Information Strategies for Law Firms

Sarah Clark Kavanagh

Sarah's first job was in a public library at the age of 14. Ever since then, it seems she's always been in a library whether it was in law school, practicing law or in the offices of her law firm clients. Sarah makes sure her clients are aware of the latest technological innovations to increase productivity and ROI. She also spent the last decade working with law firms to:

• Determine their information needs,
• Compare library budgets/assets to those needs,
• Create solutions to make the most of existing firm resources,
• Obtain the highest value and cost recovery of the information budget,
• Provide insight regarding legal industry trends, cost-saving alternatives and best practices

Sarah received her BS from Iowa State University and JD from the University of Iowa, College of Law. She is member of the California and Iowa Bar Associations.

As a frequent speaker at local and national legal industry meetings and conferences, she most recently spoke at:

• Orange County Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) September 2009
• Finding the 'Real' Value of Your Information Resources nationwide webinar for the American Association of Law Librarians September 2009
• The Law Library: Moving Forward Without Fear Cleveland Chapter of the ALA June 2009
• The New Economy and Your Information Services Contracts for the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC) November 2008
• The 2008 ALA Law Firm Financial Conference:
  Library Cost: Analyzing and Managing this Cost Center Effectively
• The Law Library 2008: Skills, Strategies & Solutions sponsored by PLI in San Francisco and New York.

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Sarah keeps herself busy renovating her 100-year old home in San Francisco's Russian Hill while trying to keep up with her twin seven-year old boys, Old English Sheepdog and cat. When she's not trying to catch up on sleep, Sarah hopes to find more time to promote and support advocacy organizations supporting children and the developmentally/physically challenged.

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