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FreePint for Manufacturing
4th November 2015
Information centres in manufacturing environments are often more lightly staffed than their counterparts in biopharma or legal environments. This makes it all the more crucial to make effective use of resources, whether controlled by the information centre or not. Libby Trudell highlights items of interest to information professionals in the manufacturing field from the recent FreePint Series "All about Usage", including best practices for working across the organisation, enabling authentication and managing usage rights.
Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
4th November 2015
FreePint's Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities" is now well underway, read articles on fee vs free company data and news, the increasingly significant role of private equity investment in the information and publishing markets. Learn about our latest in-depth product reviews and about the webinars and Community of Practice sessions upcoming - and the work we do with our consulting customers.
My Favourite Tipples from a Freelance Content Specialist
4th November 2015
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Dale Moore a freelance content specialist and long-time information manager. He shares his favourite online resources around electronic resources, IT news and project management.
Eighth Annual News Survey Now Collecting Responses
4th November 2015
Participate in FreePint's annual Survey of News Needs and Preferences - complete the questions and we'll send you a copy of the research as a thank you.
Purchasing Preferences & Needs - Views from UK Top 200 Legal Firms
3rd November 2015
Legal firms invest considerable sums in purchasing high quality content. We ask Robin Neidorf, FreePint's director of research, why organisations should read FreePint's 2015 research into purchasing preferences and needs from our survey of the top 200 law firms.
"News, and Other Commodities" - a Thorough Look at Premium Sources
27th October 2015
Series co-producer, Anja Thygesen, reviews content published recently in the FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities" as well as what's upcoming. If you're interested in sources covering business, company, financial, industry and people research, find out more and register to ensure you receive regular Topic Series updates.
Factiva - Further Enhancements and Functionality
23rd October 2015
Factiva is Dow Jones' premium news aggregation service. Andrew Grave has just carried out an in-depth review and we ask him how Factiva can help you get the right information to the right people throughout your organisation with its sophisticated search criteria, news alerts, newsletter tools, visual filters and custom analytics.
FreePint Newsletter 433 Published
22nd October 2015
FreePint Newsletter 433 has been published. Make the most of FreePint's digestible reports, webinars and Communities of Practice to gain essential insights from our research.
Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
21st October 2015
Participate in our research on private company information as we find out what users' preferred sources, perceptions and unmet needs are. In vendor interviews and articles we look at usage terms, copyright and ebooks. We also highlight a new in-depth review of Factiva as part of the new Topic Series, "News, and Other Commodities", as well as upcoming Communities of Practice focusing on "understanding usage".
My Favourite Tipples from a Telecoms, Media and Technology Information Officer
21st October 2015
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Scott Vine, senior Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) knowledge and information officer for Clifford Chance LLP. He shares his favourite online resources for note taking, current awareness monitoring, online education and ebooks.
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