Executive summary of product review of Silobreaker Premium
13th February 2012

Executive summary of a VIP review of Silobreaker Premium, a subscription-based news aggregator and software as a service (SaaS) product.

Update: A new review of this product is available here »

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Executive summary of product review of Bibliogo
13th February 2012

Executive summary of a VIP review of Bibliogo from Reprints Desk, Inc., a web-based journal article app for research.

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Information governance: managing risk and increasing value
13th February 2012

How organisations are realising the importance of information governance and looking at more strategic ways to manage information to increase its value.

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Identifying stakeholders: A primer for anyone with stakeholders (and that's everyone)
9th February 2012

Knowing who the customers are for our organisation’s products or services is fairly straightforward, but what about identifying our stakeholders – those people who have influence over what we do and how we do it. Scott Brown looks at how we can start to conceptualise our stakeholders, and to consider which of our stakeholder relationships will be important to cultivate, and why.

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Information and opportunity: We are looking in the wrong direction
9th February 2012

Do you really know the extent of the information stored away in your organisation? Did you know that millions of euros are being wasted each year creating information that no one can find? Martin White reveals the shocking truth but also emphasises the golden opportunities for info pros.

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Leveraging unconference facilitation styles to revitalise training and meetings
9th February 2012

You may have heard of an unbirthday, a term coined by Lewis Carroll in “Through the Looking-Glass”, but now we have the unconference. This is when a group of people gather together without an agenda to discuss a topic, solve a problem or learn a new skill. The idea of an unconference is based on Open Space Technology and Michelle Boule shows how the flexibility of this approach can have unexpected and valuable results.

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Think global, search local
9th February 2012

Sometimes we receive information requests that are not exactly within our subject expertise or are really broad in scope so, instead of going straight to the big three databases, we need to look elsewhere. But where? Lorene Kennard looks at local places with global sources.

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FreePint Research Report: Information Governance Policies and Priorities
25th January 2012

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Product Review of SciVerse Applications
18th January 2012

Elsevier's SciVerse Applications, an application marketplace and developer network to refine and enhance the search and discovery process, is reviewed by Joanna Ptolomey.

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Evolution in Enterprise Demand for Mobile Content
18th January 2012

After a slow start, enterprise applications are waking up to mobile content, with pilot projects and a platform approach influencing the culture in a more flexible way.

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