LIBRARY BUDGETS
Most professionals spend more money on information than they
want - even more wonder where all the money goes! We will assist
in meeting your information needs in a cost-effective manner.
We will prepare annual or monthly expense reports. We can prepare
cost projections by department, continuing subscriptions on-line
and CD-ROM - however the information is useful to you. With
cost projections, you can review and modify your costs before
they are overwhelming. This avoids an ugly year end surprise
when the library costs are 10% or 20% over budget. Usually,
we can “trim” to maintain library expenses at the previous years’.
This is a painless process and normally doesn’t require belt-tightening
measures. We can help you effect dramatic changes if you decide
they are necessary. Today there are many ways to reach the same
information. We can help you select what works for you and within
your budget.
CATALOGING SERVICES
As your library grows and needs organization, an inventory/catalog
can be very useful. It helps you maximize the large investment
you’ve made in your library. Everlove & Associates maintains
a high ratio of professionally trained librarians. A professional
librarian has a Masters Degree in Library Science and is trained
in various classification systems. Most collections that we
deal with do not require “full” cataloging. It simply isn’t
cost effective. We have perfected a “modified” cataloging system
that adds organizational features at a much lower cost.
ON-LINE DATABASE SEARCHING
When doing on-line searching, we never mark up the database
costs. We have access to all major databases - legal and nonlegal.
Our clients need not have the databases in their offices. This
is a great convenience because our clients do not have to subscribe
to all databases, train on them, pay monthly minimums, etc.
Databases are not limited to traditional legal databases. We
will search Dialog, Dow Jones, Nexis, Medline/Medlar, Compuserve,
etc. We would be delighted to go over these databases and how
they can help you. Our clients can do a complete trademark search
for less than $100.00. We can find all medical literature on
health issues, surgery techniques, injuries, medical conditions.
We can research prospective clients, opposing expert witnesses,
corporate financial information, etc. When you need information,
we can help you find it!
INFORMATION/MATERIALS RETRIEVAL
We network our way across the State. We make regular “runs”
to Stetson, the County Law Libraries, University of South Florida,
the Medical Library at the University of South Florida, etc.
All of these materials are available to you - without you ever
leaving your desk.
As professional librarians, we are able to interlibrary loan
materials from every lending library around the World.
IN-HOUSE DATABASES
Brief banks, form freezers, memo files - in-house retrieval
systems go by a myriad of names. Your documents can be reused
if organized and indexed in a logical manner. We’ve built many
systems of various sizes. Each one is tailored to the client.
We can assist in developing subject headings, key words, abstracting
the documents, etc.
Retrieval systems have become more cost effective in the last
decade. With improved scanning technology, we can build a full-text
database using retrieval software. We can store the information
electronically on hard drives or cd-rom depending on the size.
AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
In addition to helping our smaller clients automate their libraries,
we have helped larger libraries automate their card catalogs,
check-out systems (including bar-coding), and retrieval systems
for in-house memoranda, briefs and opinion letters.
We have worked with several library software programs and we
are prepared to retrain in other programs when necessary.
LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
We are full-service law librarians. All of the services you
would expect in a larger library, you can have - on the scale
that you need and can afford. We:
open mail
route current awareness information
file looseleaf supplements
stuff pocket parts
reshelve books
(we don’t do windows)
Acquisitions
locate used book bargains
prepare library budgets
suggest cancellations to control expenses
develop long-range acquisition policies
suggest specific titles
interview sales people
assist with legal reference problems
Reference
shepardize, keycite, etc.
prepare legislative histories
assist with on-line database searching
locate materials in other libraries
retrieve materials from other libraries
assist paralegals with special projects
help assimilate summer clerks
update on-line searches for rulings, cases
track literature for new developments
Catalog
cost effective cataloging
organize video and cassette tape collections
organize in-house research to reuse
Circulation
implement check-out systems
track missing books
“search and seizure” missions
Space design
design library remodeling or new construction
work with your architects, engineers, and interior decorators