Product review of NewsEdge (sources - content & coverage)
1st June 2018

Part 2 of Jinfo's new product review of Acquire Media's NewsEdge looks at its wide range of sources, including premium licensed titles as well as open sources and some of the leading news sources in the world, such as The New York Times and the Financial Times. We also review the impressive array of languages available.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3006

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Jinfo discovery report (part 4 - developing fresh insights through data analytics)
1st June 2018

In the final article of four reporting on the results of Jinfo's 2018 research project to explore goals for content discovery in STEM research environments, it delves into the current deployment of systems and tools for data analytics. It reviews details about services currently being used and plans for the future. It closes with a summary of key perceptions and concerns for implementation along with some of the anticipated trends.

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Product review of NewsEdge (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
31st May 2018

In the first part of Jinfo's new full product review of Acquire Media's NewsEdge, a global news and delivery web platform for information and business professionals, we give some background on the company and product, including Acquire Media's acquisition earlier this year by Newscycle Solutions. We look at the product's key advantages, key users and some of the changes made since we last reviewed the product in 2014.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3006

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Jinfo discovery report (part 3 - improving discovery through back-end integration)
30th May 2018

In the third of four articles reporting on the results of Jinfo's 2018 research project to explore goals for content discovery in STEM research environments, this article delves into the current deployment of systems and tools for back-end integration. It reviews details about services currently being used and future plans. It closes with a summary of key perceptions and concerns for implementation along with some anticipated trends.

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Developing new skills and evolving relationships
28th May 2018

Information teams of the future will have different responsibilities and will need a whole new set of skills as a result. In a recent Jinfo webinar, guest presenter Kim Dority outlined the range of necessary new skills and compared them to an information professional's existing skill set. She presented ideas on how to develop these skills within teams and how this would make them more valued in their organisations as a result.

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Jinfo discovery report (part 2 - providing a single point of entry for search)
25th May 2018

In the second of four articles reporting on the results of Jinfo's 2018 research project to explore goals for content discovery in STEM research environments, this article delves into the current deployment of systems and tools for a single point of entry for search. It reviews services currently in use and future plans. It closes with a summary of key perceptions and concerns for implementation along with some anticipated trends.

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How to be an effective communicator
24th May 2018

Information professionals have a range of skills at their disposal to deliver information services within their organisations, but it can be quite demoralising when those skills aren't recognised. It's essential to stand out and make your voice heard and this article looks at what it takes to be an effective communicator and get your message across. It also shows you how to successfully collaborate with others to do this and offers many useful tips to put this all into practice.

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Jinfo discovery report (part 1 - comparing top goals for content discovery)
24th May 2018

Jinfo has just completed a research project to explore goals for content discovery. The project was designed to explore and contrast how information centres managing STEM collections approach three key goals for content discovery as uncovered in a 2017 survey on the topic.

This article provides an overview of the survey carried out as part of the research. It reviews survey respondents demographics and compares responses to a set of questions about resource allocation and technology/solution vendors for each of the three goals.

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Q&A with African Journals OnLine - increasing the visibility of African research
23rd May 2018

African Journals OnLine (AJOL) aims to provide access to the world's largest online library of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals. Its executive director Susan Murray told Sophie Alexander how the platform works, the problems it's helping to solve, and future plans to expand its coverage of research on the continent.

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Q&A with NERA - using Altarama RefTracker to manage information flow
22nd May 2018

Jinfo spoke to Barbara Hirsh, director of Information Resources & Knowledge Management at NERA Economic Consulting, along with two of her colleagues to find out a bit more about the group and how they use Altarama's RefTracker, a browser-based reference and enquiry management system, to manage the information flow to and from its staff. She spoke about why they started using RefTracker, how they use it along with some of the benefits it offers.

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