Outsourcing in UK law firm libraries – opportunity or threat? New management models and future challenges for legal information services
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LICKLEY, Donald (2014) Outsourcing in UK law firm libraries – opportunity or threat? New management models and future challenges for legal information services. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge in Session 121 - Law Libraries with Parliamentary Libraries, Information Technology and Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE). In: IFLA WLIC 2014, 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France.
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Outsourcing in UK law firm libraries – opportunity or threat? New management models and future challenges for legal information services
The terms ‘contracting out’, ‘outsourcing’ and ‘offshoring’ have become well-known short-hand for a range of alternative management models for information services in the UK legal sector, which have flourished over the last decade. Prompted by a need to cut costs, reduce headcount, and rationalise ‘non-core’ functions, and fuelled by the transfer of most legal information sources to the digital realm, this trend has enabled the emergence and growth of a significant group of specialist service providers and vendors. Drawing on current research in the field, this paper considers the development of outsourcing of information services in the UK, in particular its adoption by the legal sector and other professional services organisations, and its origins in government libraries. Incorporating first-hand opinions from some key players in the field – both clients and service providers - this paper will reflect on the successes or otherwise of outsourced legal information services, of how the challenges of the outsourcing initiatives are being addressed across the profession. As digital information providers enhance ever more ‘desk-top ready’ products, the question will also be asked, what future trends can be seen in outsourcing services, and what implications do these have on service provision and the information profession?Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for KnowledgeSession 121 - Access to law at the digital cross roads: Innovative solutions to complex challenges - Law Libraries with Parliamentary Libraries, Information Technology and Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) |
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Divisions: | Division 1 Library Types > Law Libraries Section Division 1 Library Types > Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section Division 3 Library Services > Information Technology Section Division 4 Support of the Profession > Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Law Libraries, Government Libraries, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Contracting-out | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2014 09:01 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 08:55 | ||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1047 |
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