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Highlights From Our User Group Meetings in Melbourne and Wellington

We recently held two engaging User Group Meetings (UGMs) in Oceania, bringing together our wonderful community of Liberty and illumin users. Our first UGM took place in Melbourne, Australia, on August 22nd, followed by another in Wellington, New Zealand, on September 5th. Our UGM’s are designed to provide attendees with insights, interactive sessions, and networking opportunities.

Employee Spotlight – Callum

Meet Callum, he joined our team in 2022 as a developer. He’s based in our Australian offices and we get to know a little bit more about him in the latest of our Softlink Information Centers Employee Spotlight series.

4 Steps to Develop an Effective Marketing Campaign for Your Library

Libraries are centers of knowledge that serve corporations, specialized research disciplines, organizations, and members of the public. However, the information age has affected the attitude of many towards libraries and their value. Many people believe all they need is the internet.

How to Increase Your Library’s Usage in 5 Easy Steps

Library staff are committed to helping, informing, and inspiring everyone. They are focussed on the converted and currently unconverted. Hiding their light under a bushel is not part of any library staff’s DNA. A great library management system like Liberty, an intranet, and social media give them the tools to reach their audience and increase their library’s usage. Here are 5 ways library staff can increase their library’s usage in their organizations and communities.

Welcome to a New Era: Liberty Digital Unleashed

Softlink Information Centers is excited to introduce Liberty Digital, an innovative platform set to redefine the landscape of library and archive management. Launched at our recent Virtual Open Day on May 30, 2024, Liberty Digital joins our suite of products, which includes Liberty (an Integrated Library System or ILS) and illumin (a research and reference management tool). The best news of all? It’s available now for your library or archive, read on to find out more! 
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Softlink IC Welcomes the Queensland Parliamentary Library

Softlink Information Centres is delighted the Queensland Parliamentary Library (QPL) selected Liberty as their new library management system and illumin as their research management system.
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Alex visits Hobart for the Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) Conference

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.

Employee Spotlight – Dan Webb

Based in Softlink’s UK office, Dan is a part of our Northern Hemisphere support team. We get to know more about Dan in the third of our Softlink Employee Spotlights.

Lamm Jewish Library of Australia

"Our borrowers like that Liberty is simple to use. It is easy to access the catalog directly from the Lamm Jewish Library website and see what is available." Leonie Fleiszig, Director
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Trust a Librarian in the Battle to Protect User Privacy

Did you know that reading choices can tell a lot about someone? They can reveal religion, sexual preference, and political beliefs. It is precisely this type of information that has been used to target people in the past. It still is today, and no doubt will be in the future. That doesn’t mean librarians will stop fighting the battle to protect user privacy from the invasion of surveillance.

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