Content department's picks for September
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By Catherine Dhanjal

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Jinfo's head of content, Catherine Dhanjal, highlights a must-read article, report and webinar from September.

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One of the most enjoyable parts of my role as Head of Content at Jinfo is looking back over the month's publishing and getting a new wave of excitement about what we've made available to our Subscribers. This blog post gives me an opportunity to share that excitement, as well as to pick out some items you may have missed. 

Our Content is driven by our research, customer comments and queries, as well as insights from attendance at conferences and events.

• Article: Negotiating with suppliers is an essential area of expertise but one where people often feel they could do with extra support. In "Part 1 - How information services can best work with procurement" and Part 2 of that article, Willem (Bill) Noorlander of BST America, discusses how information managers can work with colleagues in procurement, how usage policies are affecting negotiations and how to see discussions from the supplier's point of view.  
  
  With 20 years of experience in information management, particularly contract negotiations, value discussions and usage requirements, Bill always has great insights to share. 
  
  
• Report: As our research into discovery services earlier this year highlighted, "link resolvers are crucial in getting to the full text of an item, whether located by a database search, a web-scale discovery service, or an enterprise content system".
  
  Our "Market landscape - link resolvers" gives a top level description of six products in the space along with information on special features, customisation options and integration with discovery systems. 
  
  
• Webinar: Our regular programme of webinars offers superb at-your-desk, at-your-convenience learning and an alternative way to absorb information or get up to speed on an issue. These 60-minute sessions are available live or to view post-session at your leisure. 
  
  We also run regular articles to capture the key learning points from the webinars for those who prefer a written approach; the associated article will always appear below the webinar listing as a "related Subscription article".
  
  The September session "Future-proof your service by refocusing on higher-value work" highlighted insights from our recent benchmarking research around common practices shared by successful teams and how you could adapt and adopt some of those for your own organisations. You can view the recording on a computer, or why not try listening to the audio when travelling? 

Next steps:

• Keep an eye on our "What's new" section to see the most recent articles, reports and blogs in one dashboard, together with upcoming webinar and Community session listings

• Get a sense of what other readers find of interest by checking out the trending articles and blog items

• Get a window into what's upcoming with our monthly "Forthcoming in Jinfo" PDF - great for physical noticeboards or sharing on your intranet
  
  
• Find out more about what a Content Subscription offers you.

If you have a suggestion, do contact me, your thoughts are always welcome.

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