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What We Do
Information Management Services, Inc. is a consulting firm whose mission is
to help organizations make smart investments in information products and
services that will bring the most value to their business. Our engagements
are focused primarily on information needs assessments, information product
evaluations and trials, vendor contract negotiations, strategic planning for
information resources, and drafting of information policies. We also have
experience with taxonomy development.
Information
Needs Assessments
How long has it been since you talked directly with business professionals in
your organization about the kinds of information they require for day-to-day
decision-making?
We will help you design surveys
and administer focus groups to determine the content and information services
needed by knowledge workers in your organization.
Information
Product/Services Evaluations & Trials
How
do you sort through all of the advertising and marketing messages to learn
what benefits content providers and information services can offer to your
organization? Should you diversify your information services investments?
Based on the outcome of the information needs assessments, we will help you
identify appropriate content resources and will work with vendors to set up
trials of these services for the persons who need to use them.
Contract
Negotiations & Management
Information Management Services will help you consolidate vendor contracts,
negotiate the best prices for your organization, and get the most flexible
terms in your information services contracts.
Strategic
Planning for Information Centers
Do you have a Strategic Plan for information services that you can share with
management and other colleagues? With your input, we can help you prepare
this essential business tool.
Information
Policies
Changing technology and evolving laws may require new policies for
retrieving, using, sharing, storing, and purging information—both internal
and external documents. We can help
you draft new information policies for your organization.
Evaluation
of Information Resources
We can compare specific attributes of multiple information sources to
determine which one most closely matches your needs.
Taxonomy
Development
Classification and indexing of documents has become more critical as
businesses create and then need to find an ever-increasing amount of
digitized information in their networks. Information Management Services can
help you determine what classification systems or taxonomies you might
license to apply to your content or we can help you develop standards for
creating your own taxonomy.
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