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"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
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.
Anyone in a front line position will come up against moments of stress. Stress is commonly a result of work overload but, often it is a by-product of always wanting to do the best they can for their customers. That is as true for our Liberty and illumin customers as it is for Softlink IC’s Customer Support representatives. So, we canvassed our Support Team Members and some of our customers, and came up with a few ways they manage to reduce their stress levels and remain productive.
We don’t have enough space here to write a novella about all the benefits you will get with Softlink Information Centres’ Liberty v5 (and we’re pretty sure you don’t have the time to read one right now), so these 5 brilliant benefits may whet your appetite for more.
Have you been trying to find ways to promote your library other than through newsletters, mailouts, and reminder notices? Have you thought about blogs? Blogging is a way to promote your library and its services or distribute news that may be of interest to library users. Time dedicated to blogging can vary depending on how in-depth or short and newsy you want your blogs (articles) to be.
Softlink Central Europe hosted a Softlink Open Day in Sibiu, Romania, marking the beginning of the 34th National Conference of the Romanian Librarians’ Association which ran from September 3 – 6 2024. The open day was designed to update the library community on the latest updates, features and solutions on offer.
On 18 June 2024, we hosted a User Group Meeting (UGM) in central London. The event was well attended, bringing together some of our community of library and information management professionals from around the United Kingdom.
Softlink Information Centres will be at the 2024 Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) Conference between Wednesday, 7th August to Friday, 9th August 2024, at the Adelaide Convention Centre in South Australia.
Your IT team are important stakeholders in any new software decision. It's important they feel confident with the robustness of the technology, security, ease of use, and access to support.
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.

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