Auto-Graphics, Inc – Resource Management Solutions, Products & Services

Library

“Libraries are the living internet. They are connected nodes of information and community exchange that we use to communicate, collaborate, share resources and preserve knowledge.” (Social Media and Libraries, Pew Internet & American Life Project, March 2007)

The library of the future is web-enabled, participatory and made of people. It is more than just book depositories; it is an information and community center. Auto-Graphics believes that the more libraries fully engage and make available their tools and information, the more central they become in the lives of their constituencies.

Auto-Graphics has focused on providing library communities with automation solutions built upon cutting edge technology to assist with the efficient delivery of information and knowledge. The company is deeply dedicated to the growth of the library of the future and is proud of its history of more than five decades working with and in library communities.

Our commitment to delivering innovative, scalable and standards-based solutions revolves around the AGent suite of integrated products, developed to serve a range of library needs. The platform is comprised of the newest and most tightly integrated technology available today. It includes a complete integrated library system (ILS) enabling libraries to effectively manage their resources, a robust interlibrary loan (ILL) and consortial borrowing solution enabling library customers to share their resources and a powerful federated search product for libraries to quickly and intelligently search their resources.

Our long history of building union databases and providing statewide and consortial ILL or resource sharing provides the largest base of resource sharing solutions of any commercial vendor today. Auto-Graphics is also a leader in the practical implementation of library standards such as the ISO Interlibrary Loan Protocol (ISO ILL) and NCIP to support both traditional resource sharing and the consortial lending and borrowing models.

Auto-Graphics’ complete ILS offers the functions needed to effectively manage library collections with the ability to seamlessly integrate resource sharing, consortial borrowing and federated search functionality into the product.