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If you want to be able to:

• Report to your stakeholders about the value of information in terms that make sense to them
• Negotiate based on your definitions of value, not the vendor's
• Manage cuts and changes in partnership with stakeholders, without undermining what users need to be able to do

...then Jinfo's strategy-driven approach to managing your content portfolio can make a huge difference to the way you think, manage, negotiate and communicate.

We can teach your team this process through a customisable Jinfo Consulting workshop on "Holistic content portfolio management".

Not ready to bring in a workshop? Explore the topic first by joining one of our popular quarterly Community sessions specifically for people responsible for content purchasing. Last week's session, hosting nearly 20 information managers, covered such questions as:

• "How do we improve our negotiating position with vendors?"
• "Why are we being pushed to buy bundles of content when we only want a slice?"
• "Our usage is going down, but our costs are increasing - how do we determine value?"

Community sessions are a benefit of a Jinfo Subscription - if you don't yet have a subscription, contact my colleague Claire Laybats to discuss your needs.

Yes, you CAN report return on investment

We're exploring ROI of information in different ways: just this week I presented a poster on determining the value external data at the P-D-R's special meeting on FAIR data - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

Request a PDF version of the poster, along with a document exploring in more detail how to measure the value of data, by completing the form on this page.

Have another challenge with ROI? Bring it on - we love to work out solutions to this difficult but not impossible problem. Contact me at any time with your questions.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research and Head of Consulting

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Explore "discovery" - participate in our survey

Keeping up with technology relating to improving discovery could be a full-time job. Jinfo's 2019 survey on discovery explores how information teams keep up, and what goals they are aiming for with developing discovery systems.

Take 10 minutes to participate in the discovery survey and share your perspective.

Your responses are anonymous, but if you provide an email address, we will send you a copy of the report upon publication.

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Subscription

A Jinfo Subscription connects your team with the practical tools, original research and expertise to build and support information strategy in your organisation.

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 AnythingResearch - US industry and market data on 17th May
• Q&A with SPi Global - technology to transform content assets on 16th May
• Q&A with Diligencia - shedding light on companies in MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa on 9th May

Reports - view all:

• Community deck - balancing end-user and expert services, to build a Centre of Excellence on 22nd May
• Jinfo report - effective work with procurement on 20th May
• Community deck - Jinfo for content purchasing on 20th May

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:

• Jinfo for information strategy on 3rd June
• Attributes of an Information Centre of Excellence on 20th June
• Jinfo for optimising your information service on 8th July

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Subscription Tip: Jinfo publishes original research at least four times a year, find out more on our Research Focus page.

 

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 or optimising your information service.

A Jinfo Subscription has these benefits:

• Saves time by using our original research and practical resources
• Gives you the tools to define, communicate and measure information value
• Helps you reinvent your information service 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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"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 »

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Blog

• My Favourite Tipples from a data analyst on 22nd May
  My Favourite Tipples are shared by George Peckham-Rooney, who manages and analyses data to support university strategy and data governance at a university in the southeastern United States. He shares his go-to sources for finding out about coding, enterprise IT and the future of education.
  
  
• Take our 10 minute survey to get a free report on how to keep up with technology on 22nd May
  Take our survey on discovery systems and project priorities and receive a copy of the resulting report upon publication.
  
  
• Research update - how to gain capacity and free your strategy on 9th May
  Find out how you can use Jinfo's Subscription resources and Consulting workshops to analyse and re-engineer your work to create capacity and much-needed time for strategy.

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"As always the Community session was very thought-provoking."
Sean Denora, information manager, PwC Canada
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