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Reinventing librarians: Part 1
1st July 2011
The relocation of law collections to the relevant departments provides the perfect opportunity for librarians and research specialists to embed themselves within practice groups or departments. Marlene Gebauer shows the resultant perception that the librarian is part of that practice area greatly enhances information exchange, and describes how to go about making this change in your organisation
OrgIntel: Organisational intelligence for finding and influencing your stakeholders
1st July 2011
Ever felt that your organisation does not appreciate the value you provide as an information professional? Well, all you need to do is follow Scott Brown’s very practical suggestions and carry out OrgIntel, This is all about finding the influencers and conversations in your organisation and then, coupled with a willingness to increase your visibility, you can get involved in the discussions and anticipate information needs.
Ebooks and libraries - a missed opportunity to evolve?
1st July 2011
Over the years, public libraries have successfully redefined themselves when new publishing media have arrived but Matthew Solle questions whether their approach to lending eBooks will jeopardise their future, and considers how further and higher education are tackling this issue.
Using the golden information thread: Some lessons from the Utilities sector for managing risk, making decisions and providing governance.
1st July 2011
Projects often involve third parties which inevitably makes information management more complicated, particularly when it comes to ensuring there is only “one version of the truth”. Edward Ptolomey shows how a partnership approach in the utilities sector reduced duplication of information and helped risk management.
China Rising: New research project to investigate China-related information needs
8th June 2011
There’s no mistaking the excitement surrounding the economic opportunity China represents. Companies want to sell goods and services in China, manufacture in China, partner with Chinese firms, bring Chinese data to other markets ... with over 1.3 billion people (and an online population of 477 million), the upside potential of China-related initiatives is hard to resist.
Product Review of China Connect
8th June 2011
China Connect is a partnership between BvD and BCMS International, an M&A advisory firm.
The content is made available via BvD's Zephyr platform, which provides sophisticated search and reporting tools specifically for M&A data. One hundred percent of the content is provided by BCMS, who have offices on four continents, including one in Beijing.
Product Review of ISI's CEIC China Premium Database and EMIS China
8th June 2011
The following reviews are of two ISI Emerging Markets Chinese services. The first one, CEIC China Premium Database, provides comprehensive macroeconomic and industry time series for every dataset released by the Chinese Government. Data is presented in granular format, with statistics available down to city level.
BBC World Service and Twitter
1st June 2011
Social media have changed news gathering not only for individuals but for venerable institutions like BBC World Service. Programmes and presenters can now interact with their audiences in a more immediate way and, via Twitter, audiences can be involved in history as it unfolds through tweets from reporters on the spot. Abigail Sawyer describes the impact of Twitter on BBC World Service.
Designing the Samurai sword: using facets to support agile, highly-effective information management
1st June 2011
How can info pros help users to find information when both organisations and information are evolving and becoming more complex? Jennifer Smith is convinced that adopting a faceted system, which assigns types and attributes to information, is the key and describes the ONEIS system which a number of information-rich organisations have successfully implemented.
Archiving social media content/context - more questions than answers?
1st June 2011
As Twitter does not provide a long term storage solution for tweets this leaves researchers with a dilemma. How should tweets be stored so that both the content and the context are retained, and the resource is searchable? Jennifer Jones looks at the possibilities but concludes that there are still more questions than answers.
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