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Rochester Electronics Transforms Their Content Management with Soutron Archive

Rochester Electronics has successfully transformed its content management operations by updating their Soutron Archive implementation...

See Soutron at CILIP Libraries Rewired London 2024!

Soutron Global will be exhibiting at CILIP’s Libraries Rewired event in London on Friday 1st November 2024...

Empowering Special Academic Libraries: Soutron’s Innovative Approach to Information Management

St. Mary’s Seminary’s Cardinal Beran Library, a special academic library for theological scholarship, implements Soutron Library Management System...

Latest Software Update – Soutron Version 4.1.11

The latest software update to Soutron is now available, version 4.1.11. This update includes...

Meet with Soutron Global at the TALL eXchange 2024 Conference, Toronto, Canada!

Soutron exhibiting at the TALL eXchange 2024 Conference in Toronto...

11 Considerations when Choosing a Library Management System (LMS)

If you are considering a Library Management System, basically a software application for the administering, documenting, reporting, trace and delivery of electronic documents. Have you thought about the following? If not, you may not be seeing the bigger picture.

Library Management Systems, Past, Present and Future

The Library Management System has not changed much in 20 years. The format and the approach other than being web based, is fundamentally the same. There are too many suppliers, many will be bought up as we have seen the past few years and only a few will remain. Others will grow into something more knowledge focused and less back office process driven.

Top 5 Technologies to Give Librarians an Impetus to Innovate

The library used to include a Systems Librarian, someone whose role was to ensure that the library was well provisioned by technology and that the systems used by the library were up to muster. I recall one law library was so ahead of the game, that the IT department would come to the library to look for new ideas! The Systems Librarian post is still

Considerations when Designing a Database

For many clients a package database application is the ideal solution, incorporating a set of fields and templates to reflect what are commonly accepted types of information. A prime example is that of bibliographic data (an organised collection of references to published reports, articles, books or similar). There may be a need for some

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Meet Soutron at the CILIP Conference 2015

An unmissable date in the contemporary Library and Information professional’s calendar, the CILIP Conference 2015 is set to be the biggest and most inspiring conference to date, addressing Four key trends for CILIP 2015 which will play a key role in shaping our future information ecosystem

SLA Past President Guy St Clair on Transforming Libraries

International library transformation company Soutron announces its sponsorship of a new SLA seminar discussing THE FIRST KNOWLEDGE-SHARING TOOL DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL LIBRARIES. The seminar is scheduled for

Neftex (Halliburton-Landmark) selects Soutron to better meet library clients’ needs

International library transformation company Soutron announces that industry leader Neftex (Halliburton-Landmark), one of the largest geoscience consultancies in the world that delivers sequence stratigraphic products and consultancy, has converted to Soutron.

Cook, Yancey, King and Galloway, APLC simplify library operations with Soutron, replacing EOS/SirsiDynix

International library transformation company Soutron announces that the law firm Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, APLC has transformed their library operations by converting from EOS to Soutron. Cook Yancey is a dynamic and progressive law firm leading the