FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Elizabeth Kelley
Marketing Communications Manager
Auto-Graphics, Inc.
430 Vineyard Ave., Ste. 100
Ontario, CA 91764
909-569-1544
eak@auto-graphics.com
Auto-Graphics’ SHAREit™ Selected by Access PA and Health Sciences Libraries Consortium (HSLC)
ONTARIO, Calif. — April 23, 2015 — Auto-Graphics, Inc., a leading provider of tools, technologies, and software developed to power libraries, and HSLC, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries, proudly announce the selection of Auto-Graphics’ SHAREit™, as the statewide resource sharing system.
After a competitive RFP process including resource sharing and interlibrary loan vendors throughout the nation, Auto-Graphics was selected by HSLC to provide the next Interlibrary loan platform for Access PA, one of the oldest ILL implementations in North America. Auto-Graphics’ SHAREit was selected because it meets the needs indicated to HSLC by the Pennsylvania librarians. In switching to the SHAREit ILL platform, HSLC’s objectives for Access PA will be upgraded with a more 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 – significantly enhancing statewide ILL services. Auto-Graphics has adapted the latest software, database, and industry standards to provide HSLC with the most current and leading edge platform available including:
- Diversity with over 2500 Public, Academic, School, and Special libraries participating
- Stand-alone OPAC and ILL for Pennsylvania’s correctional institutions
- Seamless integration with one of the most evolved and long-standing statewide ILLs in the nation
“HSLC is excited to be working with Auto-Graphics on behalf of the residents and library staff throughout Pennsylvania,” noted HSLC Executive Director, Maryam Phillips. Phillips continued, “Auto-Graphics has been in business since 1950 and has a proven track record with large-scale statewide ILL. We are proud to be working with a vendor who can assist HSLC with improving statewide library services with such an exciting product and in a cost-effective manner.” HSLC and Auto-Graphics are already working on a phased implementation schedule that will train librarians and migrate participating libraries by December 31, 2015.
“Auto-Graphics has a successful history working with the Pennsylvania library community providing authentication and access control via on-demand E-card registration for the POWER Library e-resources, a service within Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library. We are pleased to further extend the relationship with Access PA with the implementation of SHAREit. Our newest delivery of SHAREit will undeniably benefit patrons when it comes to discovering and accessing new content.” said Albert Flores, Vice President of Sales. “Further, it is exciting for A-G to know that one of the country’s largest ILL systems has selected our product because of our ability to grow with them in the future.”
About Access PA
Access PA was started in 1985 as a way to provide a union catalog that includes the holdings of all different types of libraries across Pennsylvania. Today Access PA represents a coordinated effort to facilitate resource sharing among libraries throughout Pennsylvania. Access PA is a service of the Pennsylvania Department of Education / Office of Commonwealth Libraries and is managed and supported by HSLC.
About HSLC
HSLC is the nonprofit technology partner of the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and has been serving the Pennsylvania library community for over 25 years. Since 1992, HSLC has provided services in a variety of areas to the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and the Pennsylvania Department of Education. For more about HSLC, please visit us online!
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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President
Customer Service Manager
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