Solutions We Offer

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: Answer Maven Solutions empowers clients by identifying all the types of knowledge that their organization possesses and then helps clients leverage that knowledge to achieve strategic business decisions, with emphasis on cost savings and efficiencies. We enable our clients to use their own information to drive business and innovation.

E-DISCOVERY & RISK ASSESSMENT: Our professionals will help companies to understand when and how to better prepare for a request for data. This includes helping determine where data resides, in what format and how best to satisfy a request. We will help develop with the company controls and strategies based on current resources at their disposal or make suggestions as to what technology would best fit their individual needs. We can also train staff on software or technology solutions.

REFERENCE & RESEARCH:  Research and reference projects can be time comsuming and costly if not done right. Answer Maven Solutions has 25 years of combined Library Reference experience and specializes in legal and business research.  Our expertise and the specialty database access we offer are at your disposal for research and analysis. 

Some Areas of Note for Our Research Expertise Include:
  • Legislative  Analysis - This runs the gamut from performing historical analysis to tracking current legislation and regulation.
  • Expert Witness - Understanding who the Expert is allows you to identify and prepare for the unknown.
  • Business Background - Offering a full analysis of the future business partner or competitor is your competitive edge.

TAXONOMY AND THESAURUS DEVELOPMENT: With the amount information exploding users are searching more and find less. Answer Maven Solutions can help improve access to content through better classification, organization and structure. We help companies develop a custom taxonomy or corporate thesaurus that will help organize and classify your content so that knowledge works can spend more time working and less time searching.    

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE: Competive Intelligence is becoming increasily important in today business landscape. Whether it’s conducting competitive intelligence research or in assisting the library/information resource center in offering CI services, Answer Maven Solutions can work with management and staff to enhance your organization’s competitive and strategic development.

STRATEGIC PLANNING: Answer Maven Solutions has the broad planning experience that comes with years of working with all types of organizations and helping them adapt to ever-changing demands, in their response to their users and organization.

STRATEGIC SOCIAL MEDIA: Social Media is everywhere but few businesses have found a way to maximize their investment in either time or effort to see a direct return. Our clients see increased customer engagement and experience new commitments as a direct result of our strategic social media leverage methods.

VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS:  Vendor contract subscriptions are often the largest expense, after wages and compensation, in an information centric organization. Negotiating with vendors is an art form. We have the experience and track record for negotiating cost-effective flat-rate contracts that are customized to meet your firm’s information needs. Your new flat-rate contract will allow access to vital online resources and features that will enhance the research experience, keep your firm competitive, and improve your bottom line.

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT: DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATION, RE-BALANCING, DOWNSIZING, RELOCATION & VALUATION: Answer Maven Solutions offers a full range of collection services based on client guidelines and user needs. Clients can choose from a menu of collection services including organization, cataloging, weeding, rebalancing for print and electronic resources, downsizing, moving, and valuation for sale and insurance purposes.

LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Answer Maven Solutions management services cost-effectively oversee your library, while freeing up staff time for more other duties. Whether it’s checking-in materials, processing, routing, bill paying, or other administrative duties. Answer Maven Solutions has staff that keeps your library current, efficient, and cost-effective.

LIBRARY MAINTENANCE & LOOSE LEAF FILING: Our Loose Leaf Filers are experienced and are known for their conscientiousness, speed, and attention to detail. They are available on a regular weekly basis as well as for catch-up filing work, on an as-needed basis.