Softlink Information Centers (Softlink IC) was at the 2022 Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) conference in Hobart, Tasmania between 24 – 26 August 2022. A biennial event hosted by ALLA, the conference is the major professional and business development event in the Association’s calendar.

ALLA is a national not-for-profit association with over 500 members in all states and territories of Australia. The Association represents librarians and information professionals working in courts, universities, government departments, law firms and professional associations.

The Conference is the key education and networking opportunity for law librarians to discuss issues and innovations in the legal information sector. And of course, at the conference, we were able to introduce conference attendees to Liberty, our ILMS, and our research management product, illumin.

Live demonstrations showed attendees Liberty is a modern, cloud-based library management system with the flexibility to suit their organization’s needs, with the following features:

• Clean, contemporary look for patrons
• Simple menu structure with full text searching
• Fully functional, responsive interface on a range of devices
• Access to the Liberty Link app provides smartphone users 24/7 access
• Staff and administrators can access a powerful management and analytics interface which allows the easy management, tracking and control of resources.

Attendees also found out how they could manage their organization’s knowledge with illumin. It’s the perfect tool for knowledge and research management as it collects, records, quantifies and précis’s queries and answers provided to staff and clients. illumin features a flexible, customizable request and response management interface.

In the exhibitor’s hall our booth attendees were also able to snap a picture with the very dapper Alex the Alpaca! They could also finally answer the burning question … Who is Alex the Alpaca? He’s a research librarian of course! Find out more here.

Were you at ALLA 2022, and have some more questions? Or if you’d just like to know more, speak to one of our team! Do not hesitate to contact us. We would be happy to answer any questions you have or organize a demonstration.