Product Review of Infotrieve Mobile Library
12th October 2011

Infotrieve Mobile Library, a business service solution for content access and management, secure social networking and collaboration, full service library outsourcing, content licensing, copyright compliant document delivery, usage analysis, reprints and collection management, is reviewed by Leah Pellegrino.

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Product Review of BvD Bankscope
12th October 2011

BvD Bankscope, a global database and financial analysis tool offering bank financial statements, ratings, news and intelligence, is reviewed by Heidi Longaberger.

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Defining value through pricing
12th October 2011

FreePint Research has piloted Benchmarking on Pricing, a confidential process through which content buyers can determine how well their content contracts reflect current pricing norms.

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The Guardian Teacher Network: The Teacher As Consumer
3rd October 2011

Providing exactly what the user needs, in the format and at the time that works best for them, should be the ultimate aim of any website or web app. In her article about the Guardian Teacher Network website, Katie Roden demonstrates how having a Twitter strategy can lead to engagement of users so that a website provides a tailored user experience and evolves as needs change.

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Connecting the Dots: A Semantic Web Primer
3rd October 2011

The much talked-about semantic web appears to be getting ever closer and organisations like Google, Best Buy, TripIt and ZoomInfo are already using semantic technologies to connect with users or increase their online presence. Candice Fong provides a very useful introduction to the technologies and tools, and questions whether law may benefit from the semantic web.

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In the thick of it: Why information professionals should be at the heart of government digital engagement activity
3rd October 2011

As government strives to create two-way communication with people, librarians are ideally placed, and equipped, to be at the heart of this digital engagement. Lesley Thomson describes the perfect skills government librarians have to facilitate this engagement and the value breaking into this new “information territory” would bring.

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Powering up with predictive search
3rd October 2011

One of the most difficult aspects of searching for information on an unfamiliar subject is knowing the appropriate vocabulary to use. Each sector and industry has its own terminology which can cause a search barrier for the uninitiated. Tasha Bergson-Michelson shows how to overcome this barrier through the use of predictive search which involves visualising what the answer might be.

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FreePint Research Report: Information from and about China
28th September 2011

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Product Review of Intelligence Plaza
20th September 2011

Intelligence Plaza, web-based market and competitive intelligence software that automates routines and organises data in one storage repository while enabling information sharing and delivery to end users, is reviewed by Scott Brown.

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Establishing the Benchmark
20th September 2011

Current FreePint Research projects are: benchmarking the buying patterns of UK law firms; studying copyright policies and practices; and benchmarking pricing for a limited number of commonly used products.

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