Source Update for Factiva
11th November 2014

The latest additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Has "Current Awareness" Become a Bloated Term?
11th November 2014

Driven by broken economies, a burgeoning technology marketplace, and a bloated definition of current awareness, information professionals are increasingly struggling when it comes to meeting their internal clients' needs to track news developments. In this piece, Shimrit Janes explores to what extent the original understanding of "current awareness" holds up under scrutiny, and what challenges information teams are facing as a result.

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Do You Know Why You Collaborate?
11th November 2014

When you think about why you collaborate, what immediately springs to mind? Do you collaborate because you want to share content or documents that you have created, do you collaborate because you want to reach an outcome that can only be done with other individuals' help, or are you trying to manage a large scale project? There are in fact many reasons why people might choose to collaborate, but what's significant is that you should know why you're collaborating before you do it.

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What's the Value of Current Awareness?
11th November 2014

Robin Neidorf examines how information centres can measure the value of the current awareness service they offer to their readers and explains the components of the value equation.

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Source Update for Eureka.cc and Europresse.com
7th November 2014

This month's additions and takedowns in Eureka.cc and Europresse.com, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan. Europresse.com is the European version of the Eureka.cc solution.

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Company Information - Finding the Right Package for Your Specific Needs
7th November 2014

Catherine Pask provides an overview of company information providers and guidance on how to choose a package to fit your specific information needs - whether you need specialist financial information, are performing due diligence checks, need news at your fingertips, or sales contacts. She also provides information on niche providers in sectors such as pharma and legal.

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Security - How Far Can You Trust the Evidence, and What Can You Do?
7th November 2014

Whether it's retail fraud, security breaches that are inside jobs or lack of caution in implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), information professionals need to be circumspect when the evidence comes from organisations that also happen to provide solutions to the problems they highlight. But sometimes that evidence - on the extent to which employees are responsible for security risks, or the role played by mobile devices - indicates some degree of consensus. And when it's backed up by specific concerns expressed by government or regulatory bodies - about outsourcing for instance, or lack of awareness among small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), that's when info pros can sense an opportunity to be seized.

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Technology to Support Business Strategy
6th November 2014

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Source Update for Nexis
6th November 2014

The latest additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Analytics - Not As Far Behind As You Fear?
6th November 2014

Contrary to popular belief, everyone probably isn't ahead of you in adopting big data. In fact most enterprises are still struggling, not least because they still seem to think that, with so much data at their disposal, they don't need to worry about every little flaw, and that technology will eliminate the need for data integration. Collecting stuff faster than they can sort it seems to be a key problem, and it can't be solved by exclusive reliance on data scientists. Old fashioned activities like taxonomy still have their role to play - and the competition regulators' interest in the few big data leaders suggests that the prize is well worth the effort.

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