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Through the current Research Focus "The information team with the right stuff", we're exploring how to envision and lead into the future.

Next month we'll take a closer look at the darker side of this work:

• Our 5th June webinar tackles the problem of momentum and exhaustion: "Can you cope with continuous reinvention?"
  
  
• Our 21st June Community session addresses one of the age-old problems of leadership: "Setting aside time for strategy". We'll have Jantinus Meints, head of global third-party content procurement at EY, sharing his recipe for success on this common challenge.

Check out all our forthcoming webinars and Community sessions, and purchase a Jinfo Subscription to gain access, if your organisation doesn't already have one.

Other seekers of the right stuff

Shaping the future is hard work. Vision isn't enough. You need stamina, resources, flexibility, and (in my case) a good deal of caffeine.

It also helps to have an active peer group working through similar issues.

Conferences and in-person events are a great way to find your peers, along with Jinfo Community sessions. At last week's Perfect Information Conference in Oxford, UK, I led (among other things) a panel discussion on building the team with the right stuff, featuring speakers from global consulting, finance and legal firms.

During next month's SLA annual conference, I'll be convening informal research briefings to cultivate discussion on this topic.

Will you be in Baltimore for SLA? Contact me for information about our briefings.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research

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Overcome challenges with Jinfo Consulting

Find out how Jinfo Consulting can help you establish your information centre as essential, not "nice to have".

We work one-on-one with clients to address their specific challenges, from working more strategically to reengineering service delivery.

Whether you need to do more with less staff or less budget, to reorganise your team, communicate more effectively or review your portfolio of content or tools, we can help.

Read our Consulting case studies or contact Robin Neidorf, our Head of Consulting, to find out more.

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Subscription

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Content

Articles, reports and webinars that help you save time and money and plan for the future... any time, without leaving your desk.

Articles:

• Jinfo discovery report (part 1 - comparing top goals for content discovery) on 24th May
• Q&A with African Journals OnLine - increasing the visibility of African research on 23rd May
• Q&A with NERA - using Altarama RefTracker to manage information flow on 22nd May
• Mini review of TIBCO Spotfire on 22nd May
• The importance of project management for visibility into capacity on 17th May
• Streamline your department using the artisan or the optimised model on 16th May
• Measuring ROI for information services and professionals - an alternative point of view on 14th May

Reports:

• Product review of RefTracker from Altarama on 23rd April

Webinars:

• Can you cope with continuous reinvention? on 5th June
• Intelligence platforms - overcome platform perplexity with our panel discussion on 28th June

 

Community

An unmatched forum for frank, confidential discussions with your peers, based on our original insights and proprietary tools.

• Jinfo for information strategy - "get with the programme" + your burning questions on 4th June
• Setting aside time for strategy on 21st June
• Jinfo for optimising a team of researchers - "re-engineering principles" + your burning questions on 2nd July
• Whole-portfolio strategy and management on 11th July, 1st August and 12th September
• Jinfo for content purchasing - holistic management + your burning issues on 6th August

 

 

Subscription Tip: We publish original research throughout the year, read our latest, on discovery systems.

 

Who benefits from a Jinfo Subscription?

Our all-original research is for you and your team if you are responsible for content purchasing, information strategy and optimising your research service.

A Jinfo Subscription has these benefits:

• Saves time by using our original research and practical resources
• Define, communicate and measure information value
• Reinvent information services through insight into what the best companies do.

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Consulting

Bring our insights in-house. We'll work with you to make strategic changes in operations, enhance stakeholder relationships and future-proof your information service. Learn more

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"The information team with the right stuff"
Our Research Focus for April to June 2018

Adapting and evolving to meet new challenges is essential for your information team.

New skills and attitudes can ensure you're at the centre of strategic business challenges and decisions.

Our Research Focus, "The information team with the right stuff", will equip you with our original research, insights and experience to meet this challenge.

Learn more and request a free copy of the Insights and Actions report »

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Blog

• Turn information services into a valuable strategic asset on 23rd May
  Find out how Jinfo Consulting can help you turn your information services department into a valued and essential element of your organisation's success.
  
  
• My Favourite Tipples from a specialist Africa researcher on 23rd May
  My Favourite Tipples are shared by Colin Smith of Africa Alert. As an expert researcher of news and data across the continent, Colin shares some of his go-to online tools for keeping up with developments in Africa.
  
  
• Why project management is an essential skill for information professionals on 18th May
  Almost half of all failed projects are caused by poor decision-making, so the importance of good project management (PM) skills, particularly for information professionals, is paramount, Yulia Aspinall explains.
  
  
• Catch up on Jinfo for your role today on 14th May
  Find out what's most relevant to information managers responsible for content purchasing, information strategy and optimising a research team, from setting aside time for strategy to service reengineering.
  
  
• Data analytics and licensing, and the role of information professionals on 14th May
  Find out how Jinfo's resources relevant to data analytics could help you develop a use-case, get to the heart of licensing matters and ensure you're involved in organisation-wide projects.
  
  
• InfoNgen - setting the standard for semantic web discovery? on 11th May
  What does current awareness and discovery portal InfoNgen offer competitive and market intelligence professionals?
  
  
• Research update - peer support online or in-person on 10th May
  Do you drive improvements or are you swept along by change? Find out how our latest Research Focus can help put you firmly in charge of leading your team and driving innovation.

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