10 Dec New options for electronic information resources
Research professionals across law firms and corporations have seen both the expansion and consolidation of electronic information resources (EIR) in recent years. As new technologies are developed, they are often acquired by the large industry players: Bloomberg, LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters. The landscape changes quickly, and…
09 Dec Librarian link in legal knowledge supply chain
LAC Group recently polled a select group of law librarians, research analysts and other legal information professionals both inside and outside our organization about their thoughts on the changing nature of their role. Despite the growing emphasis placed on the technological function of their jobs…
04 Dec 2019 Web Almanac now available
The 2019 Web Almanac is a helpful resource and reference for anyone involved in creating and managing both content and the underlying technologies and processes on the websites that contain the content. While the Web Almanac is primarily the domain of developers and web architects,…
25 Nov Making gratitude a career soft skill
“Oftentimes expressing gratitude suggests that I was in need, or I am putting myself in a vulnerable situation where I didn’t have the expertise or the confidence to solve my own problem.” With the holiday season upon us, the message of gratitude and thanks is…
20 Nov Visual Intelligence (Part 2)
A couple of months ago I posted Visual Intelligence (Part 1). I explained that in my new job as of January 2019 at LAC Group, I spend more time thinking about how to present visually the results of our competitive intelligence and business research services.…
14 Nov Should you do multi-year vendor contracts?
When procurement professionals are involved in a request-for-proposal (RFP) process to fulfill a specific business need, one of the most critical factors in structuring the vendor contract with vendors is the contract duration: long-term or short-term?
31 Oct Legal enterprise search at the crossroads
Most firms have implemented some form of enterprise search. However, the implementation and ongoing maintenance of these solutions has not been easy or cheap, and the actual usage and perceived benefits have not lived up to expectations. Yet the idea of allowing these first-generation enterprise…
23 Oct Mapping information resources to user needs
Today’s research challenge is not a lack of information; it’s knowing where to start the search, which services provide the most reliable and current information or what represents a credible source. So much information exists that researchers are often overwhelmed and paralyzed. The buyers of…
21 Oct Build v. Buy
To drive growth and not get left behind by technology, organizations need to be diligent in how they collect and manage information and what they do with it. Businesses and law firms are left figuring out how to get the current and trending intelligence they…