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Library Resource Sharing Webinar Q&A

.highlights from the library resource sharing webinar panel discussion and audience Q&A, along with a note that attendees unable to join live can view the on-demand recording of the past session.

Library Resource Sharing in Action: Insights From a Webinar

...it doesn't stop at the state line. Through SHAREit's Inter-System Sharing Initiative (ISSI), participating Florida libraries can request and lend with libraries in other states, right from inside SHAREit. No second system to learn, no separate workflow to manage. Participation is opt-in, so every library stays in control of its own lending policies. That last part matters, and it will stay that way.

What Is Legal Knowledge Management? A 2026 Guide

For knowledge lawyers, professional support lawyers, law librarians, legal operations teams, and heads of knowledge management in mid-size to large firms, this guide explains what legal knowledge management includes, where it differs from library and metadata management, which roles typically own it, what to look for in legal knowledge management software, and how to build or improve a practical program.

What is an Archive Management System?

An archive management system gives your organization one controlled place to catalogue, store, protect, and retrieve records of lasting value.

Legal Precedent Management

At its core, the discipline focuses on identifying valuable work product, refining it for reuse, and making it easy to retrieve when attorneys need it. A document created for one matter is not automatically a precedent. Creating a reusable precedent requires review, generalization, and de-identification so it is prepared for future use rather than tied to a specific client engagement.

Knowledge Management ROI

This guide is about making that value visible. It gives special, corporate, legal and research libraries, archives and information teams a practical way to measure knowledge management ROI: a simple formula, a conservative worked example, the metrics that hold up in front of finance, and a free KM ROI calculator so you can run your own numbers.

Open Source Library Software vs Commercial Library Software: The Evolving TCO Landscape

As the technology landscape and organizational expectations have shifted, so too have the evaluation criteria for these systems. While open-source library software was once championed as the ultimate budget-saving alternative, the modern technology landscape has fundamentally inverted the cost-benefit equation.

Library Management Software: Complete Guide for Modern Libraries

This guide covers core features, deployment types, real-world examples, selection criteria, and future trends shaping library management. Whether you're a public librarian evaluating your first ILS, a corporate information manager modernizing a special library's trusted data, or an IT administrator comparing deployment options, this library software guide covers what you need to know.

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.

Library Automation Software: A Custom Guide to Modern LMS Solutions

This guide covers the benefits of library automation software, how cloud hosted library systems compare to on-premise deployments and what features matter most for special collections as well as public libraries. You will also learn how to evaluate...