Library and Information Services Manager - London, United Kingdom - Career Legal

Career Legal

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Purpose of the role

Hours

Hybrid role will consist of 3 days in the office and a maximum of 2 days from home.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Providing highquality, costeffective information services to support legal and business development research needs.
General management of online and hard copy resources ensuring that we are getting best value from our resources, including critically analysing the data available as to usage.
Actively managing the budget for and procurement of library and information resources including negotiating terms, overseeing ordering and invoicing and maintaining a centralised database of key contract terms.
Continually evaluating our current systems and services and considering ways in which Library and Information Services can be provided in a more efficient and costeffective way.
Ensuring data protection, copyright and other relevant legislation and firm policies are adhered to and that potential risk issues are considered and mitigated as far as possible in the management of the Library and Information Services function.
Proactively monitoring new publications, subscriptions, platforms, digital resources and assessing suitability as against existing resources.
Maintaining excellent working relations with existing suppliers and account managers as well as potential vendors.
Managing central library catalogue (hosted on Simple Little Library System) and fee earner facing online library shelves (hosted on Sharepoint) with a view to establishing a fully integrated system.