Five activities sure to engage your audience in learning
23rd March 2017

Andrew Lucas reports on a recent Jinfo webinar which looked at how to develop an effective learning curriculum for information literacy, and how to design activity-based learning materials for a variety of environments to improve information skills.

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Market landscape - information sources in investment banks
21st March 2017

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Q&A with CID - from analysis to action
20th March 2017

Jinfo contributor Chris Porter talks to the managing director of information retrieval and analysis company CID, Alexander Stumpfegger, about how his company's software can help organisations to make the most out of their structured and unstructured data using text mining, semantic analysis and data analytics.

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Mini review of AdisInsight - a "one-stop solution" for pharmaceutical researchers
15th March 2017

AdisInsight from Springer Nature is a database designed to allow pharmaceutical researchers, information analysts and business prospectors to discover content across the entire database (from drugs to trials, safety and deals) with one search query. This mini review examines what's changed since our last in-depth product review in March 2015.

This review:

• Covers changes and developments since 2015
• Looks at key advantages
• Presents technology enhancements including search by structure using InfoChem
• Discusses value and commercial benefit
• Covers pricing
• Notes competitors in the field, including Intellixir, Citeline Trialtrove, and Thomson Reuters Cortellis.

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Market landscape - social media monitoring tools
15th March 2017

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Q&A with CB Resourcing - a recruiter's perspective on information skills
13th March 2017

We interview Simon Burton, managing director of CB Resourcing, to ask him how he sees information professionals developing cross-organisational information skills following his experience of recruitment in the knowledge, research and information management sphere.

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Tools for an information-savvy workforce
10th March 2017

How do we use new tools to embed learning and help create an information-savvy workforce in a frictionless and collaborative way? Kate Lomax looks at the current state of workplace learning and explores some of tools and technologies that can help embed informal and "just-in-time" workplace learning throughout the organisation.

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Can you accurately track users, usage and value of your information products?
8th March 2017

The relationship between usage and value remains a sore point for many information professionals. There's an assumption that increased usage is always desirable, but the reality is that usage is a far more complex beast that, if to be useful, needs to be better rooted in the context of the goals being achieved.

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How to build alliances as a newcomer to the firm
8th March 2017

As an information professional, your job relies on building relationships in order to discern real needs and disseminate actionable information. How do you build those relationships when starting afresh? It starts with finding allies, building credibility, and gaining visibility within your organisation.

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Best practices in effective, activity-based learning for information literacy
11th November 2016

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