Previous Presentations by SDIS

2012

Change Management and Marketing 2012

Shaida Dorabjee and Elisabeth Goodman ran a workshop on these two essential activities for information managers on 21st March 2012 in London. Further details from SDIS or www.ukeig.org.uk/training

2011

Expanding the role of the information professional: Effective steps to partnering success

Pharma-Bio-Med & Biosciences Conference.
Venice, Italy. 14-16th November 2011
www.pharma-bio-med.com

Shaida ran a tutorial which explored the partnering process and identify the many possible partners who could work effectively with the information service.  The tutorial also examined some of the partnering relationships in more detail and identified the skills and competencies needed to develop effective partnering.

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2010

Pharma-Bio-Med

Seville, Spain, 8-10 November 2010.

Shaida gave a presentation on the importance of marketing for information professionals.  The Pharma-Bio-med Conference focuses on driving business innovation at all stages of a drug's progression, from discovery research, through pre-clinical assessment, clinical, regulatory, safety, post marketing surveillance, and business and competitor information.  [more...]

Cilip in Surrey

Epsom, Surrey, 21st April 2010.

Marketing Matters.  Maintaining a visible, viable and vibrant information service.  [more...]

Winter 2009

Marketing Matters - maintaining a visible, viable and vibrant information service

CSLIG Meeting, London, 19th November 2009.

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Pharmaceutical information Sources: key sources and key players

Online, London, 2nd December 2009.

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Winter 2008

Business Information for R&D and Strategic Planning

Pharma-Bio-Med, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2-5th November 2008.
www.pharma-bio-med.com

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Pharmaceutical Information: key issues and key electronic sources

UKeiG Training Course on Biomedical Information, London, 26th November 2008.
www.ukeig.org.uk

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Pharmaceutical information Sources: key players and some minor characters

Online, London, 3rd December 2008.
www.online-information.co.uk

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2006 and 2007

Information audits: Evidence-based information delivery.

Presented at PharmaBioMed, Athens November 2007 and Online, London December 2007.

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Pharmaceutical Information - traditional and not-so-traditional sources.

Presented at Online, London December 2006

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Do Information Professionals Provide the Right Information? Strategies for Leading the Way.

Presented at PharmaBioMed, Lisbon November 2006.

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Archive publications

The Business of Information - Are information professionals risk averse?

Business Information Review (2004) Vol 21 No3 148-156

In a recent book on knowledge management, information professionals are urged to transform and brace themselves for a more active and dynamic role in the information and knowledge society.

However are information professionals rising to the clarion call?  This article takes a challenging and deliberately provocative look at the role of the traditional information professional in an environment where others in information-related functions appear to take a more active part in the business, present a stronger image and ultimately may replace the role of the information professional.

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