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Introduction to FreePint's Research into Visibility
25th March 2015

Robin Neidorf presents an introduction to FreePint's recent research into visibility. She looks at areas such as respondents' involvement in technology-related decisions that may affect information visibility, budgets for resource discovery and what the information managers polled think of when discussing "visibility".

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Adopting a More Holistic Approach to Discovery Within the Enterprise
25th March 2015

With the FreePint Topic Series "Making Information Visible" drawing to a close, Sophie Alexander looks at articles from the series which focus on information discovery in the enterprise and some of the ways that finding information can be made easier beyond the implementation of technology.

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My Favourite Tipples from a Public Sector Innovator
25th March 2015

My Favourite Tipples are shared by Ciara Eastell, head of Libraries, Culture and Heritage for Devon County Council and president of the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL). She shares her favourite online resources in areas from online learning and digital inclusion to innovation and creativity.

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Choosing the Right Discovery Tool for the Enterprise
24th March 2015

Information managers know how difficult it can be to choose the right information discovery tool for their organisation as it's not always easy to predict what problems will arise until you begin the implementation process. A recent FreePint webinar, featuring case studies from Cargill and Unilever, shed some light on some of the key issues to consider before, during and after implementing a discovery tool.

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Moving On From a Mediocre Search Experience
24th March 2015

Nigel Williams of Interact Intranet looks at ineffective intranet search, some of the reasons behind this, and how to make the intranet an integral part of employee collaboration and communication from the start.

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Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
24th March 2015

Find out what's new and upcoming in FreePint's Content, Community, and Consulting including articles, reports and webinars in the "Making Information Visible" series. Find out about our Community of Practice event for information managers in the tangible goods industry, and the session for professional services firms. Consulting projects include two with organisations which have undergone reorganisation or merger.

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Future-Proofing Your News Strategy
23rd March 2015

The recent webinar "What We Learned About 'News, and Beyond'" shed light on three key findings from FreePint's recent Topic Series and research into news for research and current awareness. This blog item highlights those main findings and suggests some next steps for supporting strategic news planning through 2015.

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Access to an Emerging Market - Starting Research in Brazil
20th March 2015

Latin American business information specialist Mirjam Wolfrum provides a starting point for conducting research on companies, economic data and industries in Brazil. She also highlights some of the challenges such as the importance of local language (Portuguese) and local researchers.

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Introducing the FreePint Topic Series "Best Practices in Information Skills Development"
20th March 2015

As we launch FreePint's new Topic Series "Best Practices in Information Skills Development", the co-producers provide a taste of what's upcoming as we examine skills development from the perspective of information managers who need to train their centre staff and users in other departments.

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Tableau Desktop - Visualising Business Intelligence
20th March 2015

The business intelligence market is growing fast and there are a raft of players competing for a share of the market. One of the fastest growing is Tableau Software which is setting the pace for data visualisation. FreePint has reviewed its latest release Tableau Desktop 9.0.

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