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<title>Does Facebook have a future?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Facebook valuation has stirred up a great deal of press debate. It is expected that the IPO valuation will come in at $75-100 billion, giving Facebook a higher value than Boeing, American Express and Nike. Unsurprisingly, people are wondering if this is another dot com bubble. Social networks haven&rsquo;t fared well following buyouts [...]]]></description>
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<title>Beyond newsletters: tips for internal communication</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ How often have you heard the phrase "we need a newsletter!"? It&rsquo;s one of the cheapest, easiest and most common ways of disseminating information within an organisation, but all too often they sit unread in email inboxes.&nbsp;It is important to carefuly consider a few&nbsp;factors before starting up a newsletter. &nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title>You do what exactly?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Usually 30-60 seconds in length, the elevator pitch is thought to be one of the most important tools used to describe what you or your business does. How do information professionals describe their work? How do you plant the seed of curiosity? ]]></description>
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<title>Keeping up with conferences via apps</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ One way to build conference excitement and keep attendees abreast of happenings is through conference apps. While one app cannot meet the needs of all attendees, several apps used together help professionals stay connected at the conference and with clients back home. ]]></description>
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<title>Is Pinterest of interest to the info pro?</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Pinterest - the social network that allows you to create a virtual pinboard of things you've collected from around the world - is rapidly growing in use. What role might it play in the digital world of the information professional? ]]></description>
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<title>A different kind of challenge</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ For many, The New Year provides an opportunity to set goals for the year. If you're anything like me you'll be looking for a new challenge. This is exactly what I did when I signed up for&nbsp; Janathon . For those not "in the know" Janathon is a yearly running challenge which asks participants [...]]]></description>
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<title>Twitter list management</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/65927</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you are running a social media presence, or using social media as research tools, then there a couple of things worth noting in Hunter Walk's blog about how we tend to inevitably add more noise to our social media than we need to . Particularly pertinent is the idea that following back anybody [...]]]></description>
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<title>Investigating the uses for (and usefulness of) Google+</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/65904</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ After Google Buzz and Google Wave, most people consider Google+ to be the company's third attempt to "do" social software. They've clearly got a large user base for search and Gmail, which they hope to convert to using the service. 2012 is probably the make or break year for Google+ having, it seems, performed [...]]]></description>
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<title>&quot;Frictionless sharing&quot; - exploring the changes to Facebook</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/65689</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ End users of Facebook may well be divided in their opinion of the introduction of frictionless sharing, but Martin Belam&rsquo;s article will forewarn you about its effect on metadata, audit trails and content publishing, so that you can be forearmed. ]]></description>
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<title>Seven things I've learnt about organising a conference</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ With the help of the internet and social media, it&rsquo;s now possible to organise a conference without a large advertising budget and an army of staff. You just need to follow Jonathan Khan&rsquo;s seven-point plan &ndash; developed from personal experience &ndash; to create a successful conference. ]]></description>
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<title>&quot;Predux&quot; - How to improve conferences through peer-reviewed rehearsals</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/65321</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conferences are great places to get up-to-date and generally build your knowledge, but how often has a conference been less than perfect because of the quality of some presentations? This is where the &ldquo;predux&rdquo; comes in. As Theba Islam explains, this allows speakers to test out their presentations, and receive constructive criticism, from a [...]]]></description>
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<title>The Guardian Teacher Network: The Teacher As Consumer</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Providing exactly what the user needs, in the format and at the time that works best for them, should be the ultimate aim of any website or web app. In her article about the Guardian Teacher Network website, Katie Roden demonstrates how having a Twitter strategy can lead to engagement of users so that [...]]]></description>
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<title>Write here, right now - how Tumblr changed blogging: Part two</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the second part of a two-part article, Will Myddelton and Martin Belam look at how Tumblr is being used by a range of organisations, from libraries to news organisations, and how easy it is to search for niche information and follow tumblelogs. ]]></description>
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<title>Write here, right now - how Tumblr changed blogging: Part One [ABSTRACT]</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tumblr may not be as well known as Wordpress or Twitter but it offers an interesting alternative because it is easy to set up, and allows you to publish as much or as little as you want using a free iPhone app, by email or by phone. In this first part of a two-part [...]]]></description>
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<title>Ebooks and libraries - a missed opportunity to evolve? [ABSTRACT]</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/64449</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over the years, public libraries have successfully redefined themselves when new publishing media have arrived but Matthew Solle questions whether their approach to lending eBooks will jeopardise their future, and considers how further and higher education are tackling this issue. ]]></description>
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<title>BBC World Service and Twitter [ABSTRACT]</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 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 [...]]]></description>
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<title>An introduction to &quot;Linked and Open Data&quot; for information professionals [ABSTRACT]</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/64146</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The linking of parts of documents and other materials offered by the Linked Data approach to the web, coupled with the open data philosophy adopted by governments, could offer researchers the chance to identify links between data not possible before and save an enormous amount of time. Zach Beauvais explains how it works. ]]></description>
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<title>The ALISS project - sharing data to support people with long term health conditions [ABSTRACT]</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/64027</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Searching the web for information about medical conditions can mean that you are swamped with useless, and often disconcerting, results. This is particularly true when you need help and support with a long-term health condition rather than descriptions of symptoms and treatments. The ALISS project aims to overcome this for people in Scotland by [...]]]></description>
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<title>SharePoint and the South Bank Centre: using analogies to sell a story [ABSTRACT]</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/63963</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Changing the technology behind an intranet is a difficult enough task, but doing it while keeping the intranet running is even more challenging. In part two of his article on implementing SharePoint to deliver the BBC&rsquo;s intranet, Gateway, Nic Price describes the gradual approach they took by introducing MySites, blogging and search as the [...]]]></description>
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<title>SharePoint - Face your fear and do it anyway: Part 1 [ABSTRACT]</title>
<link>http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/63661</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The introduction of initiatives to simply the way that business is done can often cause a lot of disruption during the change before any benefits are seen. And, trying to keep a service functioning during the change adds another level of difficulty. In this two part series, Nic Price describes what happened at the [...]]]></description>
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