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Giving Kudos with One Click
22nd October 2012

If you're a LinkedIn user, you might occasionally be asked to provide a "recommendation" for a connection. Whilst this is a worthwhile undertaking, it can be frustrating trying to think of an appropriate comment, knowing that it could be read by anyone who visits that connections profile, including potential employers. To make the process simpler, and to some degree more intuitive, LinkedIn has launched "endorsements" to allow users to endorse skills that are listed on an individual's profile. Tim Buckley Owen recently gave his views on endorsement facilities - here, James Mullan gives his perspective.

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BvD Mint: Outputs, Reports and Alerts
22nd October 2012

Dale Moore reports on output options for search results in BvD Mint.

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BvD Mint: Search and Output Options
22nd October 2012

Users can search BvD Mint for company, director, news and industry information. Dale Moore take a close look at the searching options for each topic area.

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BvD Mint: Sources, Content and Coverage
22nd October 2012

Dale Moore reviews the four information modules in BvD Mint (Companies, Directors, News and Research) and discusses sources for each.

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BvD Mint: Introduction and FreePint's View
22nd October 2012

Mint, from Bureau van Dijk (BvD), is a database of business information which provides data on companies, directors, news stories and industry research. BvD has clearly invested a great deal into creating Mint, and it shows. Reviewer Dale Moore discusses his view of BvD Mint.

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How Information-Related Organisations Can Use Pinterest to Meet Their Goals
18th October 2012

Valerie Kittell looks at the use of Pinterest by special libraries, museums, academic and public libraries. While these settings may have different audiences and goals, information professionals might consider how they could use Pinterest in their organisations to reach internal or external audiences. Could a high-tech company, for example, use Pinterest to post pictures of the company's products?

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Endorse, like, review - you scratch my back...
16th October 2012

Facilities such as LinkedIn's recent skills endorsement functionality offer people the opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of colleagues and associates. But at what point does excessive, paid and "fake" endorsement start to dilute the currency and validity of endorsement?

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Prospect Research Strategy: Applications for All Researchers
16th October 2012

Prospect research is used by non-profits to assess philanthropic capacity and inclination of potential donors. Rachel Bates Wilfahrt explores applications of this process and research strategy for researchers working in other industries.

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Cloud - it's an ill wind...
15th October 2012

As cloud computing reaches some degree of maturity, plenty of doubts and uncertainties remain, as evidenced by recent surveys. There’s worry about whether regulators are yet again falling behind the technology, but also that the case for the cloud is currently too technology-driven, and that the many products currently available aren’t making users any happier.

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BYOD - opportunities where you least expect them?
10th October 2012

Who will be the winners and losers from the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement? A little wave of recent reports indicate that it's caught the IT department on the back foot - and one suggests an unexpected possible gainer.

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