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Surfacing Information and Avoiding Visibility Sins
12th March 2015

The latest articles and Q&As published in the Topic Series "Making Information Visible" are under co-producer James Mullan's scrutiny along with his highlights of items to be published which look at areas such as external tools to improve information visibility and ways to improve users' search experience.

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From Taxonomy to Visualisation... the NewsEdge Way
11th March 2015

Chris Porter considers the connections between taxonomy and visualisation, with particular reference to Acquire Media's news management and delivery tool, NewsEdge.com.

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Efficient and Effective Legal Research in the Era of Apps
6th March 2015

Reed Smith's national manager of research services, John DiGilio, looks at the growth of mobile applications for conducting legal research and introduces the key apps of the moment and the criteria by which they will be reviewed.

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FreePint Newsletter 418 Published
5th March 2015

Announcement of the publication of FreePint Newsletter 418.

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Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
4th March 2015

We look at what's new and upcoming in FreePint's Content, Community, and Consulting - including recent product reviews in the scientific and technical field, and Q&A with vendors as part of our Topic Series, "Making Information Visible". FreePint's upcoming Community of Practice events include sessions on "needs assessment for information visibility" and a session for information managers in tangible goods industries in April. Consulting projects include focus on document delivery and digital rights management.

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My Favourite Tipples from a Library and Content Marketing Freelancer
4th March 2015

My Favourite Tipples are shared by Val Skelton, a freelancer with specialist expertise in training, content marketing, editing and conference programme development. She shares her favourite free online resources in areas from newsfeeds to free-to-use images and strategic thinking.

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Social Media - Points to Ponder for the Information Professional
4th March 2015

When recently researching an update of social media management tools, regular FreePint contributor Chris Porter sampled quite a number of vendor services. Quite a few aspects struck him as areas where information professional could add value, whether during a vendor selection phase or in subsequent roll-out.

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Subscription Update for Legal
4th March 2015

FreePint provides articles and reports on the latest trends for researchers in business, competitive intelligence, and knowledge management. This also includes legal information professionals who are managing and embracing change in law and in this blog we highlight relevant information on FreePint's Content, Community and Consulting.

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Tools that Take Us Beyond Search and Retrieval
27th February 2015

Jan Sykes looks at recently published and upcoming articles and reviews in the Topic Series "Making Information Visible". She highlights content about tools and services which aim to facilitate discovery and ease of access to improve the user experience.

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Join Our Webinar - What We Learned about "News, and Beyond"
27th February 2015

Join FreePint's March webinar, open to all, which discusses essential questions around news and presents key findings from FreePint's recent Topic Series "News, and Beyond". You'll come away with practical next steps to help you identify and assess your current position and future strategy around news.

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