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March 2008: The New York Times mentions DocuTicker: "... a site that corrals reports from the government and think tanks, today linked to the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s five “delightfully absurd product bans” in America: Sangria (Virginia), playing online poker in a legal casino (U.S.), the cardio-pump (U. S.), wildflower bouquets (Louisiana) and feathers in provocative packaging (Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia)."
December 2007: FreePint's publisher William Hann contributes a column to the 'Review of 2007 ... and what's next for LIS?' section of CILIP's Library and Information Update. "<snip> In 2008: We're watching for more niche and sub-niche publishing efforts and short-term publications - possibly even 'pop-up publishing', which creates short-term sites or newsletters that pull together disparate groups, ideas and content for a specific purpose.</snip>"
October 2007: LibrarianInBlack mentions John McBurnie's article "Your Online Identity: Key to Marketing and Being Found" which was included in the FreePint Newsletter.
September 2007: Business Web Site of the Week - Research Reports from Docuticker. "All across the world, think tanks, NGOs, public interest groups, and governmental bodies are constantly churning out reports, studies, and papers. It's what they love to do. But how can you sift through all of this to find research that pertains to your business? Docuticker, that's how." The Hill Library Blog
July 2007: Candace Lombardi, Staff Writer, CNET News.com mentions ResourceShelf and quotes Gary Price: "The bottom line is people can't use what they don't know about. It's not just search. It's everything. Libraries need to do a better job of promoting themselves."
July 2007: Pew Internet & American Life Project mentions ResourceShelf in its 'Pew Internet Posts' section: "As usual, I found interesting articles and links to sites I would have otherwise missed."
June 2007: EnterQuest mentions FreePint in its 'Worth a look' section.
April 2007: Toledo Blade mentions DocuTicker and ResourceShelf: "I tip my hat to that most excellent Web site, DocuTicker.com, ... brought to us by the same fabulous folks who conjured up and run ResourceShelf.com"
March 2007: Jurisdynamics mentions DocuTicker: "... a daily compilation of new reports and other research tools covering a wide range of topics. It strikes me that readers of Jurisdynamics might profit from learning about these sources as well as the specific content they collect. What's more, these sources often include links to press releases and other relevant materials."
March 2007: Search Engine Watch interviews Gary Price - founder and chief editor/compiler of ResourceShelf.
March 2007: Newsletter/blog, Secrecy News, thanks ResourceShelf.
March 2007:DocuTicker has just been mentioned on Brain Injury Lawyer:
"DocuTicker is a neat little place on the web that offers its readers what it calls "hand-picked selection of resources, reports and publications from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other public interest organizations". I like it because I haven't found another resource on the web that will bring me all of these handy pieces of government data via RSS."
January 2007:The Risk Management Report and Tool Kit has just been published by Free Pint Limited.
This report provides a practical overview of risk management and can be used by executives, managers and staff to gain a solid understanding of the tools and processes of risk management.
The included tool kit of 8 hands-on worksheets and activities helps users translate the information into an actionable risk management plan.
January 2007: Mention of ResourceShelf in latimes.com
"Discover the pleasures of podcasting. It's brain candy, for sure. ResourceShelf offers a great guide to finding podcasts that will help you reconnect with your own love of learning, that passion that made you want to teach in the first place."
January 2007: Mention of Docuticker on FCW.com
January 2007: Mention of DocuTicker in Time Magazine's 'The China Blog'
"Via the ever-useful Docuticker, I just came across an interesting new report put out by the U.S. Justice Department on Asian transnational crime. It takes a look at gangs in several places in Asia, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and considers their influence on the United States.".
January 2007: Mention of ResourceShelf on Scholastic's Weekly Web Finds
"Gary Price on his wonderful ResourceShelf.com has posted a page of sites with interesting wrap-ups for 2006".
January 2007: Mention of Caryn Wesner-Early's article "Wikipedia: To Use or Not To Use" in The Informed Librarian Online in the January issue.
January 2007: Mention of Gary Price's article "Holiday Express: Taking the Mobile Web on Holiday" in Jim Liddle's Symbian Blog "Really excellent article here by Gary Price about services that can be of use when you are travelling with a mobile".
December 2006: Mention of Docuticker on "50 best Web sites: INFORMATION, PLEASE", a Chicago Tribune Web log.
November 2006: Mention of ResourceShelf on Information Wants To Be Free blog in the article: "Whatever you do don’t use Google!"
November 2006: Mention of Docuticker on Tax & Business Law Commentary blog:
"While the majority of the material ... is not tax or business related, the quality of what can be found there makes it almost imperative that these sites be included in the search engine."
October 2006: Three press releases for VIP:
Partner Pricing for VIP Subscriptions -
Members of two international organisations can take advantage of discounts
New insight for the premium content industry -
VIP redesigns publication and enhances content
Anti-Money Laundering Regulations:Business information products
help companies maintain compliance -
VIP No. 33 provides overview and discussion
October 2006: Pandia Search Engine News recommends ResourceShelf:"The blog covers the search engine industry quite extensively, but goes beyond this by including all types of high-quality web-based resources, including 'databases, lists and rankings, real-time sources, and multimedia.'"
October 2006: The Courier Mail recommends the FreePint Newsletter as "another useful source of in-depth information on searching".
September 2006: Information Outlook mentions DocuTicker in 'Web Sites Worth a Click' by Carolyn J. Sosnowski, MLIS.
September 2006: CNET News.com mentions ResourceShelf in article titled: "Most reliable search tool could be your librarian" by Elinor Mills.
September 2006: The Wall Street Journal, 11 September 2006, Eastern Edition: "Technical
Adviser" by Lee Gomes
September 2006: Al's Morning Meeting - Monday Edition: A Week's Worth of Resources, 18
September 2006 (published by the Poynter Institute: http://www.poynter.org)
September 2006: SLA Connections, September 2006 issue (published by SLA: http://www.sla.org)
May 2006: Intelligent Agent, a Blog by Robert Berkman, mentions VIP and FreePint and the article on Trends in Business Information: " ... a very worthwhile read by VIP Publication's editor Pam Foster ... filled with useful data on what's important to know in the business information industry."
April 2006: The April edition of Cilip's Library and Information Update encourages feedback after the debate at the FreePint Bar about whether to renew Cilip membership.
April 2006: The April edition of Information World Review refers to the heated discussion at the FreePint Bar about Cilip membership.
March 2006: The March edition of CILIP's Library and Information Update magazine announces that the FreePint Bar has reached a milestone of 30,000 Q/As since its launch in 1999.
January 2006: Records Management Society review of FreePint's 'Complying with Freedom of Information Legislation', an "... excellent choice for those needing a comprehensive guide to the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act ... It provides essential advice on publication schemes, FOI and copyright, and how to manage requests and train staff".
December 2005: Photos from FreePint's annual evening get-together at the Online Information exhibition from Information Today.
December 2005: "A group of librarians update DocuTicker daily with the latest reports. You'll find a plethora of interesting information on a variety of subjects. So if you're looking for something like the latest health report or environmental survey, this is the place to go!" in The Kim Komando Show.
November 2005: "If you're not already subscribed to Jinfo's free newsletter, what are you waiting for?" in Beyond the Job.
September 2005: Mention of FreePint's new Report: 'Enterprise Search Guidebook', written by Martin White, in The Virtual Chase.
August 2005: Coverage of the Online Information / FreePint Customer Service Award in the SLA
Europe Newsletter.
June 2005: - Coverage of FreePint/Willco's session at the AIIP conference in the AIIP Connections newsletter.
March 2005: - FreePint is pleased to support the ASIDIC conference [ Photo | ASIDIC ].
March 2005: - Coverage of
VIP/FreePint/Jinfo/DigBig in the SLA
Europe Newsletter, including news
of the launch of Jinfo.
February 2005: - ResourceShelf named "Best weblog on searching" by Pandia.
February 2005: - FreePint contributes 'My Favourites' section to the UKRecruiter Newsletter.
February 2005: News of the launch of Jinfo
February 2005: - News of the launch of Jinfo (Jobs in information) [ more ]
January 2005: Information World Review - News of FreePint awarding this year's 'Best Customer Service Team' to STN Agency UK & Ireland [ more ]
November 2004: The Guardian - ResourceShelf covered in an item about Search Blogs.
November 2004: Information World Review - 'Backchat' piece about the Erotica show which precedes Online Information 2004 stating that '... this may have been where FreePint got its brilliant 'harem-style' psychedlic stand from last year (not to mention the job lot of hotpants that looked so eye-catching on the FreePint lovelies).'
October 2004: Managing Information - News of FreePint's report "Copyright - How to stay legal".
October 2004: InfoToday Newsbreaks - VIP's comparative review of Factiva / LexisNexis / Dialog included in this newsbreak about Factiva's deal with LexisNexis.
September 2004: Legal Information Alert - FreePint and ResourceShelf each selected as 'Ten-Up: 20 Innovations', where Donna Tuke Heroy takes "... a look a several innovations that have transformed the information world in the last 10 years".
May 2004: Brisbane Courier Mail - Full introduction and overview of FreePint in this Hi-Tech column in Australia.
May 2004: Searcher Magazine - In the article 'Five things every new info-entrepreneur should know', Mary Ellen Bates covers FreePint (description & homepage screenshot) as a way of staying up-to-date on the information industry.
May 2004: CILIP Library and Information Update - Paul Pedley's article "Have you thought of blogging?" describes how he uses the Willco Lists module to distribute his newsletter (homepage screenshot).
May 2004: Information World Review - News of FreePint's first 'Virtual Training Exchange' on the new copyright directive.
March 2004: Online Magazine - News of the launch of the subscription based products VIP and VIP Eye, and the free services VIP Wire and VIP Lounge.
February 2004: Information World Review - 'Pop Idol career beckons for Hann?' -- a pithy piece on the back page confirming that there "is no truth in the rumour, we can exclusively reveal, that Will Hann of FreePint has his heart set on a pop career, though Backchat thinks he has the looks to take on Shane Richie or even namesake Will Young. Hann is shown above with his backing group, the FreePint Chicks, at a recent gig". Photos are available in the gallery.
February 2004: CILIP Update - Photo and item about xrefer winning FreePint's Award for Innovation in Customer Service at the Online Information show.
January 2004: Information Today - Announcement of the publication of FreePint's Data Protection Report.
December 2003: ResourceShelf - Overview of VIP and introduction by its Editor, Pam Foster.
December 2003: InfoToday Blog - Photo of William Hann on FreePint's stand at Online Information.
December 2003: Informed Librarian - Announcing the launch of VIP.
October 2003: What's New in Business Information - News of the launch of VIP.
September 2003: Copyright & the Internet: Myth and Reality - News of this report makes it into CILIP's Weekly Information World.
June 2003: Legal Information Alert - Announcement about our Daily Dispatches from the SLA Conference, New York.
May 2003: Information World Review - Request for nominations for the FreePint Award for Vendor Customer Service at this years International Information Industry Awards.
May 2003: Information Today - Photo of the round-table on Web searching at Internet Librarian International in Birmingham. Pictured includes FreePint's William Hann (round-table facilitator), Gary Price, Ran Hock and Mary Ellen Bates.
April 2003: FAB 2003 - Photos from FreePint's attendance at the Factiva Advisory Board in Princeton, New Jersey.
March 2003: CILIP Update - Launch of the 'CILIP/Free Pint Online Community Award' which will "... recognise initiatives that bring people with common interests together in a virtual environment.".
November 2002: CILIP Update - Announcement of the Jason Farradane award, and photo from the ceremony.
November 2002: Guardian Newspaper - Birthday wishes and award congratulations from The Guardian in the Online section.
November 2002: Jason Farradane Award - William Hann wins this award from CILIP.
August 2002: Online Communities Insider - Interview with Free Pint's William Hann in this Sift publication.
August 2002: College & Research Libraries News - Overview introduction to Free Pint:
"Where can you find ... professionals to answer tough reference and technical queries that no one else in the office can answer? Free Pint, of course.".
July 2002: Information World Review - News of Free Pint's founder William Hann receiving an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) "Golden Candle" award, and Free Pint reaching 50,000 subscribers.
May 2002: Searcher - The Free Pint Pub Crawl is discussed in an article entitled "From Free to Fee: The Next Trend in Web Site Development"
March 2002: Web User (Britains biggest selling Internet magazine) - A screen shot and introductory paragraph:
"Free Pint is your gateway to masses of free content ... No free beverages though, unfortunately.".
January 2002: Information Today - In a review of the Online Information 2001 Exhibition at Olympia, London in December, Ana Arias Terry devotes a paragraph to introducing Free Pint to Information Today readers.
December 2001: EContent - In the "end of file" article by Mary Ellen Bates, she says that she gets "... the sense that the free content is shrinking, or at least becoming less accessible". After talking about Contentville, Individual.com and Salon.com, she goes on to say that ...
"Even FreePint.com, the lively portal for information professionals, now charges for some of its material, despite its name. The pint may be free, but you have to pay for the bar snacks".
December 2001: Inc. - Review of Helen Clegg's article on international rankings in Free Pint No.95 and a super introduction to Free Pint in this popular international business magazine.
December 2001: Information World Review - Coverage and photo celebrating Free Pint's fourth birthday, hundredth edition, move to new offices and launch of UK company director reports.
December 2001: Library Association Record - Mention of Free Pint in Phil Bradley's "Internet Q&A" column.
November 2001: Directory Publishers Association - Introduction to Free Pint in the DPA News.
November 2001: Information World Review - Review of email newsletters by Roddy MacLeod.
"The best known email newsletter for information professionals is undoubtedly Free Pint. Edited by the indefatigable William Hann, it has well over 35,000 subscribers, many of whom, like myself, never fail to find material of interest in each fortnightly issue ... Free Pint is essential reading."
September 2001: The Times - Coverage of the Free Pint company research service in the Creme "Web World" section.
September 2001: Journal of Information Science and Technology Associaion, Japan - Journal article dedicated to introducing Free Pint to the Japanese information industry.
"The dynamic linkage between the newsletter and the Web site as well as the collaboration of professional writers and professional searchers are the secrets of this success."
July/August 2001: Information Today - A news piece about the launch of Free Pint Jobs.
July/August 2001: Online - A smashing overview of Free Pint from search-guru Mary Ellen Bates in the journal Online. Here are some highlights:
"What
pleasantly surprises me is when an online community emerges and sticks around. Free Pint (http://www.freepint.com) is a relatively new eforum that has figured out the secret of providing a valuable electronic home for information professionals while supporting itself through fee-based add-ons ... It is a substantial publication, particularly given the cost (none) ... Never let it be said that the Free Pint newsletter is boring ... I have found the Free Pint staff to be remarkably responsive to questions and suggestions ... All in all, this is one of the few information professional virtual communities that has achieved critical mass and is worth a regular visit-even if you don't drink beer."
June 2001: Competia.com - A nice introduction to Free Pint.
21st May 2001: Free Pint Jobs Press Release - Official press release distributed to the press.
May 2001: SCIP's "The Inbox" - Excellent mention of recent Free Pint content in the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professional's email newsletter. "Free Pint's Newsletter is a wonderful tool. Although based in the UK, the
information provided within is useful worldwide."
May 2001: Cultivate Interactive - A write up of William Hann's talk at the Internet Librarian International conference "The presentation provided useful advice for any portal or Web publication thinking of ways of increasing their financial status."
May 2001: SearchEngineWatch - Some nice words in the ever popular SearchEngineWatch Newsletter. "Free Pint: A wonderful newsletter always filled with helpful advice on researching information online ..."
April 2001: inCite - Super review in the news magazine of the Australian Library and Information Association:
"... one of the best current awareness tools on the web. It is worth trawling through older issues as the coverage in specialist pieces is so comprehensive. Even if you feel you know a topic well, you will find something here, and it is invaluable for topics you barely understand at all. You feel you have seen the very best the web has to offer on a topic when you have read a Free Pint article ..."
April 2001: Searcher - Free Pint is covered in an article about current awareness services on the Web. "Need a British perspective on the ever-changing Web? Belly up to the Bar and get your Free Pint ... "
April 2001: theNet Magazine - Free Pint is described in an article on content syndication as "A well researched UK portal".
March 2001: Library Association Record - Back page look at the image portrayed by librarians as challenged by the Bare Necessities television programme and discussion at the Free Pint Bar.
February 2001: "Bare Necessities" 8PM BBC2 8th February 2001 - William's appearance on the show. The Librarians are shown below on the left (William in the middle) and the Car Salesmen on the right. (Click thumbnails for larger version)
 
February 2001: Information World Review - Back page spread about the "Bare Necessities" survival program.
"Picture the scene: you're a librarian and you're stranded in the desert outside Pheonix Arizona USA - Apache country. All you have with you are six basic items ... by day you swelter under a hot sun and as you struggle to build a shelter, keeping a wary eye for poisonous snakes and stinging scorpions. By night you shiver in freezing temperatures, trying to take as much heat as you can from the small fire you've made. This was the situation that William Hann, Managing Editor of Free Pint, found himself in at the end of last year in the 'librarians' team for a BBC programme called Bare Necessities."
December 2000: Information World Review - William's opinion article on the information industry in 2000 and looking forward to 2001.
November 2000: Information World Review - William nominated for the award "Information Professional of the Year" and details of our forthcoming presence at the Online Information 2000 show:
"One of the most popular stands at the exhibition is likely to be that
of business information community Free Pint, which will be playing on
its pub assocations. "Our stand will have a semi-circular bar at one
end", says William Hann. "Our content developer, Simon Collery, will
be playing live mandolin along with two fellow musicians under the
name of The Free Pint Players"."
October 2000: Internet Magazine - A very nice mention in the Site Surveyor section, including: "If you're involved in Web research then you really can't afford to miss this site".
October 2000: Information World Review - Announcement of the launch of the Student Bar on the front page.
August 2000: BIALL Newsletter - Nice write-up about the Free Pint Web site.
Summer 2000: Factiva Infopro "Advisor" - Article about Free Pint and interview with William Hann (Adobe Acrobat PDF format).
28th July 2000: Glasgow Herald - Article about the revolution in libraries where Free Pint is covered.
August 2000: Libary Association (LA) Record - News item about the ESLY award and interview with Free Pint's founder William Hann.
July/August 2000: Information World Review - News item about the ESLY award.
June 2000: "European Special Librarian of the Year" award - presented by the Special Libraries Association at the annual conference in Philadelphia.
January 2000: Ex Libris - Interview with Free Pint's William Hann.
November 1999: BBC Case study of Free Pint.
November 1999: LBC Radio - Radio interview of William Hann.
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