LAC Group

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LAC Group
Type Private
IndustryLibrary Services, Library & Research Staffing, Information & Asset Management, Consulting & Project Management
Founded Beverly Hills, California, U.S. (1986)
FounderDeb Schwarz
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Number of locations
5 offices (2019)
Area served
North America
Key people
Deb Schwarz (Founder), Rob Corrao (CEO)
Services Staffing
Recruiting
Consulting
Technical Services
OwnerTZP Growth Partners
Number of employees
424 (2019)
Website LAC Group

LAC Group, formerly known as Library Associates Companies (LAC), is an information services vendor for research and intelligence, library operations, spend and cost management and media archiving. The company provides skilled staffing and consulting services primarily to law firms, Fortune 1000 corporations and government agencies.

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History

LAC Group was founded in 1986 by Deb Schwarz as a staffing agency specializing in law libraries. [1] [2]

By 1989, it was offering technical services and serving other academic and other special libraries. [3] In 1999, Library Associates caused a stir in library circles and gained national attention when they were selected by Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP to manage their library operations. [1] [2] [4]

The company continued its expansion into different markets with its acquisition of Medical Library Consultants (MLC) from Betsey Beamish in 2001 [2] and of Sanad Support Technologies from Jodi and Fuad Suleiman in 2003. [2] [5] With the acquisition of Sanad, Library Associates consisted of two divisions, Library Associates and Library Associates of Maryland, which were integrated as Library Associates Companies in 2007.

In 2009, the company name was changed to LAC Group. Subsequent acquisitions include spend management consulting firm Chase Cost Management in 2011, film archiving business PRO-TEK Vaults from Eastman Kodak in 2013, and competitive research agency ShiftCentral in 2019.

Services

LAC Group's service lines of business include: Consulting & Project Management, Information & Asset Management, Library Staffing & Research Services, Legal Staffing, Managed Services, and Recruiting.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Features - Outsourcing in Law Firm Libraries". LLRX . Archived from the original on 2008-05-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Shelf wealth: Deborah Schwarz started her career as a librarian without enough work to fill the day; now she's expanding her outsourcing service". Los Angeles Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2005-05-20.
  3. "CCQ Vol. 23, Nr. 2". Cataloging News.
  4. "Features - Outsourcing a Private Law Library: In Defense of the Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro Decision". LLRX . Archived from the original on 2008-10-15.
  5. "sla || pnw || interface || fall 2003 || news". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.

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