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 Announces SmartPay Online Payment Integration with its VERSO Library Management Platform
Robust Online Payment Technology Enhances Library Discovery Platform
POMONA, CA. — June 14, 2012 — Auto-Graphics, Inc., a leading provider of tools, technologies and services that enable libraries to provide personalized access to physical and digital collections anytime, anywhere, today announced the integration of Comprise’s SmartPAY™ Online payment solution with its VERSO™ Library Management Platform. The addition of SmartPAY to the VERSO product offering provides libraries with a secure online payment facility directly through the library catalog. This capability provides unlimited opportunities for forward thinking libraries to offer 24/7 payment functionality completely integrated with their Library Management Platform. While the product integration at the most basic level provides libraries with a way to increase monetary collections and reduce wait times at the circulation desk, it also provides the opportunity for libraries to offer and collect payment for cost-based eContent directly through their library website.
“The next phase in the evolution of VERSO is to provide patrons and staff with seamless self-service access to content and services through an elegant interface at every interaction,” said Albert Flores, vice president of sales and marketing at Auto-Graphics. “Products like SmartPAY open the door for progressive libraries that are pushing the limits of what their ILS can do. We have one customer looking to integrate SmartPAY with Geolocation, our IP Authentication technology, to offer locally developed eContent at different price points depending upon whether or not the end user is within the State.”
With SmartPAY, VERSO libraries can now offer their patrons the option to purchase eContent, pay their fines and fees or make a donation to the library with a credit card directly through the library catalog. Through the well-designed integration, patrons can view their account and select full or partial payment. Secure payment authentication is achieved through the SmartPAY Gateway providing library staff 24/7 access to audit level reporting including who, what, when, where and how each payment was made.
“Comprise is excited about the integration of SmartPAY with VERSO because it illustrates how a forward looking library automation provider can leverage the SmartPAY Gateway as a secure platform to unlock unlimited eContent potential. It is this type of customer driven focus that has driven both Companies success and will provide even better products in the future.” said Richard Hill, of Comprise Technologies.
For a demonstration of VERSO enabled with Comprise’s SmartPAY, visit Auto-Graphics at booth #530 at ALA Annual 2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center, June 22 – 25, 2012.
About Comprise Technologies
Comprise is the leading independent provider of technology access and revenue management solutions for libraries throughout North America. For over 21 years Comprise has helped customers maximize the value of their public-use resources. Comprise has innovated the only unified payment solution with full industry and regulatory compliance for every point-of-payment in a library environment. For more information, please visit www.comprisetechnologies.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