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Web 2.0 and Its Impact on the Information Industry
29th October 2012

The digital revolution has radically changed how we access information, interact with each other and create content. We are all now capable of adding to the collective knowledge, changing the role of the traditional gatekeepers of information – librarians and other information professionals. Web 2.0 has also spurred the technology industry into producing devices that enable us to access information wherever we are. These are themes which are addressed by Martin de Saulles in his book 'Information 2.0: New models of information production, distribution and consumption. This article attempts to delve into some of the issues raised in the book, with the help of FreePint and other information industry observers.

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Source Update October 2012: What's Happening with Nexis?
25th October 2012

This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Source Update October 2012: What's Happening with Factiva?
25th October 2012

This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Getting Over the Barriers to Adoption
24th October 2012

If you're involved in the implementation of any social tool within an organisation, one of the biggest challenges you're likely to face is around adoption of the tool. James Mullen discusses a blog post that looks at some of the issues around the adoption of wikis. He examines two major barriers to the adoption of social media tools - cultural and technical. The question is, what can information managers do to overcome these and other barriers to adoption?

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Hootsuite Launches a New Type of Conversation
24th October 2012

If you're a regular user of Twitter, you might use tools like Tweetdeck, Seesmic or Hootsuite to manage the content generated by Twitter. However only two of these tools, Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, allow you to manage multiple social media accounts. Whilst Hootsuite isn't the most well known, it's growing in popularity and has recently rolled out Hootsuite Conversations. Whilst Hootsuite Conversations have only been available for a short time, it looks like they could have the potential to significantly alter the way teams within organisations manage Twitter and other social media content.

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Product Review of BvD Mint: Executive Summary
23rd October 2012

Mint from Bureau van Dijk (BvD) is a powerful and flexible database of company information. Business intelligence profiles can quickly and easily be put together by combining company financials, directorships, news articles and industry research profiles. Marketing and prospecting lists can be created and due diligence performed. The product can be integrated into line of business applications, such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics, for data cleansing and data merging. This all comes in an easy to use format with user customisation and flexible download and output options.

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Mini Review: InfoDesk's InfoMonitor Service
23rd October 2012

This mini-review focuses on InfoMonitor, a turnkey service that creates custom competitive intelligence newsletters. The unique thing about InfoMonitor is that the software and search interface are not visible to the customer. Instead, based on the needs of the client, InfoDesk staff, comprised of experienced information professionals, creates and edits daily or weekly newsletters, summarising the latest news on any given topic for the organisation. Aileen Marshall reviews the service.

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BvD Mint: Costs and Contact Details
23rd October 2012

Dale Moore covers costs and contact information for BvD Mint.

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BvD Mint: Help and Customer Accounts
23rd October 2012

Dale Moore discusses help guides and contextual help in BvD Mint.

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BvD Mint: Special Software Functionality
23rd October 2012

One of the special features of BvD Mint is its 'Segmintation' functionality (not a typo). 'Segmintation' provides easy charting of company information. Mint also integrates readily into other line-of-business applications. Dale Moore provides the details.

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