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Africa S. Hands Reaching your intended audience
29th February 2012

New information professionals struggle with the decision whether or not to specialise and narrow their target client base to one or two particular niches. Once the decision has been made, you must then find the clients. LinkedIn Answers and tweet chats provide not only spaces to interact virtually with potential clients but also opportuntities to listen to conversations related to your field of interest.

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Joanna Ptolomey Opening up research - contradictions?
29th February 2012

There seems to be a contradiction between the possibility of international repositories opening up access and problems caused by the charges made by Elsevier for this very service. Wider dissemination is also being blocked by government legislation. Where next?

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Sarah Dillingham Case studies - Part 2: Some solutions
29th February 2012

Writing case studies is seen as a dull chore which only becomes urgent when a proposal deadline looms, and a mass scramble ensues. So how can you break this cycle and ensure that case studies are readily available? 

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Martin Belam Duedil.com ushers in a new era of open corporate data
29th February 2012

For a long time the preserve of dusty legal and financial databases, services like Duedil and Openly Local are making the corporate financial data of the UK easier than ever for people to research on the web.

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Penny Crossland Publishers' push towards digital pays off
29th February 2012

The switch from print to digital publishing seems to be working. The FT shows an increase in digital subscriptions, and business-to-business publishers are also experiencing success with their digital strategies.

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Tim Buckley Owen Security - where do the risks really lie?
29th February 2012

Many of us fail to change our passwords regularly and even use the same one across many sites thereby potentially compromising security. IBM is looking to offer a solution, but this may solve only half the problem.

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Dale Moore Entrepreneurship, digital media and milk!
28th February 2012

More people are using Smartphones and social networking so it is becoming increasingly important to use digital media to start and grow businesses. A recent successful example is Milk and More from Dairy Crest which has updated the milkman's role through technology.

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Tim Buckley Owen Mobile - don't be derailed by the bandwagon
28th February 2012

FreePint’s second report on the enterprise market for mobile content shows just how measured an approach information professionals are taking. Just as well really – the turmoil in the wider market indicates that clear heads are essential for getting true business value from this still newish technology.

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Sarah Dillingham Case studies - Part 1: The problem
28th February 2012

Case studies: all your users want them, but nobody wants to write them. Case studies are written examples of where the organisation has carried out a successful engagement, usually of high contractual value or strategic importance. They can be used for internal learning purposes and external marketing.

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James Mullan Getting jiggy with Google+
28th February 2012

Are you one of the 100 million individuals that are currently using Google+? Google+ has been described as a cross between LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. It is actually a collection of different social features including a stream (newsfeed), hangouts (video chat service), photos and games.

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