Integreon

LegalWeek reports in Beachcroft and TLT sign up to share outsourced library services with OC (December 8, 2009) that UK law firms Beachcroft LLP and TLT LLP are to join Osborne Clarke in outsourcing their entire library services in an agreement with Integreon. All three firms will use Integreon’s Bristol (UK) centre - creating the first shared information centre in the UK legal sector. Integreon will provide the firms with a range of services that include a central enquiries desk, legal and business research, hard copy and journal management, and information supplier management and purchasing. The article also indicates that eleven library staff will join the shared centre from Beachcroft and TLT, with no job cuts resulting from the outsourcing. In a separate press release, Integreon’s John Croft states that the firms can expect to see, “cost savings of 20 to 30 percent compared to traditional in-house based library services.” Ideal for law firms and corporate legal departments, a similar service may also be launched in the US, according to the release.