MONTAGE will streamline digital collection workflow and allow the State Library of New Mexico to meet digital state government information standards.
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. — June 1, 2020 – Auto-Graphics, Inc. (A-G) is proud to announce their digital collection management solution, MONTAGE, has been purchased by the New Mexico State Library. The addition of this software to their resources will improve the state’s efforts to capture, harvest, and provide public access to digital state government publications. The Montage solution will allow the government documents staff at the State Library to process digital state government information in a more efficient and thus productive method. The new public interface will also allow visitors to the digital collections site an easier and more intuitive way to search and discover New Mexico state government publications. Further, Montage will provide improved “scan to patron” workflow allowing the New Mexico State Library to expand their digital government information holdings over the next year.
MONTAGE offers an easy and simple to use back-end interface that will streamline staff workflow, allowing state documents to be moved through the software quicker, making them available to patrons much sooner. The state will now be able to better meet statutory requirements for the preservation of state government publications and join the ranks of many other state libraries, such as the South Dakota State Library, which is harvesting and preserving the work of their state government.
“We are pleased to add the New Mexico State Library to the growing number of libraries and agencies using Montage. We feel that Montage can add unique value and visibility to the states’ state documents and collections as we have seen with our other state library Montage users.” said Albert Flores, Auto-Graphics, VP.
This ability for MONTAGE to build clean digital collections that deliver relevant search results inspired the creation of “Suggested Searches” within MONTAGE. Suggested Searches are curated digital searches that can be put in as metadata in a bibliographic record in a library ILS catalog, enabling any library to easily and confidently provide both digital and physical resources with one search in one record to your patrons.
Auto-Graphics, Inc. has provided library management and resource sharing software solutions for nearly seven decades. A-G continues to listen to its customers and market needs, to offer new technology that improves, assists, and engages their customers, helping them become more efficient and patron-centric. A-G is focused on maintaining and exceeding industry requirements, product warranty, technically trained staff, and a strong customer service team. All A-G products meet ISO and NISO standards and are available through a cloud-based delivery model (SaaS -Software as a Service). For more information visit A-G on Facebook and LinkedIn or www.auto-graphics.com
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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.
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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.
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