VIS Hires Am Law 100 Industry Veteran, Billy Ellis, as Senior Research Librarian

USA/Canada News

16
Sep
2015

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Visionary Information Solutions (VIS), a premier information services management consultancy and comprehensive outsourced library services solution, today announces industry veteran, Billy Ellis, has joined the VIS team as Senior Research Librarian.

Highly regarded with nearly two decades of expertise gained in research services at Troutman Sanders, Ellis’s onboarding strengthens VIS’ market leadership for outsourced, integrated information services tailored to the small-to-mid-sized law firm market. 

Law firms’ information services are undergoing a tremendous amount of pressure as firms continue to downsize their hard copy print collections, new entrants in online research continue to cause market confusion, fragmented purchasing processes and unnecessarily high costs, and internal hiring practices remain flat.  These trends stand in stark contrast to the information consumption strategies now being leveraged by some of the nation’s most successful firms in order to gain and sustain market advantage.

VIS launched their integrated, outsourced information services in early 2015 to deliver ‘big law’ information consumption strategies to the small-to-mid-sized law firm market, a historically underserved market.  Uniquely positioned to be an outsourced solution as an adjunct to, or in lieu of, existing library staff, VIS provides effective and comprehensive research support strategies by leveraging in-house talent such as Mr. Ellis to provide stellar research strategies for any firms’ day to day and long term information needs.

Ellis comments, “I’m proud of the expertise I gained during my tenure at Troutman Sanders, and even more so to leverage it in a new and exciting way.  The market is changing and I saw joining the team at VIS as a great opportunity to be on the leading-edge of an important trend. The vast depth of knowledge VIS president and founder, Donna Terjesen, has assembled on both the vendor and professional sides is unique in the market and an invaluable tool as we seek to empower research strategies tailored to each specific law firms’ needs.”  

President of VIS, Donna Terjesen, remarks, “We are delighted to bring on someone of Billy’s caliber and expertise to the VIS research team and lead this market-trending service.  Whether or not a firm has a law librarian or formal information center, VIS can provide leading-edge, comprehensive research support strategies.  This is a win-win for firms wishing to not incur the permanent expense of hiring an in-house staff to run their library services while still developing a forward-thinking strategy in regards to new research trends.”