Legal: An Industry Unto Itself
10th December 2012

Law firms demonstrate unique characteristics around content budgets and staffing compared with other professional services like finance and consulting. Distinctions highlighted through FreePint benchmarking research indicate that law firms work within highly circumscribed budgets and with relatively low ratios of librarians to fee earners, compared with their counterparts in comparable industries.

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FreePint Report: PR and External Communications
10th December 2012

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Source Update December 2012: What's Happening with Nexis?
7th December 2012

This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Source Update December 2012: What's Happening with EBSCO?
6th December 2012

Recent additions and takedowns in EBSCO, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Improving Enterprise Search by Becoming More Social
6th December 2012

With many organisations recognising the value of being able to collect, index and display information across a number of different repositories, enterprise search has never been more important. Whilst the tools and functionality within enterprise search tools have continued to develop, organisations need to take account of another, perhaps even more important element: the impact of social media tools.

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Source Update December 2012: What's Happening with Factiva?
5th December 2012

This month's additions and takedowns in Factiva, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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Trusted Sources in the Digital Age - Who Will be Your Guide?
4th December 2012

The topic of last week's TFPL Connect event, entitled "The changing balance of power in communication and information delivery" is one discussed by FreePint contributors almost every week and has a significant impact on the way that information professionals go about their business. Jonathan Charles, a distinguished former BBC foreign correspondent and now director for communications at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, gave a fascinating presentation on the importance of good research and accurate information sources to communication professionals.

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What Libraries Can Learn From the Businesses: How to Improve Services, Efficiency and Value
4th December 2012

Libraries are facing tough times: budget cuts combined with competition from easy to access web resources. Aileen Marshall discusses what library professionals can do to ensure their library services are valued and to prove the library's worth to users and funders.

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Product Review of PI Private Company Data: Executive Summary
3rd December 2012

Private Company Data, from Perfect Information, is a database of UK, and Republic of Ireland, private company company filings and reports. The product significantly reduces the time taken to retrieve original company filings, financial performance and credit scores providing valuable information to business analysts and anyone involved in due diligence and risk assessment.

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Email: Our Greatest Enemy or Best Friend?
3rd December 2012

Much is made of how email distracts us from our real work and disrupts our lives, but love it or hate it email is here to stay. It's time we acknowledged that actually we couldn't live without it. But what is it about email that makes us compulsively check it each time we see that little notification icon?

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