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?

Book Publishers and Power to the People!

For a number of years, I have been frustrated by publishers for whom digital eBooks are a protected species: more expensive than the physical equivalent and not to be sold by anyone other than…

Modernising Library Automation: New Code and New Designs

Our Modernising Software Agenda: a strategy to modernise and streamline library automation workflows…

Soutron a Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 11, Software as a Service (SaaS) Supplier

We are pleased to announce that for the seventh year running Soutron has continued to gain supplier status on the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 11, as a Software as a Service (SaaS) supplier.

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

The benefits of SSO / AD go beyond simply improving the speed and ease of logging into the library or archive. Users can access your service with…

Latest Software Update – Soutron Version 4.1.3 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the latest 4.1.3 software update to Soutron is now available. This latest version provides some specific updates to make the search experience even better with new…

Librarian Developing Library Software

Looking back over the last 12 years, I have had the great pleasure of working with different types of special libraries and librarians…

BIALL Conference 2019, Meet us there!

We are very pleased to announce that this June 2019 Soutron will be attending the BIALL Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre to showcase our Legal Library Automation software. An opportunity for you to…