Liberty Group Training and User Group Meetings Coming to the UK
Softlink Information Centres is holding face to face training followed by a user group meeting in London and Edinburgh on October the 9th and 11th respectively.
Softlink’s Customer Community Manager extending Liberty and illumin community connections
After nine years as Professional Services Manager for Softlink Americas, Maida Rubin stepped into a new role as global Customer Community Manager for Softlink’s Information Centres division.
The Softlink Scoop – Edition 18/2018
A weekly round up of library and information centre news and opinions from around the world.
Softlink Information Centres’ Liberty training and UGM in PNG
Softlink Information Centres Technical Services Manager Sarah Thompson returned to Papua New Guinea in the last week of July for 3 days of training on the Liberty library management system, followed by a User Group Meeting.
Brisbane Liberty Library Management System Training Proves Popular
Softlink Information Centres’ Brisbane head office was the venue for July’s Liberty library management system training. The free, face-to-face, customer training sessions were fully booked, as enthusiast Liberty users joined Softlink IC’s Alex and Sarah for a fun and interesting day.
Employee Spotlight – James Martin
James Martin, Softlink’s Development Manager for Liberty and illumin, is based in the Brisbane head office. We get to know more about James (the Wise) in the fourth of our Softlink Employee Spotlights.
Softlink Information Centres launches live support chat
Monash University English Language Centre is the first to use Softlink IC’s new customer support service.
Softlink’s Liberty and illumin communities now has a new way to connect with our customer Support teams.
Warm Wishes to Lyn Walker on Her Move to Retirement
After 12 years with the Softlink team, and over 35 in the library and information field, we would like to extend our warm wishes and thanks to Lyn Walker on her move to retirement.
Plan Before You Scan: Considerations for launching a digital archive project
The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)’s new photo archive project aims to bring a collection of 30,000 photos documenting the archaeological and cultural heritage of the Middle East to the public eye. But where do you even begin to digitize 30,000 slides, negatives, and prints?
ACOR is one of the many diverse libraries who use Softlink’s Liberty library management system. In 2016 they were awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Education through the competitive American Overseas Research Centers grant program which will support the ACOR Library Photographic Archive. As a guest blogger for Softlink, Corrie Commisso, Senior Archival Consultant for ACOR, shares her experiences with launching the digital archive project.
Preserving Born-Digital Content for Future Generations
An increasing amount of content is originating in digital form. Many libraries are faced with the problem of assessing what born-digital content needs to be preserved, and how to manage that process.