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

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Soutron Global to Add Rich New Functionality to the Latest Release of Soutron

Our latest release will enhance core functionalities with administration updates that promise to improve staff efficiency with newly upgraded...

Meet Soutron Global at the CILIP Suppliers Showcase Spring 2024

We are very pleased to announce a welcome return to the CILIP Suppliers Showcase in London on...

Increase Usability and Findability with Soutron and SharePoint

10 advantages of advancing your information management with Soutron and SharePoint integration to increase...

Modernise Your Library or Archive: 8 Reasons Soutron Stands Out

The use of a modern information management system such as Soutron in your special library or archive can bring...

Soutron Celebrates 35 Years of Innovation in Information Management for Special Libraries, Knowledge Management, and Archives

Soutron was one of the first companies to bring a library management system to the...

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 ...

Rolls Royce, where knowledge and experience defines a competitive advantage

Over 10,000 people work in this amazing engineering business where knowledge and experience defines competitive advantage. The company employs over 50,000 people worldwide making various devices that power aircraft, ships, helicopters, rigs, and submarines.

Top 13 Classic Horror Novels for 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.

World Leading Archive on Holocaust & Nazi Era, The Wiener Library Choose Soutron

Derby, United Kingdom – Derby based Soutron have developed a Combined Library and Archive Management Solution for The Wiener Library who host the most extensive collection of archives from the Holocaust and Nazi era in the UK.

Do you have the other Spectre in your library?

Lost in the rows of the bookshelves, tucked away in an archive or filed under missing, do you have a batch of titles that have disappeared from your library? These missing titles have puzzled you for days, weeks or even years. Just what happened to these books?

Meet Soutron at the CILIP LMS Suppliers Showcase Autumn 2015

We are pleased to announce that Soutron will be exhibiting at CILIP’s LMS Suppliers Showcase in London on 13th November 2015. The Showcase is an informal and relaxed, “non-sales” environment allowing you to meet us face-to-face so that you can:

Library Management Development in the Sunshine

Well what a great surprise to come back from holiday to find the sun still shining in Britain at the end of September! Even more pleasing to my eyes is the progress we have made developing new code for the Soutron system.

The Importance of Great Customer Service

So business is picking up and the service sector is leading the economy. You would expect to find service levels at an all time high yet in general it’s rare to receive great service unless you are paying lots of money or you happen to be royalty.

The Library as a Shrine

From the age of five, Saturday morning was special. I was able to attend the library at the top of the hill, beyond the cinema (we called it the Pictures). The Library was a grand building with a set of stone steps leading up to impressive wooden doors that signified it was a place of importance. There were treasures to keep secure inside, valuable and easily available for me to explore. No book was too small or too large