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Jinfo Newsletter 517

25th April

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The second insight in our Research Focus, "Creating an Information Centre of Excellence", names the six most important characteristics for your team to embody - for success today and sustainability in the future. It's not enough to have talent, skills and experience with information.

The most successful information teams are those with:

Commercial awareness
Executive-ready communications skills
A continuous-improvement mindset.

For the other three characteristics and more details on this insight, register your interest and receive our insights in your inbox. You'll get practical tips and suggestions for:

Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of your current team
Developing a plan to cultivate the characteristics of success.

The way information skills are applied and valued in today's organisations is very different from what it was 10 years ago, or even 5 years ago.

Jinfo's research describes what makes an Information Centre of Excellence. Without the right characteristics, your team will struggle for relevance, visibility and a seat at the table when strategy and mission-critical projects are under consideration.

Tap into our results by registering to get our insights. Then act on them - if you have a Jinfo Subscription, the full Insights and Actions report will guide you to the resources you already have access to.

If you need guidance on the best way to get value from Jinfo - subscription, benchmarking, consulting or workshop? - contact Claire Laybats today.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research and Head of Consulting

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

Articles - view all:

Mini review of Company Watch - UK and international company data and analytics on 24th April
Q&A with Deep SEARCH 9 - deep contextual search on 19th April
Q&A with Ozmosys - a mission to disrupt and simplify news aggregation on 18th April
Q&A with Synaptica - leading the way in taxonomy and ontology on 11th April

Reports - view all:

Research Focus Insights and Actions "Creating an Information Centre of Excellence" on 5th April
Market landscape - online learning providers on 4th April
Jinfo survey on developing an Information Centre of Excellence on 4th April

Events

Webinars - at your desk learning - book now:

Managing your evolution towards an Information Centre of Excellence on 23rd May
Optimisation as the engine of Information Centre Excellence on 27th June

Community sessions - confidential live discussions - book now:

Balancing end-user and expert services, to build a Centre of Excellence on 16th May
Jinfo for information strategy on 3rd June
Attributes of an Information Centre of Excellence on 20th June

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

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

"Creating an Information Centre of Excellence"
Our Research Focus for April to June

Successful information teams share a number of traits, ways of working, services and values. We've analysed the most successful information teams to identify their commonalities to develop a flexible model for long-term success for any information team.

This Research Focus defines the characteristics shared by successful information centres who we define as "Information Centres of Excellence".

Learn more and get the insights »

Blog

My Favourite Tipples from a special collections librarian on 24th April
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Emma Davidson, a special collections librarian in New York's Morgan Library and Metropolitan Museum. She shares her go-to sources for insights on productivity, leadership and staying cool under pressure.
Research update - within reach, creating an Information Centre of Excellence on 11th April
A great information centre has a strategic vision for how an organisation makes the most of information. It acts on that strategy by balancing two areas of activity, which we delve into in our new Research Focus "Creating an Information Centre of Excellence".