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Human Factor Engineering
6th December 2012

Does it seem we spend at least as much time addressing the human side of information work as the technology side? Robin Neidorf guesses that FreePint coverage might well be divided in half between these two sides of the profession. A recent FreePint Report collects an even dozen articles to support changes in habit. Product reviews, as always, offer a quick view into the latest (and sometimes greatest) combinations of content and technology.

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Productive Products for Particular Professionals
4th December 2012

A flurry of product reviews goes live, and Director of Research Robin Neidorf solicits your input for additional products to add to the review pipeline in 2013.

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Simplicity, for Private Company Information from PI
3rd December 2012

If you need in-depth current or historical company information, Private Company Data from Perfect Information could be what you’re looking for.

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CisionPoint: Even Better After All These Years
29th November 2012

From 1892 to 2012, Cision has evolved from clipping service to all-in-one PR and communication publishing and relationship management tool. Reviewer Connie Crosby comments on her positive experience with CisionPoint and notes the unique value of partnerships... and of human researchers to improve the data.

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Adoption in the Organisation
29th November 2012

Melanie Browne reviews the articles which make up the FreePint Report: Adoption in the Organisation and highlights some of the strands. User-created content brings challenges for information professionals and nudges the evolution of the role towards that of facilitator or information guide. Mobiles and social media bring opportunities for using smarter tools and communicating more effectively, leading to better collaboration and more effective decision-making.

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News Diligence: When "Good Enough" Just Isn't
28th November 2012

FreePint's research documents what many information professionals sense -- that free sources of news are increasingly used in the enterprise as "good enough" for most purposes. However, there are times when "good enough" isn't enough, and it's essential for a researcher to know when those are... and to have the right tools to hand.

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Right Time, Place, Skill Set, Mind Set
27th November 2012

Robin Neidorf observes that our work as information professionals is perhaps not about trying to manage knowledge ‘but the application of knowledge: enabling the right know-how to emerge for workers at just the right time and place’. While this can seem like a random and serendipitous event, well outside of our control, how can we consciously create an environment for this to happen more often?

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Plug in to What's Happening with Sources: Factiva, Nexis and EBSCO
26th November 2012

Every month, contributing editor Anne Jordan researches additions to and takedowns from common aggregator platforms, and investigates other sources newly available or removed from professional tools. Learn about this month's updates, which are available in full through a FreePint Subscription.

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Curation, cats and intuition
20th November 2012

When I get down to the business of sorting through relevant video and data, how do I sort through it all? And ultimately, do I trust the data, or do I trust my intuition?

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Big Data = Big Opportunity
20th November 2012

Harvard Business Review listed "data scientist" as the "sexiest job of the 21st century". Librarians and information professionals are data scientists, as well as experts in finding, evaluating and transforming data and information into insightful deliverables that enable strategic decision-making. If we gain a basic understanding of how Big Data can be used to solve problems in the industries in which we work, we can gain a place at the table when Big Data initiatives are unveiled in our organisations.

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