Data Migration – What’s holding you back?
Data migration and conversion is critical to the success of any new system implementation, irrespective of the size of library. But it’s more than simply “migration”. It’s the opportunity to re-visit data, re-structure data, create relationships and present information in a better way.
Choosing the Right Information Management Solution: From File Sharing and Database Storage to Digital Preservation
Information management is essential for organizations handling digital assets. In today’s digital landscape, organizations rely on a variety of solutions to manage, store, and preserve their day-to-day digital assets. This article explores the full scope of information management solutions—including file sharing platforms, special library databases, collection management systems, document and digital asset management systems, and […]
Metadata Tagging for Smarter Searching
In practice, AI conversational search and metadata-based e-discovery solve different problems. A curated, secure archive or library database using metadata tagging and faceted search helps users identify and access the right assets with precision, delivering what artificial intelligence search cannot, including the most architecturally advanced forms of AI retrieval available today.
Legal Research Request for Law Libraries: Modernizing Research Request Intake for KM Teams
Legal research workflows have fundamentally changed. Today’s research requests are no longer simple, linear queries—they are high-value, high-pressure engagements that require validation, iteration, and coordination across attorneys, knowledge managers, and law librarians.
Legal Research Request Management
This guide discusses modern legal research challenges and workflow takeaways that can be put into practice today to help manage the demand, resources, and complexities of research requests using policies and technology that support both solo and team-based environments.
What Is Digital Archiving? Definition, Methods, Challenges and Best Practices
Digital archiving involves structured processes, metadata, integrity controls, and retrieval mechanisms to manage and preserve the growing volume of digital records created by individuals, businesses, and governments. Digital archives can be composed of various media types, including text, images, audio, and video, each requiring specific preservation and accessibility strategies
Legal Metadata Taxonomies: A Reference Guide to Legal Standards and Examples
We’ve compiled every taxonomy in this guide into a print-ready PDF reference — organized by functional category, with a quick-reference table and a full A–Z entry for each framework. Save it, share it with your team, or use it to audit your firm’s current metadata coverage
Legal Metadata Management Examples
Legal metadata is needed because legal knowledge needs structure. Adding legal context, using legal metadata taxonomies ensures that organizational, operational, and strategic information is available for legal researchers, enhancing usability for decision-making and governance.
What is Legal Metadata Management?
Effective legal metadata management systems must handle three primary categories: descriptive, structural, and administrative metadata.
Digital Preservation: Strategy, Standards and Soutron’s End-to-End Proven Solutions
Learn the elements of a strong digital preservation strategy by taking our Digital Preservation Readiness Checklist Quiz and taking our Digital Preservation Scorecard evaluation sheet.