UK legal research 2016 (satisfaction with product content and technology)
26th October 2016

How have respondents reacted to our annual research into purchasing trends and preferences in the UK legal market? Director of research, Robin Neidorf, reports on the four main products used: LexisLibrary, Lexis PSL, Westlaw UK and Practical Law and detailed comments from those surveyed into satisfaction and desired improvements.

Note: Full report (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2733

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Exploring citizen-derived geographic data
26th October 2016

Crowdsourced geographic information can be of immense help in areas such as disaster management and environmental monitoring. Sophie Alexander reports on how citizen-generated, crowdsourced data has played an important part in events such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake and how best practices are being developed in this area of big data.

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UK legal research 2016 (introduction, methodology and response)
25th October 2016

Now in our seventh year of annual research into purchasing trends and preferences in the UK legal market, this year's results promise interesting reading. Director of research, Robin Neidorf, introduces the findings, looking at whether content budgets are increasing, diminishing or remaining stable; which stakeholders are involved with overall content budget approval; and which are the most popular products.

Note: Full report (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2733

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Insider knowledge - researching North Africa
24th October 2016

Business information consultant Colin Smith shares his knowledge of researching North Africa, in particular Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. He focuses on company, business and economic topics and highlights key sources of information published in English.

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Analysing Springshare LibInsight - a mini review
21st October 2016

Springshare's LibInsight is a big data tool for libraries that allows them to record, track, and analyse library data. Competitors include SirsiDynix BLUEcloud Library Services Platform and Counting Opinions LibPAS.

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Market landscape - the leaders in big data analytics
18th October 2016

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Outsourcing your information centre
17th October 2016

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Market landscape - outsourcing organisations
13th October 2016

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Linking to copyright content
13th October 2016

You may think if you link to someone else's content rather than copy it that you're doing all you should as regards copyright, but that's not the case, as expert Clare Painter explains.

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Product review of Springshare LibGuides
12th October 2016

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