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It's broke, but can they fix it?

Peter Williams
Why deeds and not just words matter with securing government data

To change your world, put yourself in the boss’s shoes

David Tebbutt
Evidence of value is the real key to successful social computing initiatives

Scan and Deliver

The biggest challenge of all in the British Library’s vast digitisation programme has been copyright clearance, as Tracey Caldwell explains
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The Mighty Mini Players

Consolidation among mainstream market research providers hasn’t reduced the demand for niche offerings, as Tim Buckley Owen discovers

Role expansion fuels Factiva surge

Two years after coming under the sole control of Dow Jones, Factiva has hugely expanded its online content. Daniel Griffin discovers an unblinking focus on information professionals
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Numbers game hots up

Citation metrics have become key numbers for journals, institutions and even individuals, and a host of different models are emerging

Truth, lies and transport

Motorised transport is routinely castigated as the climate change villain, but secrecy, misinformation and wild speculation muddy the research waters. IWR looks at how organisations looking to go greener can research the issue
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Is Web 3.0 coming?
Monday, 18 August 2008
The problem with writing about technology is that in most cases the vendors we talk to, the products we cover and the...
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Experian hires first CIO

New chief information officer will devise the company’s IT strategy

45,000 records lost by Ministry of Justice

Personal details of 45,000 people have been lost by the Ministry of Justice over the past year

Has your talent been spotted?

IBM reveals many firms failing to make use of in-house talent, but tech sector performs well

A lot of life in the old tape yet

Businesses still reliant on traditional backup method as part of ‘belt and braces’ disaster recovery

UK government plans to log every call, text and email

Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle

Location tool offered to developers

Gartner throws weight behind enterprise Web 2.0

Hype Cycle on emerging tech highlights Web 2.0, SOAs and cloud computing as ones to watch

Research casts doubt on viral marketing, Long Tail

People don’t talk to as many people as they think

CIOs need to rethink storage management

Store smarter not larger, says Gartner

Google updates search box

Indexing appliance holds up to 10 million docs

EU challenges UK on Phorm

Viviane Reding writes to government for clarification on privacy implications

New ECM standard is coming

BSI and The Content Group launch new Steering Group

Wiley’s organic chemistry information available through CambridgeSoft

Organic Essentials title to increase Wiley’s reach in the market
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OA in the humanities badlands

There are big barriers to open access in the social sciences and humanities – cultural resistance, publisher concerns, funding inadequacies, ignorance of e-resources, to name a few. But things are changing

Slumbering giant stirs

Social sciences and humanities publishing has seen many changes in recent months, not least of which is the impact of open access

Mr. Memory

Ask the British Library's Bart Smith what day a particular date fell on and, quick as a flash, he'll tell you. We test Smith's recall of the heady but dangerous days when the institution came in for a high-profile torrent of public scorn
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Online legal references linked back to source

Online legal references linked back to source Daniel Griffin delivers his verdict on a tool that knits legal researchers and web together

Web words baffle the blogosphere

'Folksonomy' voted most hideous neologism

Online communities can help educate children

Sites offer a real opportunity to boost learning, claim academics
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Head of Knowledge and Information Management
Friday, 11 July 2008
Salary c£70-£80k but more may be available for an exceptional candidate. Whitehall, London This is a new and dynamic role at the...
Intranet Editor
Friday, 11 July 2008
Oxford, UK £25,980 - £32,035 pa + benefits Knowledge is power. And the right knowledge in the right hands can provide the...
Online Analysis Executive
Friday, 11 July 2008
Oxford, UK £25,980 - £32,035 We've never been slow in spotting the benefits technology can bring to our work....
SENIOR MARKET ANALYST - FMCG
Monday, 07 July 2008
Intelligence Provider • Surrey • £22-£26,000 + benefits Conducting desk research, managing primary/B2B research projects and monitoring the developments of the food...
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Keeping Within the Law

AfDevInfo.com

Join an information safari that opens up sub-Saharan Africa to researchers
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Understanding Data and Information Systems for Recordkeeping

By Philip C Bantin

Information Rights in Practice: The non-legal professional's guide

By Alan Stead
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