New Statewide Catalog/Interlibrary Loan System Saves Pennsylvania Libraries $1.8M After Implementation.
Auto-Graphics, Inc., provider of the first Web-based library resource management solutions to library consortia and innovative developer of many resource sharing industry “firsts”, announces that since deploying SHAREit, with participation approaching 1,500 libraries, AccessPA has seen dramatic results that have significantly freed up staff time and provided cost savings to the library.
Maryam Phillips, Executive Director of Hosting Solutions and Library Consulting, discusses some of the ways in which SHAREit has contributed to the continued success of Access PA in her October 15, 2017 report to the Pennsylvania governor’s advisory council, where she detailed the most impressive improvements: “The Access PA statewide catalog was replaced in 2015 with new software called SHAREit. Participation is approaching 1,500 libraries with 8.6 million bibliographic records and 43 million items available for resource sharing across Pennsylvania. Over 100,000 titles were loaned in fiscal year 2016. Using the lowest Library Journal 2016 average hardcover book cost ($18.01), this represents a savings of $1,800,000 in purchase costs for Pennsylvania libraries.”
Switching to the SHAREit ILL platform offered Access PA an upgrade to a more modern and feature-rich interface for end users with greater search functionality, a more flexible and efficient ILL system, complete with an ILLL solution for Pennsylvania’s 24 correctional institutions, and an increasingly accurate and authoritative union database—significantly enhancing statewide ILL services. “The old system had 22 million bibs and 44 million items. SHAREit has 8.5 million bibs and 44 million items,” states Phillips. “With the clean new catalog database, interlibrary loan fulfillment reached new levels of performance, up to the present 81-83%”
The Access PA project was made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds
administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.
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 collection solution. All products are fully Web and cloud-based 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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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