Modern digital collection workflow and controlled vocabulary to improve search results
ONTARIO, Calif. — October 8, 2018 – Auto-Graphics, Inc. announces the completion of the South Dakota State Library integration of MONTAGEdc, upgrading their digital collection system from ContentDM. The South Dakota State Library is located in Pierre, South Dakota, and their new MONATGEdc digital collection software is provided via SaaS, enjoying 24/7 uptime, security, support, and automatic software updates.
The digital collections at the South Dakota State Library range from featured historical collections such as Reports of the Attorney General, Legislative Manuals, Supreme Court Reports, newspaper articles, photographs, and even a collection about South Dakota libraries. Using the controlled vocabulary list in MONTAGEdc instead of a dynamic vocabulary will help the State Library avoid metadata cataloging errors associated with cataloging the various historical documents, which is important because those types of cataloging mistakes lead to poor search results.
During the migration of the PDF digital files A-G consolidated individual page PDF files into a single document vs. storing the individual pages as compound objects. By consolidating the individual pages into a single document and indexing the content of the document a cleaner and more relevant search result set is produced
“It was a straight forward conversion,” states Eric Jung, MONTAGEdc Product Manager. A-G used the ContentDM API to harvest 294,199 PDF files which were consolidated into 2,387 PDF documents, in addition, 325 JPEG images were also harvested. The XML metadata-export contained 2,712 records which were imported into MONTAGEdc using our standard Dublin Core template. After the metadata was loaded the PDF documents and JPEG images were matched and linked to the metadata in MONTAGEdc. Initially, the conversion was planned for 90 days, but due to time constraints, we were able to migrate the entire systems in less than 30 days.
Auto-Graphics, Inc. is a Library Management and Sharing Software serving customer’s needs and technology to improve, assist, expand, and engage the communities they serve. Auto-Graphics was the first to provide Cloud-based library resource management to library consortia, in 1994. For over 60 years, Auto-Graphics has sustained growth in carefully targeted directions, using the most state of the art tools and good old-fashion business relationships. Our focus on industry requirements, high standards, product warranty, technically oriented staff, and serviceability have all contributed to the success we see today. For more information about our products and Auto-Graphics please visit our website 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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