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Editorial
 Was it just me, or did everyone suddenly wake up near the end of September and realise how much we need to get done before the end of the year? Busy weeks behind and ahead of us...
If you're feeling strapped for time (and who isn't?) take advantage of the resources FreePint produces to digest and deliver the crucial insights of our research:
- Index report from Topic Series: With completion of the Topic Series, "All About Usage", we've published an index report organising all content in the series. FreePint Subscribers can login and download the report from here and we've emailed login details to series registrants.
- "What We Learned" Webinar: We also offer a 30-minute webinar after every Topic Series, summarising our key findings. Sessions on "All About Usage" are scheduled in November; register now.
- FreePint for (your industry): A short blog item, published quarterly, supports key industries with a quick guide to resources produced over the past 90 days. Most recent: FreePint for Vendors, FreePint for Biopharma and FreePint for Professional Services. Find your industry at the bottom of our homepage.
That's all in addition to our twice-monthly Subscription Update, the most recent of which you can find here.
Upcoming In Person
Since I began working with FreePint over a decade ago, the tools and resources for distance collaboration have come a long way. Still, I always look forward to opportunities to work in person with colleagues, customers and partners. Recent and upcoming:
- New York: Earlier this week I met with customers and research partners, and delivered a Communities of Practice session on understanding usage.
- Edinburgh and London: The first week of November, I'm in Edinburgh, working on-site with a customer on the processes we've developed on measuring value. Then on to London, for staff meetings, delivering a research briefing for Thomson Reuters, and hosting another CoP session on usage (limited seats still available).
- New York and Washington, DC: Then it's back to the East Coast to deliver roundtable sessions on behalf of Bureau van Dijk, on private company information. BvD is offering this development workshop to any interested attendees at no cost - learn more and register here.
You might be surprised at how efficient and cost-effective on-site work with FreePint can be. Contact me at robin.neidorf@freepint.com to explore a project or request a visit to a city near you.
Robin Neidorf
Director of Research, FreePint
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Subscription
 A FreePint Subscription keeps information strategic to your organisation by providing unique and practical Content, Community and Consulting on information Sources, Technology and Value. Learn more.
 Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
Participate in our research on private company information as we find out what users' preferred sources, perceptions and unmet needs are. In vendor interviews and articles we look at usage terms, copyright and ebooks. We also highlight a new in-depth review of Factiva as part of the new Topic Series, "News, and Other Commodities", as well as upcoming Communities of Practice focusing on "understanding usage".
Latest FreePint Subscription articles and reports:
- FreePint Report: Next Steps in Content Usage
By Robin Neidorf on Wednesday, 21st October 2015
- UK Legal Research 2015 (Purchase Drivers and Philosophy)
By Robin Neidorf on Wednesday, 21st October 2015
- Product Review of Factiva (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
By Andrew Grave on Wednesday, 21st October 2015
- UK Legal Research 2015 (Use of Core Products)
By Robin Neidorf on Tuesday, 20th October 2015
- Product Review of Factiva (Technology - Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
By Andrew Grave on Tuesday, 20th October 2015
- Q&A with ProQuest and Pi2 - Literature Monitoring in Drug Safety
By Catherine Dhanjal on Tuesday, 20th October 2015
- UK Legal Research 2015 (Introduction, History, Methodology and Respondent Pool)
By Robin Neidorf on Tuesday, 20th October 2015
- Q&A with Eduserv - Authentication in the Information Industry
By Catherine Dhanjal on Monday, 19th October 2015
- Product Review of Factiva (Technology - Search & User Interface)
By Andrew Grave on Monday, 19th October 2015
- Reflecting on the FreePint Topic Series "All About Usage"
By Andrew Lucas on Friday, 16th October 2015
- Q&A with Priory Solutions - ResearchMonitor for Resource Management
By Sophie Alexander on Friday, 16th October 2015
- Product Review of Factiva (Sources - Content & Coverage)
By Andrew Grave on Friday, 16th October 2015
- Mini Review of F1000Workspace
By Sophie Alexander on Wednesday, 14th October 2015
- Product Review of Factiva (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
By Andrew Grave on Tuesday, 13th October 2015
- Thomson Reuters Legal Division Gives Perspective on Changing Patterns in Content Usage
By Chris Porter on Tuesday, 13th October 2015
- Trends in Content & Data Usage and Usage Rights
By Willem Noorlander on Monday, 12th October 2015
- Q&A with Factiva - News on the Move
By Catherine Pask on Monday, 12th October 2015
- FreePint Report: Product Review of RefME
By Cindy Romaine on Friday, 9th October 2015
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Blog
 The FreePint Blog offers the latest commentary on trends, issues and opportunities in the information world, as well as examples of how organisations use FreePint resources to raise the value of information.
Latest FreePint Blog items:
- FreePint for Vendors
By Robin Neidorf on Monday, 19th October 2015
- F1000Workspace - New Space for Scientific Collaboration
By Catherine Dhanjal on Friday, 16th October 2015
- Concluding the FreePint Topic Series "All About Usage"
By Robin Neidorf on Friday, 16th October 2015
- Learning to Trust Private Company Information
By Robin Neidorf on Friday, 16th October 2015
- RefME - Citation Tool that Frees Up Time for Research
By Sophie Alexander on Wednesday, 14th October 2015
- FreePint Feedback - Product Review Enhancements
By Catherine Dhanjal on Wednesday, 14th October 2015
- Expert Input and Original Research for FreePint's Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"
By Catherine Dhanjal on Wednesday, 14th October 2015
- Introducing the Series Producers Part 2 - FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"
By Robin Neidorf on Monday, 12th October 2015
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Participate in the FreePint Survey: Private Company Information, gathering information about:
- Sources of information about private companies
- Differences by geography in quality and content of private company information
- Unmet needs of the marketplace for private company information
Provide an email address at the end of the survey, and we'll send you a free copy of the resulting report.
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"I found the Communities of Practice session one of the most valuable I have attended. It's helpful to talk to so many people who worry about the sorts of things that I do, like how to get the best value for the organisations we work for. You get that breadth of experience and elicit those shared agendas. There are some things that we all struggle with, and hearing what other people have tried that works or doesn't work always saves me a lot of time and energy. It's always an inspiration to hear what you've learned in your research, and also from my colleagues in similar organisations."
Director, Scientific Knowledge Services, Agriculture
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