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Tailor to the medium.(Brief article)

Information World Review

| April 10, 2007 | Chillingworth, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2007 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mark Chillingworth

Tailor to the medium

IWR's readership survey last month threw up some interesting results. Not only did we learn a great deal about the changing roles of information professionals, we also got a rare opportunity to investigate how users like to consume IWR content.

Like everyone in the information community, whether an information department in an organisation or an information provider, IWR produces content in three distinct mediums: print, online and a blog. This year's survey and analysis of our web traffic have revealed that the three audiences are not one and the same. While there is some crossover of print readers at the blog and web readers joining our print community, most users of the print and web editions are very different.

Read through the news pages of media, publishing and information industry titles and it is clear that this is a common experience. The editor of The Independent newspaper says he sees little evidence that readers/users really listen ...

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