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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.
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Migrating Management Systems Help and Advice

Data Migration – What’s holding you back?

Data migration and conversion is critical to the success of any new system implementation, irrespective of the size of library. But it’s more than simply “migration”. It’s the opportunity to re-visit data, re-structure data, create relationships and present information in a better way.
Smarter Search

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.
Robots in Libraries

Robots in Libraries

I am very impressed that some libraries have embraced robots. I would love to meet in particular the “Shelf Reading” robot...
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30 Years of Soutron

Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary

2019 has arrived and we are happy to be celebrating the 30th anniversary of our company, first established in March 1989. Our business was set up to automate and support IT systems for corporate libraries and we remain totally focused on...
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