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A law firm with nearly 300 years of history replaced costly, outdated library software with Soutron, giving its information team a fully maintained, affordable platform with self-checkout, catalog management and journal tracking built in.
Wilsons Solicitors needed a cloud-based library management system that was affordable, easy to populate and suited to the specific needs of a small legal library. Soutron delivered a fully maintained platform with self-checkout, loose-leaf and journal cataloging, and book cover image display, giving the information team a system they use every day and plan to grow into.
Wilsons Solicitors offer a range of legal services for individuals, businesses and charities. They are almost 300 years old with traditional values that are core to their strength.
With offices in London and a bespoke head office in Salisbury, supporting their IT systems and practices firm wide.
“Using Soutron for our library management has made a huge improvement to our department.”
Andrew Phenix
Information Services Manager
It quickly became apparent that this software was not ideally suited for a small legal library like their own. It was something they increasingly struggled with, was costly to run and offered no loose-leaf or journals cataloging features.
After seeking a new library management system in 2013, Andrew started a conversation with Soutron. He started to explore what was possible with Soutron LMS and what features it offered a law firm like their own.
They wanted to make a fresh start and to enter all content from new, rather than run any imports or conversions from their previous system.
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Today Wilsons Solicitors continue to use Soutron for their library management system. Andrew says “Using Soutron for our library management has made a huge improvement to our department. The self checkout tool for our lawyers has worked wonders, no more manual checking and it is just so easy to keep track of our 800 books and journals.
“Our lawyers also like the fact they can see book cover images when they select a title as it helps to confirm which edition they are looking at.” A service provided via the Soutron catalog and Google.
With a new Wilsons branded Soutron portal going live for the library, Andrew is keen to explore how else Soutron can help. He concludes by saying “We use Soutron LMS every day, I know we are only just beginning to see the true capabilities of this software and what this can do for us”.
To learn more about Wilsons Solicitors and their range of legal services available, visit their website:
www.wilsonsllp.com
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“We could see just how easy it was to populate, it was affordable and provided a fully maintained solution for our needs.”
Andrew Phenix
Information Services Manager
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A small law firm library needs a system that is affordable, easy to maintain and suited to legal workflows without requiring significant IT resource. Key features include loose-leaf and journal cataloging, self-checkout for lawyers, and a fully maintained cloud-based platform where upgrades and support are handled by the supplier.
Wilsons Solicitors selected Soutron in 2013 after finding their previous software costly to run, outdated and lacking the features a small legal library needs.
Yes. Wilsons Solicitors uses Soutron's self-checkout tool to allow lawyers to check out books and journals without manual processing by library staff.
The Information Services Manager described the tool as working wonders, making it easy to track 800 books and journals across the firm without the overhead of manual checking.
Yes. Soutron integrates with Google to display book cover images alongside catalog records. At Wilsons Solicitors, lawyers use this feature to visually confirm which edition of a title they are looking at before selecting it, reducing the risk of retrieving the wrong version of a legal text.
Yes. Wilsons Solicitors chose to enter all content from new rather than run any imports or conversions from their previous system.
The Information Services Manager found Soutron straightforward to populate, and starting fresh allowed the team to build a clean, accurate catalog without carrying over any legacy data issues from the old system.