Your contributions to the value chain
17th June 2020

In this article, we take a closer look at the value chain and how you can further business goals such as efficiency, innovation, and risk management. Find out how you can document information products and services to enhance the value of information.

Note: This article is part of the Focus on Value Chain.

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How well do you know the value chain?
16th June 2020

Whilst many information teams are already aware of the information needs of their users and its value, there's always room for improvement. The activity outlined in this article will help you reassess your assumptions about the components of success, whether for efficiency, innovation or risk management and help you better understand the value chain.

Note: This article is part of the Focus on Value Chain.

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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
16th June 2020

In the final part of our product review of AdisInsight from Springer Nature, a database of international drug research offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments, we find out what help and training is available to users as well as competition in this area, including Cortellis from Clarivate Analytics, Trialtrove from Pharma Intelligence and Orbit Intellixir from Questel. We also find out about its plans to improve end-user privacy and introduce content visualisation.

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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
15th June 2020

In the third part of our product review of AdisInsight from Springer Nature, a database of international drug research offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments, we explore the technology behind the product. We focus on the options available to search, share and export its five content sets and how administrators can better monitor usage.

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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (sources - content and coverage)
12th June 2020

In the second part of our product review of AdisInsight from Springer Nature, a database of international drug research offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments, we look at its content. In particular, its five content sets; drugs, clinical trials, deals, safety reports and patents. We also find out about its extensive editorial process.

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Product review of Springer AdisInsight (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
11th June 2020

AdisInsight from Springer Nature is a comprehensive scientific database of international drug research, offering a single access location for current evidence on drug developments and treatments. In the first part of Jinfo's updated product review, we take a look at the company behind the product, its key advantages, what's changed since our last review in 2017, and the product's value to those organisations working within the healthcare sector.

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Defining success through the value chain
10th June 2020

To demonstrate the value of your information strategy, you need to be specific about your goals. This article looks at how you can do this using Jinfo's value chain and covers the examples of efficiency, innovation, risk management and transparency, amongst others.

Note: This article is part of the Focus on Value Chain.

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Jinfo survey - challenges facing information teams (part 5 - how can information professionals and suppliers have better partnerships?)
5th June 2020

The final part of our five-part report looking at the findings of Jinfo's market research survey on behalf of Springer Nature designed to elicit the opinions of corporate information centres on open access materials, products and services, focuses on respondents' perceived value of publisher-produced resources in this area and how dialogue could be enhanced between them.

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Jinfo survey - challenges facing information teams (part 4 - open access)
4th June 2020

Part four of our five-part report looks at the findings of Jinfo's market research survey on behalf of Springer Nature designed to elicit the opinions of corporate information centres on open access materials, products and services. In particular, we  look at how important open access is to users, whether it's a key factor in their content portfolio, and highlight some of the challenges and concerns they have with it.

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Jinfo survey - challenges facing information teams (part 3 - managing your content portfolio)
3rd June 2020

In part three of our five-part report looking at the findings of Jinfo's market research survey on behalf of Springer Nature, designed to elicit the opinions of corporate information centres on open access materials, products and services, we focus on the types of organisations respondents work in and what they do, and how they evaluate products and services for purchase and renewal.

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