Making time every month to focus on information strategy would make a great New Year's resolution for 2016.

That's what we were told in a recent survey of FreePint customers: they consider our webinars and Communities of Practice (CoP) sessions uniquely valuable because they mean putting a regular time in the calendar to focus on information strategy.

We're pleased to launch the year with a strong set of webinar sessions for you to explore:

• The first webinar of 2016 will be "IS and IT Make Sense of the 'Digital Workplace'", an exploration of where and how information services can collaborate more effectively with IT to help realise the potential of the digital environments we all work in today
  
  
• Additional sessions scheduled for February and March investigate other facets of our current Research Focus on "Strategic Alignment of Information Services and IT".

We're also running monthly CoP strategy sessions which provide valuable peer-to-peer dialogue plus practical tools to apply the research to your own environment, starting with:

• Make the Most of Your Organisation's Reporting Structure (February)
• Sources, Technology and Value - What You Can "Own" and What You Can Influence (March)

Take part: if your organisation has a FreePint Subscription I strongly encourage you to participate in the sessions, and make them a regular part of your workflow and planning in 2016.

Take a taste: If your organisation doesn't yet have a FreePint Subscription, find out more and then contact us to request "taster" access to make an evaluation.

Welcome to a new year of focus on information strategy with FreePint.

Robin Neidorf
Director of Research

Research Focus

FreePint Research focuses on a different area of information strategy every calendar quarter.

• The Topic Series Strategic Alignment of IS and IT (Jan-Mar 2016) enables content experts and technology experts to better understand, work together and achieve mutual goals around the value of information in their businesses.

• Introducing the Producers - FreePint Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT" by Catherine Dhanjal on 6th January.
  As the FreePint Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT" launches this month we've interviewed the producers to ask them what subjects we can expect to see covered and how the Focus will help organisations to improve innovation and progress by improving relationships between experts in information services and information technology.

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 by Catherine Dhanjal on 6th January.
  Read articles from our recently-concluded "News, and Other Commodities" series on subjects including online video, financial, and people information, plus analysis of FreePint's 8th Annual Survey on News Needs and Preferences. Find out about our new Research Focus, "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT".

Latest FreePint Subscription Articles and Reports:

• Reflecting on the FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"
  Article by Anja Chemnitz Thygesen on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• Index Report for the Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"
  Report on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• Product Review of Eikon (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
  Article by Chris Porter on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• Key Learning Points - What We Learned about Information Skills
  Article by Sophie Alexander on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• Identify Connections Between Business Objectives and Information Skills
  Report on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• Product Review of Eikon (Sources - Content & Coverage)
  Article by Chris Porter on Tuesday, 5th January 2016
  
  
• Deep Dive on News Survey Results - Factiva vs Nexis
  Article by Robin Neidorf on Monday, 4th January 2016
  
  
• Product Review of Eikon (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
  Article by Chris Porter on Monday, 4th January 2016
  
  
• A Framework for Evaluating Sources
  Article by Anja Chemnitz Thygesen on Wednesday, 30th December 2015
  
  
• Subscription Update for Information Services Management
  Report on Wednesday, 30th December 2015
  
  
• Evaluating Factiva and Nexis
  Article by Andrew Grave on Tuesday, 29th December 2015
  
  
• Increasing Relevance of Online Video for Research
  Article by Rachael Elliott on Thursday, 24th December 2015
  
  
• Market Landscape - People Information
  Report on Thursday, 24th December 2015
  
  
• Articulating and Measuring Objectives for DIY Content Aggregation
  Report on Wednesday, 23rd December 2015
  
  
• DIY Content Aggregation - Emerging Alternatives to Traditional Databases
  Article by Robin Neidorf on Wednesday, 23rd December 2015
  
  
• Market Landscape - Financial Information Sources
  Report on Wednesday, 23rd December 2015
  
  
• FreePint Survey on News Needs & Preferences 2015
  Report on Wednesday, 23rd December 2015
  
  
• Insider Knowledge - Researching West Africa
  Article by Colin Smith on Wednesday, 23rd December 2015
  
  
• FreePint News Survey Analysis 2015 Part 5 - News in the Workflow and Current Awareness
  Article by Robin Neidorf on Tuesday, 22nd December 2015
  
  
• Key Subscription Sources for Financial Information
  Article by Eileen Steer on Monday, 21st December 2015
  
  
• Market Landscape - Company Information
  Report on Monday, 21st December 2015
  
  
• FreePint News Survey Analysis 2015 Part 4 - Main Suppliers, and Satisfaction with Them
  Article by Robin Neidorf on Monday, 21st December 2015
  
  
• Analysing the Market Landscape for People Information - Introduction
  Article by Shimrit Janes on Friday, 18th December 2015
  
  
• Product Review of Thomson Innovation
  Report on Friday, 18th December 2015
  
  
• Product Review of Thomson Innovation (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
  Article by Scott Vine on Thursday, 17th December 2015
  
  
• FreePint News Survey Analysis 2015 Part 3 - Purchasing Environment for News Content
  Article by Robin Neidorf on Thursday, 17th December 2015

Forthcoming Webinars and Communities of Practice:

• IS and IT Make Sense of the "Digital Workplace"
  12th January

• Step One to Alignment Between IS and IT (In-Person)
  28th January, London, UK

• Step One to Alignment Between IS and IT
  2nd or 4th February

• Successful Relationships Between IS and IT: Tips from the Pros
  9th February

• Make the Most of Your Organisation's Reporting Structure
  17th February

• Shifting the Worldview around IS/IT Relationships: A First Step to Alignment
  8th March

• Sources, Technology, Value - What You Can "Own" and What You Can Influence
  16th March

• The Information Team with "The Right Stuff"
  20th April

• Key Relationships: IT, Procurement, Legal, HR
  18th May

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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.

• My Favourite Tipples from a Legal Research Expert by John DiGilio on 6th January.
  My Favourite Tipples are shared by John DiGilio, national manager of Research Services for Reed Smith LLP. A writer and tech blogger in his spare time, John oversees the library research team for the firm's offices in the United States.

Latest FreePint Blog items:

• Introducing the Producers - FreePint Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT"
  By Catherine Dhanjal on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• Subscription Update - What's New and What's Coming
  By Catherine Dhanjal on Wednesday, 6th January 2016
  
  
• A Bit of Strategy with a Practical Bent, Every Month
  By Robin Neidorf on Monday, 4th January 2016
  
  
• Analysing the Market - from News Sources to Technology Trends
  By Catherine Dhanjal on Thursday, 24th December 2015
  
  
• Research With an International Flavour
  By Andrew Grave on Tuesday, 22nd December 2015
  
  
• FreePint for Professional Services
  By Jan Sykes on Monday, 21st December 2015
  
  
• Thomson Innovation - Comprehensive Patent Search & Analysis
  By Sophie Alexander on Monday, 21st December 2015
  
  
• Towards Effective Interactions Between Information Services and IT
  By Robin Neidorf on Friday, 18th December 2015
  
  
• First Research - Industry Intelligence & Sales Hooks
  By Sophie Alexander on Friday, 18th December 2015

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