“Our librarians love the ability to place multi-copy requests, which, along with new collections, has contributed to the 30% increase over our previous fulfillment rate. Prior to implementing SHAREit, our fulfillment rate stood at 63% and is now maintaining at 83%.” said Maryam Phillips, Executive Director for HSLC in Philadelphia. “Database record deduplication has also vastly improved. Under the old system, we had 22 million MARC records and 44 million copies. With Auto-Graphics SHAREit, we have 8.4 million MARC records for the same amount of copies, 13.6 million less MARC records, which is a 62% reduction. SHAREit helps us save time and effort by pinpointing much needed material more effectively, which has dramatically impacted our fulfillment rate.”
SHAREit is a hybrid resource sharing solution that allows for traditional Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Integrated Library System (ILS) workflow to co-exist. This open platform provides a tremendous advantage for libraries by facilitating interconnectivity of disparate systems, presenting consortia the ability to simultaneously interface with multiple ILL and resource sharing systems to support efficient request generation and fulfillment.
Auto-Graphics was chosen by the Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (HSLC) following a competitive process in 2015 to provide a modern and feature-rich interface for end users with greater search functionality, a more flexible and efficient ILL system, and an increasingly accurate and authoritative union database to significantly enhance the statewide ILL services of ACCESSPA for its over 2,500 participating public, K-12, academic, special libraries, and state corrections facilities, which are supported with an offline version of SHAREit.
“We pride ourselves in the fact that Auto-Graphics is the true pioneer in resource sharing software. We were the first library software vendor to use the Internet for ILL communication in 1994, and in 2013 we were again the first to provide FRBR-like clustered results with SHAREit,” states Paul Cope, President of Auto-Graphics. “The continual reinvestment and development of our resource sharing solution demonstrates our commitment to maintaining our position as the #1 library resource management solutions provider, as evidenced by the technological diligence Auto-Graphics has demonstrated throughout our 67-year existence.”
About Health Sciences Library Consortium (HSLC)
Health Sciences Library Consortium is the nonprofit technology partner of the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and has been serving the Pennsylvania library community since 1988. For more information, visit HSLC.org.
About Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Auto-Graphics is the only publicly-traded library software vendor to provide software solutions along with full financial transparency. The company’s nearly seven (7) decades of providing solutions to the markets it serves reflects how well Auto-Graphics has listened to their customer base and stayed abreast of new technologies, continuously reinventing their products and services to help libraries of all sizes become more efficient and patron-centric. The Auto-Graphics browser-based Library Management Platform for patrons and staff – currently used by more than 11,000 libraries in North America – is comprised of SHAREit®, a Web-based resource sharing solution providing patron-initiated sharing, circulation-based interlibrary loan (ILL) using NCIP and consortial borrowing solutions; VERSO®, an integrated public library system (ILS); SEARCHit®, a federated search and discovery module; SLIMS™, a small library information management system, and MONTAGEdc®, a digital asset management (DAM) solution. All products are fully Web and cloud-based products which are compliant with ISO and NISO standards, and are available via a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription. For more information, please visit please visit www.auto-graphics.com, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Auto-Graphics trades under the stock symbol AIFS.
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Product Manager – VERSO
Product Manager, SHAREit
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Hicks, CPA, has been a director since February 2012. Mr. Hicks is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Hicks has been a practicing certified public accountant for over twenty-five years in addition to partnering and managing both an underground construction company and real estate development business. Currently, Mr. Hicks is a founder and senior partner of Hicks & Williams, LLP a certified public accounting firm providing tax, audit and management consulting services to small and medium size clients across the nation.
Vice President of Sales
Mr. Heath has been a director since December 2012. Mr. Heath immigrated to California from Canada during the Internet commerce boom in 1999. Mr. Heath was formerly Vice President, Secondary Markets at Best Buy (2008-2010) and founded Dealtree.com in 1999, where he was CTO & COO from (2001-2010). Mr. Heath has developed expert system technologies for managing online sales channels and created several online marketplaces supporting secondary market sales. Mr. Heath is an Internet technology and business operations consultant and serves as President of Heath Investment Properties LLC. Mr. Heath is an active member of Rotary, and currently serves a Technology Director for District 5320 in Southern California.
Dr. Murphy has been a director since December 2012. He has over 20 years experience as a successful software executive specializing in high-growth SaaS companies. He currently is CEO of GVNG Technology and Practitioner of Strategy at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Dr. Murphy is an active member on the board of directors for several early-stage and private equity owned companies. He received his MBA from Pepperdine University and his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester.
Ken Kerr has been a director since April 2020. During his career, he served in a variety of leadership positions in sales, marketing, and operations with companies in startup, turnaround, and expansion. Most recently he was CEO/CFO of Advisys, Inc., a SaaS company providing financial planning solutions to Fortune 100 banks, brokerages and insurance companies, and thousands of independent financial advisers. He retired from Advisys in 2018 and now consults with businesses to improve profits and productivity through effective employee engagement strategies. Ken graduated Cum Laude from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and has an MBA with an emphasis in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix.
Director of Customer Service and Quality Assurance
Controller
Product Manager, SHAREit – Customer Services
Product Manager, VERSO – Technical Services
Director of Information Technology