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Integrated library system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • An integrated library system, or ILS, is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.
  • An ILS is usually comprised of a relational database, software to act on that database, and two graphical user interfaces (one for patrons, one for staff). Most ILSes separate software functions into discrete programs called modules, which are then integrated into a unified interface. Examples of modules include: acquisitions (ordering, receiving, and invoicing materials), cataloging (classifying and indexing materials), circulation (lending materials to patrons and receiving them back), serials (tracking magazine and newspaper holdings), and the OPAC (public interface for users). Each patron and item has a unique ID in the database that allows the ILS to track its activity.
  • In the United Kingdom, ILSes are sometimes referred to as "library management systems".
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Law Librarians: 'No More Sacred Cows' | by Alan Cohen, The American Lawyer, Sep 3, 2009... - 0 views

  • Last year only 9 percent of respondents said their budgets had shrunk. This year it was a whopping 46 percent. Staff reductions have also become the norm, with 57 percent of firms paring their library payroll, up from 18 percent in 2008.
  • are being asked to become detectives of a sort, tracking, graphing, and reporting on their firm's use of every research tool.
  • Perhaps it's no wonder, then, that we noticed an uptick in librarian dissatisfaction.
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  • Last year just 7 percent of librarians mostly or totally disagreed with recent decisions made regarding the library. This year the figure was 16 percent. Similarly, in 2008, a mere 3 percent were dissatisfied with their job. In 2009, 8 percent were unhappy.
  • One might think that the library's continued work in assisting marketing efforts -- 62 percent of respondents said the library is their firm's main source for marketing research -- might upset librarians trained to research statutes and legal issues. But the problem isn't the work, say several library chiefs; it's the recognition that comes with it. Or more often, doesn't come.
  • Still, librarians have become tougher, more successful negotiators when it comes to renewing contracts with publishers -- thanks in no small part to the metrics they get from new tracking software.
  • now there's commercially available tracking software -- like Onelog, from the U.K.-based company Info Technology Supply Ltd., and Advanced Productivity Software LookUp Precision.
  • A third package mentioned by some library chiefs was Research Monitor from Priory Solutions.
  • costs for electronic re­sources other than LexisNexis and Westlaw rose in 2008, with the average firm spending just over $1 million, compared to some $929,000 in 2007. (Lexis and Westlaw spending decreased slightly.)
  • it's no shock that more firms are starting to ask a question that, up until now, seemed almost blasphemous: Lexis or Westlaw? Last year just 12 percent of firms said they intended to move to a single-vendor strategy. This year, 31 percent did.
  • Multimillion-dollar knowledge management systems were something that more than a few firms invested in. Newer platforms, such as Microsoft SharePoint -- which five library chiefs praised as a tool that made their work easier and three more planned to launch in 2010 -- just do it better. "SharePoint lets us splice and dice pieces of information, creating all these little repositories without going through IT or ten years of programming," says one library head. "You want to create a database full of Madoff stuff? There, it's done. And anyone can access it through a Web browser."
  • Five other firms gave a shout-out to Ozmosys' eponymous service, which helps them provide personalized news delivery to users.
  • Debevoise started using Ozmosys last September. Since then, some 500 of the firm's 750 attorneys have signed up for the service.
  • The Full Survey: The Librarian's Expanding Role Electronic Resources Staffing Finances
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Law Library Journal - 0 views

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    Journal of the American Association of Law Libraries
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The Running Librarian: Will Law Libraries ever be the same again? - May 15, 2010 - 0 views

  • That Cameron McKenna is outsourcing their support services isn't surprising given that most Law Firms have outsourced some element of their support services in the last couple of years. The surprise is the scale of the outsourcing, which will affect ALL support services, including Knowledge Management and Library Services.
  • As reported in Legal Week and The Lawyer. Cameron McKenna have signed a deal with Integreon (the global outsourcing company) which will see ALL support services outsourced to Integreon.
  • As most Law Librarians are aware Library Services from a number of Law Firms have already outsourced their work to Integreon, these firms include Osborne Clarke, Beachcroft and TLT Solicitors.
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    CMS Cameron McKenna have signed a record-breaking outsourcing agreement with knowledge solutions firm Integreon to provide services valued at £583 million. It includes substantial portions of accounting and finance, human resources and training, marketing and communications, learning and development, library and information services, research, information technology, facilities and other services.
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Library Management Systems: Finding the One for You (Sally Creissen, LIM 2008, p. 117) - 0 views

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    This article by Sally Creissen offers a thorough guide to the processes involved in selecting a library management system, from the initial consideration of whether it is really necessary to the post-implementation stages.
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Legal Technology - Business Development and the New Library - 0 views

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    by Jaye A.H. Lapachet, The National Law Journal, July 17, 2008
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VuFind - 0 views

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    Web 2.0 OPAC
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Web 2.0 Resource Library - Oracle Wiki - 0 views

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    "Oracle's Web 2.0 Resource Library -- a wiki page that gives you direct access to a variety of useful information on the growing topic of Web 2.0...especially related to the enterprise. Begin by clicking links to view iSeminars, demonstrations, white papers and much more!"
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Top 250 firms IT systems - 2008 (01.12.08) - UK - 1 views

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    Tabelle mit den von den 250 grössten Kanzleien in UK verwendeten Produkte (u.a. DMS, Case-Workflow-BPM, CRM & Marketing, Document Assembly KM, Library Mgmt)
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Strategic Librarian - 0 views

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    Using strategy to develop the law firm library, blog by Nina Platt, owner and principal at Nina Platt Consulting, Inc.
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Nina Platt Consulting Inc. - 0 views

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    "At Nina Platt Consulting, Inc., we provide strategic services to both law firms and legal information and software vendors. Our work focuses on library/knowledge management and market research/competitive intelligence for law firms and market research/competitive intelligence and product development for legal information and software vendors."
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Law Librarian Blog - 0 views

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