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SharePoint seems to bring out the same reactions as Marmite ... you love it or you loathe it! But, whatever your reaction, SharePoint is now being used successfully by numerous organisations, which means that there is a wealth of advice on how to avoid the pitfalls when implementing or upgrading...
Social media tools have shaken up the way we communicate, network and gather news in our personal lives but have been slower to change these processes in the enterprise. However times are changing, with Twitter online communities having an impact on marketing methods, new content aggregation...
The intranet is often seen as the poor cousin of the corporate website with those managing intranets almost doing this when they have any spare time in between sorting out the organisation's external website. So intranet managers need to help businesses wake up to the fact that intranets can...
The 21st Century is bringing new job titles for some information professionals but many organisations have still not grasped the importance of infopros in this information flood-based world. So what must they do to show the value they add to their organisations? As individuals they must learn to...
The new Coalition government is already having an impact on the future of semantic technology with its cut in funding for the Web Science Institute, but the hope is that the opening up of government data will still continue. This will enable the combining of large datasets, the analysis and...
"With so many iPhone users loving their downloadable Apps; bloggers loving their widgets that personalise their web pages; FaceBook, MySpace and LinkedIn pages being stuffed full of wanted (and unwanted) apps, it is no wonder that CMS Watch are predicting that, "gadgets and widgets will sweep...
"Taxonomy is a topic close to my heart. I have very fond memories of my time spent building a "taxonomy of everything" for tagging local news stories. Specialist taxonomy roles exist both within organisations and as consultancy positions but taxonomy creation also forms a part of many other...
�This FUMSI folio is dedicated to intranets, the less loved sibling of the corporate website. Our intranet survey illustrates that imbalance with many respondents responding that the intranet was less than 50% of their job. It was something they combined with wider responsibilities for areas...
So many datasets, so little time. Federated search can streamline the process of searching across internal, subscription and web-based sources of information. But when is an organisation a strong candidate for investing in federated search solutions? And how can the information staff research,...
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Organisations of all sizes struggle with the task of understanding, cataloguing, managing and maximising the value of their information resources. An information audit provides a protocol for studying information resources - where they come from, what they cost and how...
Product evaluations can be extremely time-consuming, making even free trials a potentially costly project. Furthermore, it's essential to understand prior to the trial what a user's or organisation's needs are, vis-a-vis that product. Despite the fact that a systematic approach to trialling...
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Folio on Conferences and Continuing Professional Development
This Folio brings together a range of FUMSI articles on conferences and professional development. Use Contributing Editor Joanna Ptolomey has collected together, and commented on, this collection.
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