SOFTLINK COMMISSIONS RESEARCH INTO LIBRARIANS’ ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Library and knowledge management system specialist, Softlink Europe, has commissioned further research into external and internal information managed by librarians in the corporate sector. Gathering, organising, storing and sharing information and knowledge assets from within and outside the organisation is a core element of knowledge management. The paper will be launched at the Softlink stand no. 626 at the Library + Information Show in April 2006.
[UKPRwire, Tue Mar 14 2006] To take part in the research, please contact research@theansweruk.com or telephone 0208 655 0953 before the end of March.
Director of Softlink Europe, Iain Dunbar, explains, “Softlink has an active programme of research and development and we want to ensure that our development pipeline matches the future requirements of our customers. We are also keen to ensure that our existing products meet current demands and regularly seek feedback from our customers via direct communication such as user groups and one-to-one visits. The research will complement this by enabling us to gather views from a cross-section of corporate librarians across the charity, health and legal sectors.”
ECO Animal Health uses Softlink’s Liberty3 fully web-based library and knowledge management system. Bert Washington started at ECO Animal Health in January 2005 in the newly created post of information manager. He explains, "I saw the post as a very exciting challenge, devised to help ECO manage and maintain the company's core resource more efficiently. I work within the regulatory department but plan to extend the usefulness of the knowledge management system company-wide in due course. ECO is a rapidly expanding company and we see the knowledge management system as key to keeping our staff updated on new developments and to offer them easier access to information from any of our offices around the world.” The system includes data on traditional library catalogue resources such as books but also includes .pdf and Excel documents, websites and e-journals.
Visit the Softlink Europe stand, number 626, at the Library + Information Show. L+iS is being held at the NEC Birmingham from 26th to 27th April 2006.
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Notes to Editors
Softlink Europe
Library technology specialist Softlink invests in research and development to provide library technology for the 21st century and to offer a suite of products that offers unlimited possibilities for education, public, corporate and special libraries. The product range includes Liberty3 for the corporate, special and higher education sectors in addition to Alice and Oliver for school libraries. Limes Library Automation Software including Millennia and Evolution and pi Primer has now become the responsibility of Softlink Europe Ltd.
With 20 years of experience and over 10,000 installations of library management solutions worldwide in libraries in a variety of sectors, Softlink Europe is well placed to implement quickly and efficiently from its Oxford and North of England offices. The library automation specialist has a UK-based support and development team and is a firm believer in investment in research and development to provide library technology for the 21st century.
www.softlink.co.uk
For further information, please contact: Catherine Dhanjal, TheAnswer Ltd
Tel: 0208 655 0953/ 0794 166 9925 Email: catherine.dhanjal@theansweruk.com
Date: 10 March 2006 Ref: TA-307
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