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

Welcome to the Soutron Global Blog. Here we delve into the use of metadata, technology, archives, library management and the whole ensemble of tools needed to master the art of what we do.

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Knowledge Management ROI

This guide is about making that value visible. It gives special, corporate, legal and research libraries, archives and information teams a practical way to measure knowledge management ROI: a simple formula, a conservative worked example, the metrics that hold up in front of finance, and a free KM ROI calculator so you can run your own numbers.

Library Management Software: Complete Guide for Modern Libraries

This guide covers core features, deployment types, real-world examples, selection criteria, and future trends shaping library management. Whether you're a public librarian evaluating your first ILS, a corporate information manager modernizing a special library's trusted data, or an IT administrator comparing deployment options, this library software guide covers what you need to know.

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.

Still using the British Library ARTEmail – Artel System? The clock is ticking.

The Artel system is an automated method of requesting material from the British Library Document Supply Centre and it is being phased out. The clock is ticking, so make sure you have plan in place to move to a new LMS.

Meet Soutron at the CILIP LMS Suppliers Showcase 2015

We are pleased to announce that Soutron will be demonstrating our latest products at CILIP’s LMS Showcase in Edinburgh on 15 September.

Extending Our Portal Reach

Here at Soutron, we are keen to improve communications via blogs and also via our Support Portal. We are updating the Knowledge Base with

8 Signs that you are an Excellent Librarian

You may take these for granted or they may be skills that you have learned and polished over the years in your chosen career as a librarian.

8 Top Archiving Tips for Librarians

So you find yourself in the inevitable position of either starting, maintaining or updating your archive or collection. By no means a small task, but one that you have to complete all the same. So where do you begin? What do you need to consider and remember when working with the archive?

How to get the most out of our RSS Feeds

RSS feeds, a great and convenient approach to letting the news come to you. We have various feeds available and would just like to explain the types we have and the best approach that may suit you or your

Top 10 Library Management System Security Issues

Library Management Systems need to be secure, but just how secure? Do you realise the complexities of security involved or have to be thought through? We have compiled this list, though not exhaustive, we feel that these security issues and points do need to be considered in most cases.

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.