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 Develops HTML5 User Interface for its SHAREit™ Resource Sharing Solution
Patrons and Library Staff throughout North America Benefit from Feature Rich User Experience
ONTARIO, CA. — June 24, 2013 — Auto-Graphics, Inc., a leading provider of tools, technologies and software developed to power libraries, today announced that it has introduced a new HTML5 based user experience (UX) to its SHAREit™ customers. SHAREit facilitates patron-initiated, library-managed and consortium-administered resource sharing for more than 2,000 libraries throughout North America. The current Adobe Flex®-based user interface, Iluminar, will be phased out within the next six months and customers will migrate to the HTML5 based system which will provide a browser agnostic experience accessible by a range of desktop, tablet and mobile devices. In addition to the new UX, SHAREit has been enhanced with several new features which will be demonstrated at the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago, IL from June 27 – July 2, 2013 booth #1221. New features to the system include:
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- Enhanced Clustered Search Engine – The latest release deploys a user-based, high level search method that identifies relationships between the different material types of items and groups them together by format. This technology provides associated results in a format that web savvy users have come to expect from online shopping retailers. Users can search for items and easily find what they’re looking for by format type including DVD, eBooks and large print.
- Improved Faceted Results – Results from both local catalogs and external Z-targets can be combined with improved relevance; and expanded facets allow the user to accurately filter the search results from all sources and locate the material they need.
- Multiple Home Page Management – Multiple home pages can be configured and managed through a user friendly drag and drop widget based interface for both staff and patrons. Library staff can now create specific pages for different user types such as teens or library volunteers and keep them current with relevant information.
- Faster Searching – Through a technology integration with Index Data, results retrieval from multiple sources such as Z targets and subscription based content are returned more quickly and efficiently and ranked for a better user experience.
- Enhanced Circulation-based interlibrary loan (ILL) – NCIP enabled libraries can now offer circulation based patron initiated, unmediated ILL to provide a seamless patron experience where patrons never leave their own circulation system to initiate an ILL request with another trading partner.
“In today’s world where users are exposed on a daily basis to a rich set of results from online shopping vendors – technology upgrades like our new enhanced clustered search are quickly becoming a patron requirement. Further, we have found that our UX exposes users to 20 percent more material which is usually hidden when using traditional ILL or ILS discovery products,” said Albert Flores, vice president of sales and marketing at Auto-Graphics. “We are looking forward to introducing the new HTML5 based UX across our entire suite of library automation products within the next six to twelve months.”
For more information on these new or enhanced features, or to schedule a demonstration at ALA, please contact Kim Masterson at (909) 569-1529 or kxm@auto-graphics.com.
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