Sea Power Centre Adds 6,000th Entry to Catalogue
Congratulations to the Sea Power Centre Library on reaching a cataloguing milestone, entering the 6000th record into their Liberty system which holds their historic reference collection.
5 Reasons You Should Choose Your Old Library Management System over Liberty
While thousands of libraries all over the world use Softlink’s library management systems, we acknowledge Liberty is not for everyone.
Top 5 Tips to Get Your Library Ready for the Holiday Season
So you think you’ve ticked off all the Christmas season preparations? OK we believe you. But, just in case there’s one or two things that may have slipped your mind – after all it only comes once a year (or seemingly more often for those of us less close to our actual day of birth), we thought we’d provide you with a little checklist.
eBooks Have a Place on Library “Shelves”
In our increasingly technological world, the use of digital material continues to increase. Whether it is digital advertisements or images, examples of electronic products are everywhere. The use of technology is seeing increased efficiency in businesses of all kinds as people become more adept at using it both at work and at home. Yet technology and its use remains the topic of debate over when and how digital material is used in some sectors. One such sector is libraries.
4 Tips for Creating a Business Case
Whether your library is large or small, a library that isn’t as efficient as it could be is frustrating. Businesses across many fields use libraries to make their workplace more efficient. But, if they don’t have a Integrated Library System (ILS), there’s every chance it isn’t as efficient as it could be. Are you interested in adding an ILS to your workplace? When you can see the benefits but others can’t, it helps to arm yourself with the right information. By creating a business case, you may succeed in introducing the right ILS to the company you work for.
Library Software – Making Libraries Accessible to Everyone
Just as we have the right to freedom of action and expression, we should have the right to gain knowledge. This means making knowledge accessible to everyone. Our levels of physical or learning ability, should not bar us from accessing knowledge.
Liberty Training and User Group Meeting in Beautiful Edinburgh
October saw Softlink hold its free Liberty Training and User Group Meetings in the UK, the second of which was held in beautiful Edinburgh. Hosted by Colin McDowall librarian at the Royal College of Physicians, it was attended by a small but enthusiastic group of users who travelled from the West Midlands and North East England to join those more locally based.
Why Librarians and Harry Potter Have a Lot In Common
Just like Harry Potter, librarians can’t keep their secret any longer. For all they walk among us in normal clothes and keep a low profile between the stacked shelves of your local library, they can’t hide the truth any longer.
Market Your Library’s Services and Resources
Being a librarian is a stimulating job. No two days are the same, and no two users have the same needs. The ability to juggle many tasks is paramount. The demands on librarians are significant. They face constant interruption, and shifting between roles and responsibilities, all while keeping a smile on their face or trying to! And then there’s the need to keep abreast of new information technology to meet their users’ changing requirements and expectations, while facing budget cuts and less staff. Need we go on?
7 Ways Law Libraries Save Law Firms Money
Law libraries accommodate all manner of resources, both digital and physical, to help lawyers in their research. More and more, law firms are relying on the internet, online databases, and web-based services for research, but there is still a need for physical publications.