The Auto‐Graphics’ SHAREit ILL era begins in the state of South Dakota.
Auto‐Graphics, Inc., a leading provider of tools, technologies, and software developed to power libraries, and South Dakota State Library, proudly announce the selection of Auto‐Graphics’ SHAREit™, as the statewide resource sharing system.
After the usual competitive RFP process, South Dakota State Library selected Auto‐Graphics, Inc. as the vendor of choice with their latest iteration of ILL software. SHAREit’s open platform provides a tremendous advancement in the development of next generation resource sharing systems for libraries by facilitating interconnectivity of disparate systems, providing consortia the ability to interface with multiple ILL and resource sharing systems.
Intended for library systems ranging in size from a single branch, up to diverse and complex statewide systems such as South Dakota, SHAREit™ will provide a modern patron‐centric state solution supporting all South Dakota Libraries. The South Dakota RFP required a vendor to provide a modern, standard spaced solution in order to support the largest to the smallest libraries in the state. South Dakota sought a solution which could handle the diverse needs of the state’s ecosystem. This ecosystem includes public schools and academic libraries, each with their own unique challenges.
“The South Dakota State Library selection of SHAREit continues a very strong year for growth for Auto‐Graphics in North America. We continue to see states/provinces looking for modern, patron centric resource sharing solutions throughout North America. As resource sharing solutions have shifted to truly supporting patrons while removing or mitigating unnecessary staff intervention, we believe SHAREit expansion will continue to grow,” stated Albert Flores, Vice President of Sales at Auto‐Graphics.
About South Dakota State Library
The mission of the South Dakota State Library is to provide leadership for 21st century learning, innovation and excellence in libraries and research services for state government. To aid this mission, SDSL is working to create a statewide network, allowing individual libraries to have their own ILS (integrated library system/catalog) and still be able to search multiple catalog and electronic resources at one time, as well as participate in statewide interlibrary loan.
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); SEARCHit®, a federated search and discovery module; SLIMS™, a small library information management system, 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 please visit www.auto-graphics.com, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Auto-Graphics trades under the stock symbol AIFS.
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