knowledge for business january 08 neil infield
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An Introduction to the Business & IP Centre
Neil Infield – Manager Business & IP Centre
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What is the British Library?
3 main funding streams:•DCMS grant-in-aid (£89m) •Annual trading income (£25m)•Donations (£4m)
Generates value to the UK economy each year of 4.4 times public funding
Helping people advance
knowledge to enrich lives
National library of the UK.Serves researchers, business, libraries, education & the general public
Collection includes over 2m sound recordings, 5m reports, theses and conference papers, 50m+ patents
The largest document supply service in the world. Digitisation enables desktop delivery within 2 hours
Over 250 years of collecting. Beneficiary of legal deposit, and £16m annual acquisitions budget
3 main sites in London and Yorkshire. 2,250 staff
Collection, 600km of shelving, grows at 11km per year1.25 Tb of digital material through voluntary deposit
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A vital resource for entrepreneurs, innovators and business researchers
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Supporting creativity and Innovation
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The Business & IP Centre
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Our workshop space
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Our training suite
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Some of our supporters
Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body
Shop
Tim Campbell, Winner of
The Apprentice
Lord Bilimoria, Founder and CEO of Cobra Beer Ltd
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Building partnerships with other organisations
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A few of our success stories
“This is a very special resource and I feel privileged to have access to it”Dee Wright Founder of The Hairforce
“The Market Research Resources at the centre helped us put together our first business plan, with which we were able to convince NESTA to award us a £35,000 grant to start the business up.” Richard WoodsCo-founder of DIY Kyoto
“I had no background in food and drink, so I spent six months in the Library researching the market..” Adam PritchardFounder & MD, Pomegreat
Knowledge for Business - January 08 - Neil Infield - Manager Business & IP Centre - British Library
A few of our success stories
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UK & Global Market Research Publications
Key Note
Verdict
Mintel
MSI
Datamonitor
Pira International
Leatherhead Food Research
Frost & Sullivan
SportBusiness Group
Publishers Association.
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Trade & Business Directories
3,500 Directories
Countries, Industries & Trade Associations
Industry specific information
Suppliers of specific products & services
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Search our collection from home
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Online Market Research
Global Market Information Database (GMID) Euromonitor
Frost & Sullivan
Key Note
Business Insights
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Online Company Information
FAME – Financial information on 2.5 million UK & Irish companies
AMADEUS - Financial information on 1 million top European companies
Onesource – Financial information on 13,000,000+ US companies
D&B Global Reference Solution – Contact database of 109 million firms
Kompass – Product & service directory of 1.8 million firms worldwide
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News databases
Factiva – 10,000 local, national & international sources
Business Source Complete - Full text content from 11,000+ sources
ABI Inform – 2,700 newspapers, magazines & academic sources
Business & Industry – 1,000 business & sector-specific sources
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HOW TO ACCESS OUR SERVICES
Research Service
British Library Document Supply Service
British Library Direct
Business & IP CentreSocial Science Reading Room
Science Reading RoomHumanities Reading Room
When outside the British Library you can search for and order
articles yourself
When in the British Library
We can do your research for you
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Here to Help…
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