Source Update March 2013: What's Happening with Eureka.cc and Europresse.com?
4th March 2013

This month's additions and takedowns in Eureka.cc and Europresse.com, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan. Europresse.com is the European version of the Eureka.cc solution.

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UK Legal Market Research: Librarian Reactions to Latest Acquisition
28th February 2013

In the wake of Thomson Reuters' decision to purchase Practical Law Company, Robin Neidorf researches the reactions of legal librarians from the top 200 UK law firms. Following on from FreePint's 2011 research into information products and priorities in these firms, she questions over 50 librarians and queries their responses to the contraction of their key information suppliers by one third.

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Tough but Achievable? Reskilling for Data Analysis
27th February 2013

Gartner suggests that companies worldwide are likely to continue spending on business intelligence. However, as recent reports indicate, the skills to analyse big data are in short supply. Info pros could satisfy the demand for data analysis skills but they face a formidable reskilling challenge - as the recent fate of InfoArmy demonstrates.

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Social Media Tools will NEVER Replace Email!
26th February 2013

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Yammer have changed the way we communicate and collaborate with our colleagues and friends. But within an organisation it's unlikely that these social media platforms will ever collectively replace email. The question is, "Why?"

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FreePint Report: Information Services Management Monthly Update (February 2013)
26th February 2013

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FreePint Report: CODiE Finalists - Best Legal Information Product
25th February 2013

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Tips for Taming Unwieldy Intranets
22nd February 2013

It used to be the case that intranets were the poor relation to external websites. Now organisations are spending much more on intranets as they become business critical, leading to increasing reliance on intranet managers. But, asks James Mullan, what has changed in recent years and what lessons can we learn from these developments?

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FreePint Report: Research - Part 2 (Information Content)
22nd February 2013

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Privacy - it's Complicated
21st February 2013

Growing popular support for a "do-not-track" option could seriously threaten internet-based eCommerce, Ovum warns - adding to other comment which raises doubts about both the effectiveness and the intrusiveness of social media and sentiment analytics. Yet official signals about privacy action remain confused at present, with the European Union under pressure from several quarters about its developing data protection regime and Britain's Information Commissioner's Office apparently watering down its own policy on cookies.

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Mini Review: Axceler ControlPoint
21st February 2013

SharePoint is well-used in large and small firms for intranets, collaboration and workflow and seems to be maintaining its competitive edge as the latest version, SharePoint 2013, is introduced. Evan Callender reviews Axceler's ControlPoint, which is designed to help those running management and policy enforcement for large SharePoint environments as well as offering some useful features which aren't present in the native SharePoint offering.

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