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Achieving Engaging Training at Low Cost
22nd June 2015

Val Skelton and Sarah Huibregtse, co-producers of the FreePint Topic Series "Best Practices in Information Skills Development", highlight some of the latest articles from the series and considers the place that competency-based training, video, and open courses have in today's training programmes.

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Improve Training by Tapping into New Technology
22nd June 2015

Phil Bradley considers the changing world of training and why it's essential to keep up with the latest technology developments - whether running a training course or keeping your own skills up to date.

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FreePint Feedback - FreePint's Editorial Commissioning Process
19th June 2015

FreePint's managing editor, Catherine Dhanjal, answers a recent customer query: "How does FreePint decide which vendors and subjects to cover in product reviews and articles?"

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Driving the Future of Information
19th June 2015

FreePint's director of research, Robin Neidorf, shares insights from FreePint research projects and consultancy which have identified critical gaps in organisational strategy.

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Honing Your Skills in a Digital World
18th June 2015

Katharine Reedy introduces the role that the Open University's online bite-size "Being digital" activities can play in workplace learning.

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Subscription Update for Professional Services
17th June 2015

Professional services firms make up a significant portion of FreePint's customer base. We work closely with our customers in this industry to produce resources that speak to their broad-based content requirements and particular needs for information strategy, procurement, skill development and collaboration with other parts of their businesses. Here we highlight recent and upcoming items from FreePint's Content, Community and Consulting.

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Business Intelligence Provision in the Biopharma Industry
16th June 2015

Yulia Aspinall explores the changing options for collecting and channelling business intelligence, insight and analytics, with particular reference to developments in the biopharma industry.

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Introducing the Series Producers - FreePint Topic Series "All About Usage"
15th June 2015

The FreePint Topic Series "All About Usage" launches in July and we gain some advance insight from the co-producers of the series as to how the articles, reviews, Q&As and webinars will bring information managers insight into how to formulate their organisational approach to issues such as content sharing, data integration, text mining and big data.

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Embedding Training in the Workplace
15th June 2015

Sonja Irlbeck explores how to enhance team competencies through effective workplace training.

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FreePint Feedback - Value of the Information Centre
12th June 2015

FreePint's managing editor, Catherine Dhanjal, draws out recent FreePint articles, webinars and Community of Practice sessions to answer a customer query: "I'm interested in FreePint's resources on the value of the information centre so that I can include this in my report for senior management to justify investment in the centre and its staff."

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