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

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Metadata Tagging for Smarter Searching

In practice, AI conversational search and metadata-based e-discovery solve different problems. A curated, secure archive or library database using metadata tagging and faceted search helps users identify and access the right assets with precision, delivering what artificial intelligence search cannot, including the most architecturally advanced forms of AI retrieval available today.

Legal Research Request for Law Libraries: Modernizing Research Request Intake for KM Teams

Legal research workflows have fundamentally changed. Today’s research requests are no longer simple, linear queries—they are high-value, high-pressure engagements that require validation, iteration, and coordination across attorneys, knowledge managers, and law librarians.

Legal Research Request Management

This guide discusses modern legal research challenges and workflow takeaways that can be put into practice today to help manage the demand, resources, and complexities of research requests using policies and technology that support both solo and team-based environments.

Library Automation Software: A Custom Guide to Modern LMS Solutions

This guide covers the benefits of library automation software, how cloud hosted library systems compare to on-premise deployments and what features matter most for special collections as well as public libraries. You will also learn how to evaluate...

Headed to the 2026 MLA | DLA Annual Conference?

While visiting the Soutron Global booth, attendees will have the opportunity to take the Soutron Global ILL Library Personality Quiz!

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

Online Webinar “Transforming Libraries: Critical Success Factors”

Soutron is pleased to invite you to an exclusive free online webinar with our guest speaker Guy St. Clair, President and...

Chartered Institute of Marketing CIM Selects Soutron for Library and Knowledge Management

International library transformation company Soutron announces that The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the latest professional body to select its flagship Soutron library and knowledge management system.