Information Today Inc imprint: 49 books
Public Knowledge
Access and Benefits
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits, edited by the late Miriam A. Drake together with Donald T. Hawkins, is the first book in years to explore trends and issues for researchers and organizations that rely on U.S. public information. More than a dozen topic experts, information specialists, and government...
Laughing at the CIO
A Parable and Prescription for IT Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2007
While many firms focus most on the technological aspects of the information technology (IT) equation, this guide shows that success requires attention to the information itself. Using an instructive business parable, a set of guiding principles is presented; their implementation can be used to...
Building & Running a Successful Research Business
A Guide for the Independent Information Professional
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
The essential handbook for every information entrepreneur, this is the indispensable guide to launching, managing, and growing an independent research firm. From beginning to end, this newly updated study navigates through every stage of the process-introductory procedures, conducting the company,...
Find It Fast
Extracting Expert Information from Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Go beyond Google to mine big data and social media
Author Robert Berkman gives expert advice on how to search the internet to locate the best information sources, how to find and utilize the professionals behind those sources, and how to combine these techniques to complete an information search...
Cashing In With Content
How Innovative Marketers Use Digital Information to Turn Browsers into Buyers
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2005
Sharing the secrets of today's most innovative marketers, this book shows how marketers use content to turn Web browsers into buyers, encourage repeat business, and unleash the amazing power of viral marketing. Presented are proven content solutions through a series of in-depth interviews with top...
by Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Have you ever reviewed a book at Amazon.com? Uploaded a photo to Flickr? Commented on a blog posting? Used tags to describe or access information? If you have, you've contributed user-generated content to the web. But while many librarians and information professionals have accepted their roles as creators...
The Invisible Web
Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Enormous expanses of the Internet are unreachable with standard web search engines. This book provides the key to finding these hidden resources by identifying how to uncover and use invisible web resources. Mapping the invisible Web, when and how to use it, assessing the validity of the information,...
by Deborah C. Sawyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Focusing specifically on the competitive information needs of service-oriented firms, this book illuminates the many forms of competition in service businesses, identifies the most effective information resources for competitive intelligence, and provides a practical framework for identifying and...
The Accidental Data Scientist
Big Data Applications and Opportunities for Librarians and Information Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Harvard Business Review has described the data scientist as a high-ranking professional with the training and curiosity to make discoveries in the world of Big Data, and called that role “the sexiest job of the 21st century.” Amy Affelt, author of The Accidental Data Scientist, notes that “Librarians...
by Jeffrey M. Stanton, Kathryn R. Stam
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
For business owners, managers, and IT staff interested in learning how to effectively and ethically monitor and influence workplace behavior, this guide is a roadmap to ensuring security without risking employee privacy or trust. The misuse of information systems by wired workers-either through error...
Deep Text
Using Text Analytics to Conquer Information Overload, Get Real Value from Social Media, and Add Big(ger) Text to Big Data
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Deep text is an approach to text analytics that adds depth to our ability to utilize a growing mass of unstructured text the world is drowning in. Here, author Tom Reamy explains what deep text is and surveys its many uses and benefits. He describes applications and development best practices, discusses...
by Heather Hedden
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden—a leading taxonomy expert and instructor—walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward,...
Super Searchers Go to the Source
The Interviewing and Hands-On Information Strategies of Top Primary Researchers-Online, on the Phone
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Using an expert interview approach to primary research, this book shares secrets from professional researchers for integrating online skills with interviews, hands-on public records research, and documents and printed materials not available on the Internet. Provided are tips and resources for using...
by Anne P. Mintz, Steve Forbes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
As the Internet has become flooded with untrustworthy information, some of which is intentionally misleading or erroneous, this book teaches web surfers how inaccurate data can affect their health, privacy, investments, business decisions, online purchases, and legal affairs. Bringing together the...