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Law and Corporate Legal Libraries

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Helen Symington
Helen’s library experience spans across academic, public and special libraries and archives. Helen looks after our law library customers.

OUR EXPERIENCE

Koha LMS for law libraries‘ – Meet Helen Symington, our law libraries account manager and experienced former librarian. In this webinar, Helen shares an introduction to the Koha LMS and how it can transform your staff workflows and handle complex resource requirements.

We proudly work with law and corporate legal libraries in the UK, providing implementation, support and training for open source library software.

We believe that there is a natural alignment between the values of libraries and open source software, including knowledge sharing, equal access to information, innovation, transparency, and cost-effectiveness.

Law libraries choose Koha library management system and Aspen Discovery software because they are comprehensive, engaging and user-focused solutions that meet their needs with a suite of available integrations. By using open source software, not proprietary, libraries don’t pay expensive licensing fees or face vendor lock-in and also benefit from a global open source development and user community.

At Open Fifth, our focus is on delivering high-quality implementation, training and support for libraries and building lasting relationships with the customers we serve.

Information Security

Effective, compliant and proactive information security management and cyber resilience are fundamental for everything we do here at Open Fifth. We hold certifications to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials Plus, and Cyber Essentials. Read more about our information security.

Relevant Resources

What is open source? The essentials series

Open Source Ethics and Values Part 1: Socially Equitable

What’s on our mind: Data migration to Koha library management system

New OPAC preferences in Koha 24.11

Products

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Koha

The world’s first free and open source library management system. Fully featured and scalable, used worldwide.

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Aspen Discovery

The next generation library discovery platform providing intuitive and engaging access to physical, digital, and archival collections.

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AtoM (Access to Memory)

An open source, web-based app which allows institutions to provide and manage public access to their archival holdings.

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Metabase

A web-based business intelligence and analytics system, great for enhanced reporting.

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