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

Welcome to the Soutron Blog. Here we delve into the use of metadata, technology, archives, library management and the whole ensemble of tools needed to master the art of what we do.

Looking for ideas, critiques and observations on the fast moving world of search, archives, knowledge services and library management? Want to keep up to date with new developments?

Soutron a Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 10, Software as a Service (SaaS) Supplier

by Marketing | Aug 9, 2018 | Industry News, Soutron Blog, Soutron Company Updates, Soutron Product News | 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that for the sixth year running Soutron has continued to gain supplier status on the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 10, as a Software as a Service (SaaS) supplier.

Google Analytics Integration for your Library and Archive

by Marketing | Jun 26, 2018 | Industry News, Soutron Blog, Soutron Company Updates, Soutron Product News | 0 Comments

The eagerly awaited Search Portal integration with Google Analytics. For those who use the Soutron Search Portal to provide public facing access to your library or archive, this integration with Google Analytics will help you better understand your users’ behaviour.

Hazardous Materials

by Graham | Jun 8, 2018 | Industry News, Soutron Blog, Soutron Events | 0 Comments

We are at BIALL this week. The British and Irish Law Librarians Conference in Birmingham, well almost, if you can call the NEC Hilton, in Birmingham. Shame that we were not closer to the town and all it can offer! But it was a chance to meet up with friends from times past as well as

Introducing the NEW Soutron 4.1 Software Update

by Marketing | May 22, 2018 | Industry News, Soutron Blog, Soutron Company Updates, Soutron Product News | 0 Comments

Get to know our software that introduces a new form of practicality, offering faster processing of data, ease of use and features than any other library automation system for special and corporate libraries…

Choice. It’s important to have choices in life and information management

by Graham | Apr 18, 2018 | Industry News, Soutron Blog | 0 Comments

Facebook’s CEO’s 5 hours explaining a business model to the USA’s top legislative chambers shows that experience really does pay off in avoiding mistakes. Full alignment to a…

BIALL Conference 2018, Meet us there!

by Marketing | Feb 1, 2018 | Soutron Blog, Soutron Company Updates, Soutron Events | 0 Comments

We are very pleased to announce that this June 2018 Soutron will be attending the BIALL Conference at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole to showcase our Legal Library Automation software. Witness the future of Legal Library…

Meet Soutron at the CILIP LMS Suppliers Spring Showcase 2018

by Marketing | Jan 18, 2018 | Industry News, Soutron Blog, Soutron Company Updates, Soutron Events | 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that Soutron will be exhibiting at CILIP’s LMS Suppliers Spring Showcase in London on Friday 9th March 2018. The Showcase is an informal and relaxed, “non-sales” environment allowing you to meet us face-to-face so that you can…

The world of information, open access and Aaron Swartz

by Graham | Jan 15, 2018 | Soutron Blog | 0 Comments

In twelve years, he accomplished remarkable achievements such as the creation of RSS Feeds at the age of 14, being a co founder of Reddit to name two. He advanced the ideas of creating Wikipedia and…

Getting more (or less!) from your Archive Collections with Descriptive Dates

by Marketing | Dec 8, 2017 | Soutron Blog, Soutron Company Updates, Soutron Product News | 0 Comments

You want your users and researchers to find relevant content from your archive with ease and to make the whole process as simple as possible. Dates are an important element in filtering content but are often difficult for users to correctly apply and use.