Biblio-Express

Provider of specialized library management services for nearly 30 years.

Our services are used by law firms of all sizes and corporate legal departments.

Our expertise

For 20 years now, CAIJ has been supporting its members by diffusing legal information relevant to their practice. CAIJ experts know the law and follow its evolution. They negotiate with legal information providers to offer you resources that are accessible when and where you need them: in the library or online, in the office, at the courthouse, or even at home. Under one roof, you will find lawyers, librarians, experienced researchers, paralegals, and documentation technicians, all dedicated to meeting your information services needs.

CAIJ has expanded its services to include those of Biblio-Express, a provider of specialized library management services for 30 years. These services are used by law firms of all sizes and corporate legal departments.

Library
management

Our specialists manage your library in real time:

  • Cataloguing: inventory management
  • Classification, shelving, and circulation of acquisition information
  • Library and shelving reorganization
  • Purchasing publications
  • Managing access to commercial databases
  • Managing charges related to the use of commercial databases in customer files
  • Research assistance and information on using online volumes and databases
  • Annual budget monitoring
  • Processing invoices and mail
  • Monitoring new publications
  • Various other documentation technician or clerk tasks (scanning, photocopying, filing)
  • Photocopies and circulation of leaflets on recent amendments

Consulting
services

Our specialists are committed to managing your library in real time:

  • Collection optimization: analysis of print and digital collections from paid and free sources for the same content
  • Collection development: with the aim of ensuring the most comprehensive coverage possible of your areas of law
  • Library reorganization:
    • Estimate linear footage, taking into account pruning and future development 
    • Inventory before moving titles
    • Boxing or other (recycling, donation, archiving)
    • Reclassification: management of shelves, barcodes, and signage

Document
management

Our expert team is here to support you with your document management needs.

  • Daily management of your archive room
  • Establishing a classification system
  • Identifying the metadata of your documents
  • Identifying inactive documents to maximize space
  • Document access management
  • Integration of a barcode system
  • Establishing a retention schedule
  • Identifying documents for destruction
  • Document scanning
  • Identifying software solutions

Price list

Service Hourly rate
Members Non-members

Service for updating collections

Clerk level

$45.50 $55.50

Library management

Technician level

$56.50 $67.00

Consulting services

Project manager or librarian level

$96.00 $141.00

Packages and budget estimates can be provided based on the frequency of the service or the scope of your project.

To learn more

Schedule an appointment with CAIJ’s Biblio-Express team

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    BIBLIO-EXPRESS

    480, St-Laurent Boulevard
    Office 503
    Montreal, QC H2Y 3Y7

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