What's strategic alignment without a strategy?
3rd March 2017

Strategic alignments don't happen by accident. They require a carefully crafted plan for success. Lee Ann Benkert explains how to design and implement a strategy as a way to integrate your information centre with the rest of the organisation and how to become recognised as a vital asset.

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Subscription update for information services management
27th February 2017

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Top hacks for gaining greater visibility for information skills
24th February 2017

Libraries offer great resources but they are only useful if users are aware of them. Furthermore, it can be difficult to promote resources to non-library users. The library and information centre at Roche Products Limited sought to resolve this problem with The Library Channel, which hosts a series of short videos. Read how these videos positively impacted their online presence as well as increasing library visits and face-to-face enquiries.

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Picking the best partners to drive information skills development
23rd February 2017

Engaging with staff to improve information literacy can sometimes be difficult. The most effective approach is to create strategic partnerships with other groups in the organisation to make use of their different skills. Andrew Lucas reports on a Jinfo webinar which discussed how to identify the right partnerships.

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Market landscape - online learning systems
22nd February 2017

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Market landscape - engineering portals
15th February 2017

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Market landscape - ebook sources for engineering
15th February 2017

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Insider knowledge - researching Russia
14th February 2017

Business information consultant Colin Smith shares his knowledge of researching the Russian Federation. He focuses on business, economic and trade topics and highlights key English-language sources of information.

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Market landscape - macroeconomic sources
13th February 2017

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The decline of complex search
10th February 2017

As data analytics becomes the value-add for information providers, is the use of complex search by both end-users and information professionals in decline and is there resistance to training in this area? Andrew Lucas talks to industry leaders, academics and professional associations to find out their views on this and see how their organisations are responding. Commentary includes comments from Charlie Inskip of UCL and Nick Poole of CILIP, plus representatives from Dow Jones, InfoDesk and LexisNexis.

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