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Matthew Lambrinos ProSearch from Pantros IP gets semantic
23rd March 2012

ProSearch is an impressive web-based patent search software product from Pantros IP that uses an intelligent semantic system to provide patent search results and evaluation for patent owners, intellectual property (IP) law practitioners, consultants, investors and others in the IP industry.

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Dale Moore NewsEdge.com tames the information beast
23rd March 2012

I think we’d probably all agree that the sheer amount of information "out there" is overwhelming. So the question is, where do you go to find content you can trust? Most people probably have their favourite sources that they check on a regular basis; but is this sufficient? How do you know you’re not missing anything? You can’t possibly read every newspaper, magazine, specialist interest publication, blog post, newsletter or opinion.

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Sarah Hinton Add-ons that add value to information - A VIP Editorial
23rd March 2012

There is a lot of news available for free on the internet from individual publishers and search engines. Much can be delivered via email alerting, RSS feeds and sometimes even custom alerting. There are numerous patent sites out there, offering basic patent searching, machine translations and the ability to download the full patent, also all for free.

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Robin Neidorf Coming in for a landing
23rd March 2012

After the click, what happens? Convert prospects to leads when you give your landing page some consideration.

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Sarah Dillingham Unlock the business value of your information - public sector business intelligence survey
22nd March 2012

Microsoft and The Register recently held a webinar to share the results of their latest survey on public sector business intelligence. The results turned few surprises with the exception of one very overlooked but critical business information tool.

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Africa S. Hands No Statistical Abstract? Get Creative
21st March 2012

Last year a bill was passed that, in effect, reduced the U.S. Government Printing Office’s budget. As a result, the U.S. Census Bureau would cease data collection for the Statistical Compendia program. The Nebraska Library Commission through its NCompass Live weekly online series, presented a webinar with James Shaw, “Learning to Live Without a Statistical Abstract”.

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Robin Neidorf Exciting enhancements get users what they need
20th March 2012

We've been working hard on reorganising FreePint Family content to make it work more effectively for enterprise users. We've listened carefully to feedback from customers, and I'm excited to share the following important changes...

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Michelle Manafy Libraries, learning and the bottom line
20th March 2012

This month I had the privilege of speaking at two library events. The first was a remarkable response to a lack of budget for employee travel. The New York Public Library system employs hundreds of librarians. Thus, it isn't a great surprise that it can't afford to send many of them to conferences and educational events.

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Martin Belam Space shuttles and parrots: Providing incentives for collaboration and knowledge sharing
20th March 2012

Can prizes encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing on the corporate intranet? ConocoPhillips and BP Amoco seem to think so.

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Africa S. Hands A look at a week of FUMSI tweets
20th March 2012

As information professionals we're sharing a wide range of articles and resources on Twitter. Here's a bit of what FUMSI editors shared this week.

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