Softlink Virtual Open Day – 15 June 2022

We’ll be hosting our Virtual Open Day on 15 June 2022 where our panel of expert presenters will host six 30-minute sessions across three time zones.

Each of the sessions will be packed with ideas, advice, tips and tricks when you’re using illumin & Liberty.  The sessions will be delivered via Zoom, read our full schedule and register now using the links below!

 

SESSION 1:  Australia / New Zealand

Time AEST Topic Description
11:00 AM Discover the world of digital resources for your library Librarians know digital resource collections are becoming an important way to increase reach and value to library users.   But what do librarians need to consider and how do they go about providing digital resources?  Join this session to find out!
11:30 AM Stay Alert with Current Awareness Keeping your library or information center users well-informed and up-to-date with information relevant to their professional or person interests or related subjects can be done through a great Current Awareness Service (CAS).   But how does it work? You can use these systems to get knowledge on recent developments, especially those relating to the individual interests of your borrowers or users. Join this session to see how this important tool can help change the way you work, every day.
12:00 PM Softlink Roadmap Join this session to find out what Softlink has planned over the next little while. Our roadmap sessions are a hit with our customers because it’s a chance to see what’s in the development pipeline. Take a sneak peek at some upcoming features, enhancements and new developments for our products.
12:30 PM Discover illumin illumin is the perfect tool for knowledge and research management as it collects, records, quantifies and précis’s queries and answers provided to staff and clients. Join this session to find out how a flexible request and response management tool can change the way you work every day!
1:00 PM Smart Serials Our smart serials will change the way you catalog journals, periodicals and more! Imagine using an RSS link to continuously add resources to your system? It’s possible, find out how in this session.
1:30 PM Stump the experts Put our experts to the test! Come up with some curly questions to stump our experts! Whatever you’d like to know about library management systems, data, OPACS, development … you name it … try and stump our experts.

SESSION 2:  UK / Europe 

Time (GMT)

Topic

Description

11:00 AM

Connect anywhere, anytime with Liberty Link

Connect Liberty to your mobile device with Liberty Link.

Find out how it features everything you’ll need to interact with the Library from your phone.  Give your users access to the information they need on-the-go.

11:30 AM

Softlink Roadmap

Join this session to find out what Softlink has planned over the next little while. Our roadmap sessions are a hit with our customers because it’s a chance to see what’s in the development pipeline. Take a sneak peek at some upcoming features, enhancements and new developments for our products.

12:00 PM

Cataloguing 101

Let’s get back to basics with a quick overview on cataloguing.   Learn how to Z-catalogue new records, enhance old records, and setup templates for streamlining entering your records.

12:30 PM

OPAC Makeover

Join this session to see how easily you can take your OPAC from drab to fab! From sad to super!

We’ll cover some quick fixes, tips and tricks to help you transform your OPAC and make first impressions count. See how some quick tweaks can take your OPAC from ordinary to amazing!

1:00 PM

Smart Serials

Our smart serials will change the way you catalog journals, periodicals and more! Imagine using an RSS link to continuously add resources to your system? It’s possible, find out how in this session.

1:30 PM

Discover illumin

illumin is the perfect tool for knowledge and research management as it collects, records, quantifies and précis’s queries and answers provided to staff and clients. Join this session to find out how a flexible request and response management tool can change the way you work every day!

 

SESSION 3:  Americas

Time (EDT)

Topic

Description

Midday

Discover the world of digital resources for your library

Librarians know digital resource collections are becoming an important way to increase reach and value to library users.

But what do librarians need to consider and how do they go about providing digital resources?  Join this session to find out!

12:30 PM

Softlink Roadmap

Join this session to find out what Softlink has planned over the next little while. Our roadmap sessions are a hit with our customers because it’s a chance to see what’s in the development pipeline. Take a sneak peek at some upcoming features, enhancements and new developments for our products.

1:00 PM

Cataloging Different Things

This session advanced cataloguing will show you how to create a variety of bibliographic types (bibtypes) to catalogue different types of records. We’ll demonstrate examples of different records being catalogued, including electronic and physical records.

1:30 PM

Smart Serials

Our smart serials will change the way you catalog journals, periodicals and more!

Imagine using an RSS link to continuously add resources to your system? It’s possible, find out how in this session.

2:00 PM

Discover illumin

illumin is the perfect tool for knowledge and research management as it collects, records, quantifies and précis’s queries and answers provided to staff and clients. Join this session to find out how a flexible request and response management tool can change the way you work everyday!

2:30 PM

Connect anywhere, anytime with Liberty Link

Connect Liberty to your mobile device with Liberty Link. Find out how it features everything you’ll need to interact with the Library from your phone.  Give your users access to the information they need on-the-go.