STM End-User Survey Part 1 – Scientists and Engineers
"Scientists and engineers spend between one quarter and one third of their working week gathering and analysing information, and have a voracious appetite for quality, specialist information.... For these professionals to use content productively, they need utility – better search and discovery – and value for the money to offset challenged budgets."
-Daniel Pollock, Vice President & Lead Analyst
IT Professionals’ Information Use Habits, Preferences, and Satisfaction
"IT professionals are important consumers of information and understanding their information needs and habits will help savvy information providers to get into new businesses through product development or M&A, to design new products for existing product portfolios, and to make modifications to existing products."
-Louise Garnett, Vice President & Lead Analyst
Factiva, Dialog, and LexisNexis – The Aggregators Formerly Known as the Big Three
"Although (or perhaps because) licensed content aggregators are now relegated behind general web search as a knowledge worker’s starting point for information, these three companies are each finding new opportunities."
-Ned May, Director & Lead Analyst
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SIPA UK July Conference
Jul. 7-8, 2009
London, UK
ALA Annual 2009 Conference 2009
Jul. 9-15, 2009
Chicago, IL
Making Connections: The power of people, partnerships & services
Jul. 14-15, 2009
Hatfield, UK
102nd AALL Annual Meeting & Conference
Jul. 25-28, 2009
Washington, DC
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9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference
Aug. 5, 2009
New York City, NY
World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Aug. 23-27, 2009
Milan, Italy