BvD Mint: Sources, Content and Coverage
22nd October 2012

Dale Moore reviews the four information modules in BvD Mint (Companies, Directors, News and Research) and discusses sources for each.

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BvD Mint: Introduction and FreePint's View
22nd October 2012

Mint, from Bureau van Dijk (BvD), is a database of business information which provides data on companies, directors, news stories and industry research. BvD has clearly invested a great deal into creating Mint, and it shows. Reviewer Dale Moore discusses his view of BvD Mint.

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How Information-Related Organisations Can Use Pinterest to Meet Their Goals
18th October 2012

Valerie Kittell looks at the use of Pinterest by special libraries, museums, academic and public libraries. While these settings may have different audiences and goals, information professionals might consider how they could use Pinterest in their organisations to reach internal or external audiences. Could a high-tech company, for example, use Pinterest to post pictures of the company's products?

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Endorse, like, review - you scratch my back...
16th October 2012

Facilities such as LinkedIn's recent skills endorsement functionality offer people the opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of colleagues and associates. But at what point does excessive, paid and "fake" endorsement start to dilute the currency and validity of endorsement?

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Prospect Research Strategy: Applications for All Researchers
16th October 2012

Prospect research is used by non-profits to assess philanthropic capacity and inclination of potential donors. Rachel Bates Wilfahrt explores applications of this process and research strategy for researchers working in other industries.

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Cloud - it's an ill wind...
15th October 2012

As cloud computing reaches some degree of maturity, plenty of doubts and uncertainties remain, as evidenced by recent surveys. There’s worry about whether regulators are yet again falling behind the technology, but also that the case for the cloud is currently too technology-driven, and that the many products currently available aren’t making users any happier.

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BYOD - opportunities where you least expect them?
10th October 2012

Who will be the winners and losers from the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement? A little wave of recent reports indicate that it's caught the IT department on the back foot - and one suggests an unexpected possible gainer.

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Where Is Information Work Taking Place?
9th October 2012

Information services may no longer have the same headcounts as 20 years ago (or even 10 years ago), but they perform critical functions within organisations. Furthermore, the work that used to be performed within IS still takes place, but perhaps not in quite the same way or by the same job titles as in the past. This next article documenting the results of Benchmarking on Information Services illustrates some of the successes and frustrations of the evolving information function in the enterprise.

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FreePint Report: Competitive Intelligence
8th October 2012

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Selling social media in the organisation
3rd October 2012

If you're responsible for managing social media tools within an organisation, you should be considering creating a policy addressing the use of social media tools. This is no easy task, given how well used social media tools are within the consumer field, and the expectation that the same functionality will be available within a workplace. So how can you create a sensible social media policy - one that will be acceptable to everyone in the organisation?

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