Carrie Armistead

Library Services Manager @Harbor

Atlanta, GA, US

Team Leadership: Supervise and provide guidance to department staff, including training and conducting performance evaluations. Operations Management: Oversee the maintenance and management of client software applications. Ensure accurate cataloging, classification, and indexing of firm resources. Manage the acquisition and processing of physical and electronic resources. Digital Resource Management: Oversee the development and implementation of strategies for organizing, maintaining, and managing the digital collection. Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, resources, and platforms to enhance access and usability of digital resources. Monitor copyright compliance and licensing agreements for digital materials. Budgeting and Reporting: Management and preparation of annual client budgets. Assist with the negotiation of renewals and new contracts, leveraging attorney usage and feedback to drive cost discussions. Emergent Technology: Support client leadership in drafting policies that manage risk and evaluate use cases for the implementation of emergent technologies; partner with IT and other business services groups to evaluate new vendors and products that leverage emergent technology. Research Support: Oversee research activities; stay abreast of emerging trends and best practices in legal research and information retrieval. Lead practice group outreach specific to client research needs. Project Management: Lead and participate in various client initiatives and projects, such as system upgrades, digitization efforts, and collection assessments. Develop project plans, set timelines, and allocate resources to ensure successful project completion.

University of Michigan

BA, English

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

MSLIS, Library and Information Science