Industry’s easiest to use and most affordable digital collection solution continues to outpace its rivals with new, easy to use functionality
Auto-Graphics, Inc., an Industry-leading library management software provider and the first to provide Web-based library resource sharing solutions to library consortia, announces the latest release of the industry’s easiest to use and most affordable digital collection solution, MONTAGEdc V2.1.2. MONTAGEdc clients local to the Auto-Graphics’ California headquarters include Chaffey College and the City of Ontario Library.
New to MONTAGEdc V2.2 is the ability to easily customize the landing page to highlight collections and create custom sections for special exhibits or historical materials for local school study programs that incorporate Library of Congress (LOC) Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) materials. With copy cataloging, new collection items can inherit field content from the parent level, which means it is easier than ever to add new items to collections.
Key to spreading the word about these digital collections is the ability to create collection item lists and email or share on social media. These collection lists contain permalinks that link back to the items in MONTAGEdc, which makes it easy to create presentations and teaching aids that feature immediate access to materials that can be easily distributed to students. And you can easily track how popular collection items are due to the built-in statistics tracking.
Additionally, with MONTAGEdc v2.2, now librarians, archivists, and patrons can:
- Gain quick access to collections by browsing or exploring the digital collection topically with search word highlighting
- Add indexed transcripts to all file types (PDF’s, jpg’s, movie, sound, word, excel, etc.) and if OCRed, edit the transcript with annotations or corrections
- Create Synonyms Lists to increase the relevancy of search results (useful for name changes or ‘aka’ entries)
- Add multiple images to one record and put those images in a prescribed order to better tell the story
- Create Private Collections that are accessible according to defined role (guest, patron, staff)
“MONTAGEdc is a modern solution for preserving local history. It’s exciting to see collections come together with oral histories, transcripts, photos, and drawings to tell a complete story,” states Albert Flores, Vice-President Sales at Auto-Graphics. “Instead of having these items located in disparate locations, limiting their findability and associations with other materials, now archivists can link to those materials from within MONTAGEdc to tell a more complete historical story.”
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); RESEARCHit®, a federated search and discovery module; 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 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