolidate and confirm your understanding.

During the on-line course you will:

Be given an overview of the whole financial system Gain confidence in manoeuvring around the screens within certain parts of the system Discover helpful features and short cuts within the screens Develop a basic appreciation of the University's account code structure Become aware of the possible sources of further help It is essential that the course is completed at least one week prior to the next finance course you wish to attend.

iProcurement, or iProc for short, is an internet way of ordering goods and services linked to an electronic Marketplace that contains hundreds and thousands of products. iProcurement is a new application accessed via the Cambridge University Finance System (CUFS). This course is also available on-line.

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The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ...

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In this course you will learn how to use the key features of Microsoft Outlook 2007 to manage your e-mail, schedule your appointments, and keep track of your contact information. This publication is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use Microsoft Outlook 2007 to send and retrieve email, schedule appointments and events, and add contact information.

Watsonia workbook tutorials. Files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Outlook 2007 Level 2 will enable you to use some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Outlook 2007 to manage and organise your email, schedule meetings with colleagues, manage your contact information, and create task requests for others to perform. Microsoft Outlook 2007 Level 2 is designed for users who are keen to know hoe to use some of the more advanced aspects of Microsoft Outlook 2007 including organising email messages, restricting junk email, scheduling meetings, creating and managing task requests, and the like.

Watsonia workbook tutorials. Files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

Would you like to learn how to paint like a pro? If so, join us on this participative event.

Would you like to learn how to paint like a pro? If so, join us in this participative event.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a simple introduction to using MPI for writing parallel programs to run on clusters and multi-CPU systems, for the purposes of "high-performance computing". It will cover the principles of MPI, and teach the use of the basic facilities of MPI (i.e. the ones that are used in most HPC applications), so that attendees will be able to write serious programs using it. It will describe other features that may be useful, but not teach their use. Any requests for particular coverage will be welcomed, but cannot be promised.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a detailed overview of using parallelism for achieving more computation in the same amount of elapsed time, covering both "shared memory" and "distributed memory" designs. It will concentrate on principles rather than details, to help attendees make the right decision and proceed in the right direction. It is aimed at users with significant programming experience who need more computation power than can be delivered by a single thread of execution on a single CPU core, including those who already program in parallel. The course is also designed for system administrators who need to support parallel codes, by describing the range of practical options, and their strengths, weaknesses, configuration issues and other important issues.

This course describes how patterns in text strings can be matched using regular expressions. A number of programming and scripting languages (such as Python, Perl, and Java) and other applications (such as Apache, PHP, Exim, and some text editors) support the use of regular expression patterns. Although there are some differences between the different implementations, there is also a lot in common.

The course has been modified and extended from the one previously given by Philip Hazel, the author of the PCRE ("Perl Compatible Regular Expressions") library, one of the standard and widely used regular expression libraries. The extensions are: Python and Java to the same level as Perl and PCRE; more warnings about problem areas, background usage and programming hints; and a short section on true (computer science) regular expressions and their uses when transferring data between programs.

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A Training CD-ROM on Adobe Photoshop CS2. It can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh. It is not necessary to have the application installed.

A VTC Training CD-ROM on Photoshop (version 5 and upwards) aimed especially at Photographers. It can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh. It is not necessary to have the application installed.