Benefits of using Single Sign On / Active Directory in your Library & Archive

Benefits of using SSO / AD in your Library or Archive

Metadata and content are the essential and central focus for all information professionals, archivists and librarians. When implementing a new system or migrating from an old information management system it is especially important to get data structures and metadata consistent and correctly formed and presented. Amidst the many tasks in a project plan to implement […]

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…

Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary

30 Years of Soutron

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…

Beyond Library – Librarians in Control

Librarians in Control Document Management

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?