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

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How Museum Collection Management Software Works

The best museum collection management software tracks art, artifacts, and collection records with standards-based data entry. It stores structured information in a consistent form, enabling easy discovery of collection items, and ensures long-term sustainable collection management.

Digital Asset Management Workflow in Libraries and Archives

A defined workflow connects digital files to existing records, supports accurate asset organization, and improves how teams locate assets within a centralized repository.

What Is Digital Archiving? Definition, Methods, Challenges and Best Practices

Digital archiving involves structured processes, metadata, integrity controls, and retrieval mechanisms to manage and preserve the growing volume of digital records created by individuals, businesses, and governments. Digital archives can be composed of various media types, including text, images, audio, and video, each requiring specific preservation and accessibility strategies

Legal Metadata Taxonomies: A Reference Guide to Legal Standards and Examples

We've compiled every taxonomy in this guide into a print-ready PDF reference — organized by functional category, with a quick-reference table and a full A–Z entry for each framework. Save it, share it with your team, or use it to audit your firm's current metadata coverage

Legal Metadata Management Examples

Legal metadata is needed because legal knowledge needs structure. Adding legal context, using legal metadata taxonomies ensures that organizational, operational, and strategic information is available for legal researchers, enhancing usability for decision-making and governance.

International Copyright 101 for Librarians: 7 Tips to Guide You in Complying with International Copyright Law

Seasons Greeting’s

As 2018 comes to a close, we want to wish you all a very happy, healthy Christmas and a prosperous 2019!

7 Essential Facts Every Corporate Librarian Needs to Know About Copyright Law

The Library is “Open” 24 Hours, Should I Be?

Beyond Library – Librarians in Control

Years after the first EDM (Electronic Document Management) systems appeared, their search capabilities still leave a lot to be desired. Is it because authors of documents do not index their documents? Or is it that search is poorly implemented in such systems?