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China Rising: New research project to investigate China-related information needs
8th June 2011
There’s no mistaking the excitement surrounding the economic opportunity China represents. Companies want to sell goods and services in China, manufacture in China, partner with Chinese firms, bring Chinese data to other markets ... with over 1.3 billion people (and an online population of 477 million), the upside potential of China-related initiatives is hard to resist.
Product Review of China Connect
8th June 2011
China Connect is a partnership between BvD and BCMS International, an M&A advisory firm.
The content is made available via BvD's Zephyr platform, which provides sophisticated search and reporting tools specifically for M&A data. One hundred percent of the content is provided by BCMS, who have offices on four continents, including one in Beijing.
Product Review of ISI's CEIC China Premium Database and EMIS China
8th June 2011
The following reviews are of two ISI Emerging Markets Chinese services. The first one, CEIC China Premium Database, provides comprehensive macroeconomic and industry time series for every dataset released by the Chinese Government. Data is presented in granular format, with statistics available down to city level.
BBC World Service and Twitter
1st June 2011
Social media have changed news gathering not only for individuals but for venerable institutions like BBC World Service. Programmes and presenters can now interact with their audiences in a more immediate way and, via Twitter, audiences can be involved in history as it unfolds through tweets from reporters on the spot. Abigail Sawyer describes the impact of Twitter on BBC World Service.
Designing the Samurai sword: using facets to support agile, highly-effective information management
1st June 2011
How can info pros help users to find information when both organisations and information are evolving and becoming more complex? Jennifer Smith is convinced that adopting a faceted system, which assigns types and attributes to information, is the key and describes the ONEIS system which a number of information-rich organisations have successfully implemented.
Archiving social media content/context - more questions than answers?
1st June 2011
As Twitter does not provide a long term storage solution for tweets this leaves researchers with a dilemma. How should tweets be stored so that both the content and the context are retained, and the resource is searchable? Jennifer Jones looks at the possibilities but concludes that there are still more questions than answers.
LinkedIn: An awesome information resource for building your reputation, your connections and your knowledge
1st June 2011
From its recruitment tool origins, LinkedIn has grown into a vital networking tool for companies as well as individuals. Among its many features, Groups allow you to keep on top of the latest developments while making new contacts, and LinkedIn Today aggregates news shared on LinkedIn and Twitter. Elisabeth Goodman shows why individuals and companies alike should embrace LinkedIn.
Under the microscope: Buying patterns for STM content
12th May 2011
As budgets have come under closer and closer scrutiny, information centres have shifted from a general policy of “just in case” subscriptions to “just in time” purchases. FreePint Research has highlighted this evolution in nearly every study we’ve conducted since early 2009.
Product Review of Radian6
12th May 2011
Radian6 is a tool for social media monitoring and engagement across a variety of social platforms: blogs, "microblogs" (such as Twitter), online forums, Facebook, and comments. The company provides a platform and a series of integrated products that can be used by organisations for brand management and monitoring, customer service and lead generation.
Product Review of IHS DataInsight 4.1
12th May 2011
The product started about ten years ago as an Excel application and has progressed to a sophisticated and interactive analytical and presentation tool. This review will look at the desktop version of DataInsight. There is also a web version of the same product that has less functionality.
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