Harrison County Library System Selects AGent VERSO™
May 19 2010 - 11:06AM
Business Wire
Auto-Graphics, Inc. (AIFS), a technology innovator providing
library automation solutions for 40 years, today announced that the
Harrison County Library System, providing 10 public library
locations in Coastal Mississippi, has selected AGent VERSO™ as its
integrated library system (ILS). AGent VERSO will be replacing
SirsiDynix’s Horizon ILS.
The libraries within Harrison County’s system will also utilize
AGent Iluminar™, Auto-Graphics’ user interface built using the
Adobe Flex® framework, which provides intuitive navigation using
innovative web cues that patrons have come to expect in a next
generation web interface. In addition, AGent Iluminar employs
inventive, attention-grabbing display technologies such as 3D Flip
and Cover Flow book jacket display, made popular by Apple iPod®, as
well as enhanced drag & drop functionality and the ability for
patrons to modify their own user experience through "My Lists" and
"My Account" customization options. Participating libraries
include:
- East Biloxi Temporary
Library
- Gulfport Temporary Library
- Jerry Lawrence Memorial
Library/D’Iberville
- Local History &
Genealogy
- Margaret Sherry Memorial
Library
- Orange Grove Public Library
- Pass Christian Public
Library
- Saucier Children’s Library
- West Biloxi Library
- Woolmarket Temporary
Library
The Harrison County Library System selected the Software as a
Service (SaaS) hosted delivery method, which provides full system
support and maintenance, allowing Harrison County to focus on
expanding patron services without the additional cost and
complexity of addressing technical support issues.
“After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, we put the idea of
replacing the Horizon system we’d had since the 1990s on the
shelf,” said Charline Longino, head librarian at the Biloxi Public
Library. “When we did start looking for a new system, we wanted one
that would really connect with patrons and one that would also
provide us with more security, data back-up and redundancy than we
had hosting the system ourselves. Auto-Graphics’ AGent VERSO fit
the bill on both counts. We really liked the easy-to-use AGent
Iluminar user interface, and we were impressed with Auto-Graphics’
reputation for providing systems through SaaS. We are now building
four new libraries, and AGent VERSO has provided our librarians and
IT team with the security and freedom to step away from the ‘daily
care and feeding’ of the system and to focus on rebuilding our
libraries and serving our patrons.”
About Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics has been a technology innovator
for more than five decades, providing data automation solutions to
customers across multiple industries. For 40 years, Auto-Graphics
has helped libraries of all sizes become more efficient and
patron-centric. The AGent integrated product suite – currently used
by more than 5,500 libraries in North America – is comprised of
AGent Iluminar™, a next generation patron user interface; AGent
VERSO™, a complete integrated library system; AGent Resource
Sharing™, a robust interlibrary loan and consortial borrowing
solution; and AGent Search™, a powerful federated search
application. AGent products are standards-compliant, built with an
open systems architecture and are available via the Software as a
Service (SaaS) hosted delivery model. For more information, please
visit www.auto-graphics.com.
© Auto-Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved. AGent, AGent VERSO
and AGent Iluminar are trademarks of Auto-Graphics, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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