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IWR meets demands for a little light relief.(Information World Review)(Brief article)

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| May 08, 2007 | Grifin, Daniel | 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: Daniel Grifin

IWR meets demands for a little light relief

Daniel Griffin

With respondents to the 2007 IWR survey saying the world's leading independent title for information users is "too serious", IWR has launched n.0, a left-of-field look at the the budget blues, red tape, clueless bosses and other banes of information professionals' lives.

n.0 features the trials and tribulations of information professionals Anita and Tim as they attempt to keep their organisation's thirst for knowledge thoroughly quenched from a cutting-edge information department

Shining some light on the choice of the cartoon's moniker, creator and illustrator jiMR said: "n.0 refers to the ever evolving information industry and the sometimes silly populist names that people put on it, such as Web 2.0.

"It also refers to the characters' desperate outlook. They are ready to just ...

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