Soutron Global Blog of Search, Knowledge Services, Archive and Library Management

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As we celebrate this festive season, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our clients, business partners and teams...
The Benefits of a Combined Llibrary Archive Software Solution
Do you have a library and archive collection you would like to put online and make more accessible? Do you wish you could make this more appealing and increase the use and value of the collections? Perhaps you have a lone desktop PC with your collection saved in a legacy program or spreadsheet but you don’t have the means to easily publish it. How could a combined library and archive solution benefit your organisation?
Cloud-based Local Studies Archives for Easy Collaboration
A reduction in service costs for Archives and Local Studies Departments is now achievable using Cloud technologies from Soutron. Cloud systems combined with Soutron’s multi-Search Portal technology designed for Archive Management means costs can be lowered and shared by several local authorities and smaller archive services in a single system deployed in the Cloud.
Arise Sir Robot
One of the books I gave myself time to read over Christmas and New Year was this one. "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future” Written in a very easy to read style and strong on factual references with a tailored version for UK consumption. It is well worth a read and is both alarming and engaging, even if you are not into robotics and engineering innovation.
Soutron Autumn Newsletter
During 2015 we added archival system functions and new capabilities to manage images into the Soutron system to achieve a combined library and archives application. Adherence to ISAD(G) standards as well as incorporating locally defined needs were major design goals. The system provides the means to structure collections and present content in a ...
Scary Horror Novels to read over Halloween
The nights are drawing in, the leaves are falling and the end of October edges ever near. All Hallows’ Eve is nearly upon us and so the ghoulish writings of authors over the last 200 years has left us with these devilishly delicious classic novels to scare us silly.