Q&A with Go-Fair.org's Erik Schultes
12th March 2020

We interview Erik Schultes - the International Science Coordinator at the GO FAIR International Support and Coordination Office (GFISCO). In recent years, Erik has been working with a diverse community of stakeholders to develop FAIR data and services within and outside the life sciences. We used this interview to explore what GO FAIR is all about and what its aims are.

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Best approach to content and data product licensing
11th March 2020

Content and data product licensing is an area beset by misconceptions, with many failing to grasp that when you pay for data, you're paying for usage within defined terms rather than ownership of data. How well you can negotiate those terms can benefit your organisation greatly, or affect it negatively. Here, Jinfo explains the key factors to bear in mind when approaching data licensing.

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Jinfo model - overcoming the challenges to progress
10th March 2020

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Commercial awareness for information professionals
17th December 2019

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Market landscape - Linguamatics' competitors
6th March 2020

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Q&A with Factiva's Brian Gelinas, head of product strategy
5th March 2020

Factiva is the world's leading content aggregator with an archive of over 33,000 sources in 28 languages. It delivers this content through a range of solutions, with the most well-known being Factiva.com. The company celebrated 20 years in 2019 by launching its Factiva 2020 campaign to highlight new usability enhancements with Factiva.com. Jinfo interviewed Brian Gelinas, head of product strategy, to learn more about its evolution and future plans.

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Community deck - Jinfo for information strategy
4th March 2020

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Fair principles for copyright use - fair dealing (UK) and fair use (US)
4th March 2020

When quoting from other people's copyright material, permission isn't always needed. You can often rely on copyright exceptions which allow you to use short extracts, and in this article we look at some of the situations where you can do this, specifically in relation to text-based "literary" works which are protected by copyright.

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Use-cases for Dow Jones' Data, News & Analytics
3rd March 2020

The Dow Jones Developer Platform, formerly known as Dow Jones DNA, launched in 2017 and gives organisations access to data, news and analytics from the company's services, including Factiva. We recently caught up with Niranjan Thomas, general manager of the developer platform and solution engineering at Dow Jones to find out more about the product, how it's used and how it fits with the "FAIR" use of data.

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Jinfo survey - the role of information professionals in a data-driven world
27th February 2020

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