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The Latest News on News Content
30th October 2012

With data collection for the 2012 iteration of the FreePint Survey: News Needs and Preferences well underway, trends regarding corporate use of free and fee resources demonstrate unresolved tension for information professionals. Respondents to date indicate their strong and growing appreciation for premium features like reporting and targeted searching; at the same time, they remain convinced that usage of free resources will grow in the coming year. Read more and participate in the survey.

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BvD's Mint: A Fresh Approach to Business Intelligence
29th October 2012

'Business intelligence' is usually used as a collective term for a diverse group of technologies, tools and processes which help organisations make more informed strategic business decisions. Bureau van Dijk's Mint, a fresh approach to business intelligence, is one such tool. If you need access to high quality company information backed up by industry reports and news - no matter what your role in the organisation - Mint could be just what you need.

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Endorsements and "Networked individualism"
23rd October 2012

Blog posts and tweets are one thing to use and manage as information sources. How do we begin to make sense of and integrate "content" - and it IS content - such as number of endorsements for a particular skill, or star ratings? And how is an increasingly networked world shift expectations for managing information?

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The Private Company Challenge
23rd October 2012

Librarians and information professionals are continuously up for the challenge of finding pertinent information. However there seems to be that one request that tests one's research expertise—locating private company information.

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InfoMonitor: Turnkey Competitive Intelligence Newsletters
23rd October 2012

Aileen Marshall reviews InfoMonitor, a turnkey service that creates custom competitive intelligence newsletters. The unique thing about InfoMonitor is that the software and search interface are not visible to the customer. Instead, based on the needs of the client, InfoDesk staff, comprised of experienced information professionals, creates and edits daily or weekly newsletters, summarising the latest news on any given topic for the organisation. This is a short version of a more detailed mini-review published in the FreePint Subscription.

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Distance Learning Has Arrived
23rd October 2012

Many organisations of all sizes and types are considering distance learning to support their workers, members and stakeholders. Developments in technology and user behaviour in the past several years have made distance learning more effective and accepted. Organisations can take advantage of the benefits offered by distance learning to create a resilient workforce of perpetual learners.... but there are of course pitfalls to avoid.

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Improving Communities of Practice through Distance Learning Principles
22nd October 2012

Communities of practice are one of the highest-value, lowest-cost components of knowledge management, as well as sources of deep professional satisfaction for participants. As and where they already exist, they can become even more effective through thoughtful application of distance learning principles.

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Learning Interactions: The Missing Key to KM Success
22nd October 2012

The value of knowledge within an organisation is directly linked to how effectively workers interact with and share that knowledge. Despite years of development, knowledge management tools have yet to fully deliver seamless and effective transfer of knowledge. Could better understanding and integration of the principles of distance learning be the missing factor that can improve KM satisfaction and results?

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Pinterest: Not Just for Academic and Public Libraries?
18th October 2012

Information professionals might consider how they could use Pinterest in their organisations to reach internal or external audiences, drawing on examples from special libraries, museums, and even public libraries. Could a high-tech company, for example, use Pinterest effectively to post pictures of the company's products?

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Action Through Clarity
18th October 2012

Competitive intelligence is one of the most-covered topics in the FreePint Article database. Perhaps one reason for this coverage is the relative clarity of CI as a domain of practice. This clarity seems to be reflected in results from FreePint's Benchmarking on Information Services project. As clear as CI can be, it's also constantly changing, due to the introduction of new tools and ways that businesses share information.

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