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

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Soutron Global 2024 Milestones: Expanded Product Line, Experienced Double-digit Growth and More

2024 has been a year of transformative growth for Soutron Global, demonstrating our ability to...

Performance-based Stories Archived at The Radical Archive of Preservation, Powered by Soutron Archive

Easily customisable and flexible, Soutron Archive allowed TRAP to create unique search categories, organise artifacts associated with...

LaFrance Corporation Enhances Learning and Knowledge Management with Soutron

Soutron library management system is transforming how LaFrance manages, accesses, and utilises

Soutron Global Acquires MINISIS, a Vancouver-based Provider of Archive, Library and Museum Management Software

We are thrilled to welcome MINISIS and their talented team to the Soutron family...

NAR Streamlines Access to Real Estate Knowledge with Soutron Archive

National Association of REALTORS (NAR) has streamlined its Library & Archive services by implementing Soutron Archive, enabling...

Soutron are now Cyber Essentials Plus Certified

We have always employed strict security procedures at Soutron, ensuring our clients data is kept and maintained to the highest standards. We would like to announce that we have taken this one step further and are now Cyber Essentials Plus Certified...

Having the right resource is essential… now where is that pushchair?

It struck me that the simple addition of a the right piece of equipment made a dramatic difference to our holiday. Oliver was noticeably a happier chappie. He positively loved visiting new places, meeting loads of new people and always wears a smile. He even gets to...

Long lasting relationships translate into benefits

The time invested in finding a new system requires a payback that is measured in more than software functions on a screen. A long lasting relationship based on trust, expert advice and honesty helps the librarian to deliver the library’s mission. Soutron invests time with clients to listen to what is really needed and then build this into the software to help meet those exact needs. Perhaps it is because we enjoy this process so much that we form strong and long term relationships with clients.

Soutron a Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 8, Software as a Service (SaaS) Supplier

We are pleased to announce that for the fourth year running Soutron has continued to gain supplier status on the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 8, as a Software as a Service (SaaS) supplier.

The benefits of a combined Library and Archive 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.

Support your local Library no matter how large or small

No matter how large or small your local library is, it really does need your support. Could a Phone Box Library be the answer?

Meet Soutron at the CILIP LMS Suppliers Showcase Spring 2016

We are pleased to announce that Soutron will be exhibiting at CILIP’s LMS Suppliers Showcase in London on Friday 14th March 2016. The Showcase is an informal and relaxed, “non-sales” environment allowing you to meet us face-to-face so that you can:

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.