Soutron Global Exhibiting at the Maryland and Delaware Library Association (MLA/DLA) Conference
We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year’s Maryland Library Association / Delaware Library Association (MLA/DLA) Joint Conference to be held from May 6-8, at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, MA.
Meet the Team Behind Marina’s ILL Technology
Of note to attendees, the Maryland State Library Resource Center (SLRC) recently chose SHAREit, the most popular ILL resource sharing service in North America, to provide the underlying interlibrary loan technology to power Marina, Maryland’s state-wide resource sharing interlibrary loan service. The conference is an opportunity for Maryland library employees to have direct engagement with SHAREit experts who can provide live demonstrations, review ways to optimize their ILL practices, and other feedback on how to optimize their Marina resource sharing experience.
Delaware Libraries: Expand Your Reach Through SHAREit’s ISSI Network
Delaware conference attendees should stop by the booth to inquire about how their libraries could use Standalone SHAREit to extend their collection access to Marina library holdings through SHAREit’s Inter-System Sharing Initiative (ISSI) to extend patron borrowing beyond Delaware borders. “You don’t have to be a part of a consortia to take advantage of SHAREit’s network of over 900 libraries that participate in ISSI,” states Albert Flores, Account Executive at Soutron Global. “ISSI enables libraries to borrow beyond their local or statewide borders without added transaction fees.”
Discover VERSO: A Secure, Modern ILS for your Collection Management Needs
This year’s conference is also a great opportunity for attendees to check out how our ILS, VERSO, could address their library collection management needs to provide a better search experience and service to their patrons, without any of the cyber security concerns that open-source software inherently has.
Full-Spectrum Library Solutions, All Under One Roof
Whether conference attendees are working to improve service delivery to their patrons, facilitate archives management, optimize discovery, enhance ILL workflows, or prevent format obsolescence of born digital collection items with digital preservation tools, Soutron Global will have experts on hand to review how our products and services can be of assistance.
A Personal Invitation from Soutron Global’s CEO
“As the Marina resource sharing partner for Maryland libraries, I am excited to connect with network users and discuss the latest enhancements available to Marina users,” states Brad Frasher, CEO of Soutron Global. “I invite everyone who would like a more focused walkthrough to reach out to our team during the conference — we are here to help!”
Building on Brad’s invitation, conference attendees are encouraged to stop by Soutron Global booth #17 to explore the company’s expanded solutions portfolio for library automation, resource sharing, archives, digital preservation, federated search, and cultural heritage management.
Take the Soutron Global ILL Library Personality Quiz
While visiting the Soutron Global booth, attendees will have the opportunity to take the Soutron Global ILL Library Personality Quiz. The quiz helps all types of libraries to self-assess if their ILL practices make them a Manual Master, Inquisitive Investigator, Automation Architect, or Hybrid Harmonizer! Stop by booth #17 to see where your ILL workflows fit in!
Shaping the Next Generation of Library Technology
Together, Soutron Global and Auto-Graphics are shaping the next generation of library technology—designed around the evolving needs of public libraries and the communities they serve.
About the 2026 MLA/DLA Annual Conference
The 2026 MLA|DLA Annual Conference will be held May 6-8, 2026 in Cambridge, Maryland. The theme of this year’s conference: “Our Stories, Our Shelves” is a celebration about the power of stories within our communities. At this year’s conference, the role of archives and libraries both keepers and creators of local narratives will be explored, as library professionals examine the ways archive and library shelves reflect, preserve, and amplify voices within our neighborhoods and regions.
About SHAREit ILL Resource Sharing
SHAREit is North America’s most popular cloud-based InterLibrary Loan (ILL) SaaS solution, powering public library resource sharing services, enabling cross-library discovery across the continent.
About Digital Preservation Software
A Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) manages and digitally preserves born-digital collection items, helping organizations fight format obsolescence, providing born-digital preservation workflows such as: digital fixity checks, chain-of-custody verification and authentication for long-term digital asset preservation.
About Integrated Library System (ILS) Software
Our library automation software solutions are highly customizable and scalable ILS systems suitable for special libraries and public libraries, providing a full suite of integrated library automation tools, from corporate, single-branch or office libraries to multi-branch consortia libraries.
About Archive Collection Management
Soutron Archive is a customizable corporate archive management software platform that naturally extends itself to digital archive management, needs, while MINISIS Archives extends to meet the needs of museums, cultural collection management organizations and art galleries.
About Museum Collection Management
A fully featured museum collections management system (CMS), that provides more than collections cataloging software, including curatorial workflow automation, exhibit management, reading room coordination, object location tracking, loan management, and public information portal.
About Cultural Asset Management
Unlike single-purpose archives, library or museum solutions, a Cultural Asset Management System (CAMS) provides an All-in-One cultural and heritage asset collection software system. This modern, multi-functional solution provides multi-discipline cultural collection workflows to provide cross-repository asset unification.
About Soutron Global
Soutron Global is a leading provider of SaaS information management, resource sharing and digital preservation solutions for archives, knowledge hubs, libraries and museums. Partnering with archivists, librarians, collection managers and knowledge management workers at corporations, museums, education and government institutions worldwide, Soutron Global empowers organizations to transform how they organize, preserve, share and access their collection assets. Our SaaS solutions are content agnostic, easily handling library holdings, proprietary knowledge, cultural artifacts and archival assets, print, digital and physical. With a proven track record spanning over 5 decades, Soutron Global companies are recognized for their innovative software solutions created by embracing client challenges and partnering with them to develop new solutions.
