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Libraries, learning and the bottom line
20th March 2012
This month I had the privilege of speaking at two library events. The first was a remarkable response to a lack of budget for employee travel. The New York Public Library system employs hundreds of librarians. Thus, it isn't a great surprise that it can't afford to send many of them to conferences and educational events.
Space shuttles and parrots: Providing incentives for collaboration and knowledge sharing
20th March 2012
Can prizes encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing on the corporate intranet? ConocoPhillips and BP Amoco seem to think so.
A look at a week of FUMSI tweets
20th March 2012
As information professionals we're sharing a wide range of articles and resources on Twitter. Here's a bit of what FUMSI editors shared this week.
"Overlapping and at cross-purposes" - music to information professionals' ears?
20th March 2012
A recent report from Thomson Reuters outlines the growing workload of compliance officers despite the number of products now available to help them. Keeping abreast of regulatory changes and compliance is a challenge for many, but one where information professionals will continue to find themselves needed.
Social CRM - who will make port safely?
19th March 2012
Social customer relationship management grows in importance with Salesforce, in particular, dominating and launching new products. However, Gartner warns that there may be too many overlapping solutions being offered to too small a market in this field.
Britannica v Wikipedia - which site will you trust?
18th March 2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer be published in hard copy and will be available in digital format only. Unlike its rival Wikipedia, it will continue to written and fact-checked by experts and will not be free. There's an annual fee for the online version or a monthly charge for the iPad app.
No sale: Avoid transaction-focused messaging
16th March 2012
Percent-off offers are tempting to implement but rarely deliver the sales hoped for. Account manager Ann Marie Plankey explains why... and what to try instead.
My Favourite Tipples: March 2012
15th March 2012
As a librarian in the commercial sector, I have worked with a wide variety of specialist subscription sources, but often find myself searching for resources that answer random questions posed by business analysts, usually with the proviso: “Oh, by the way, they MUST be free”. The ones with relevance to me outside of work are the ones I remember, and consequently are the ones I use again and again.
Working together to communicate and collaborate with stakeholders - a FUMSI Editorial
15th March 2012
We know that every organisation has stakeholders that they must consult in decision-making and consider in this results-driven society. This is true for large companies, small businesses, international industries, and national issues and production. The articles in this issue of FUMSI Magazine show that there are many tools and methods that can be used to defragment areas of our rapidly changing world to improve internal and external communication, facilitate networking and increase opportunities; all of which can enhance our value proposition.
Facebook launches interest lists
15th March 2012
Do you like to organise your friends into lists on Facebook? Yes, then you'll definitely be interested in a new feature launched by Facebook last week. The feature, called "interest lists", allows users to turn Facebook into their own personalised newspaper, incorporating feeds of subjects and topics that matter to that user.
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