Kansas State Library Awards Contract to Auto-Graphics for Expansion of Internet Catalog Services.POMONA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1999--Auto-Graphics Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:AUGR), a leading provider of Web-based PAC, cataloging and interlibrary in·ter·li·brar·y adj. Existing or occurring between or involving two or more libraries: an interlibrary loan; an interlibrary network. loan (ILL) services, Tuesday announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract by the Kansas State Library. Auto-Graphics will provide three integrated areas of functionality under the contract: catalog database services, Impact/ONLINE/ILL(TM) and Impact/ONLINE/WebPAC(TM) for patron access via a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. from remote locations. "In winning the competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. , Auto-Graphics was judged by the Kansas State Library to offer the most cost-effective solution," State Librarian Duane Johnson said. The Kansas Library Catalog (KLC KLC Kodiak Launch Complex KLC Kentucky League of Cities (Lexington, Kentucky) KLC Kashmir Liberation Cell KLC King Ling College (Hong Kong) KLC Key Logistics Corporation KLC Kosova Law Centre ) and ILL services will initially be made available to more than 400 libraries and the number of libraries will increase to 600 sites over the next three years. Participating libraries will offer patrons online access to catalog information for more than 11 million holdings at libraries throughout the state, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Johnson. "The Kansas experience is an excellent example of our modular product line that enables resource sharing at many different levels, culminating in fully integrated Web-based services," said William J. Kliss, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Auto-Graphics. "In terms of overall functionality, a point of real importance to Kansas librarians has been the integration of the statewide catalog with the ILL service. This is a key feature of the Auto-Graphics solution," said Johnson. "Auto-Graphics' advanced resource sharing technology and library improvements in Internet access and technology have made it possible for us to use this more highly evolved service," he added. According to Johnson, the Kansas State Library is coordinating the implementation of such technology-based services through federal and state-funded programs to public, school, academic and special libraries in the state. The Kansas State Library Web site is located at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/. Company Information Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics provides Web-based information publishing and database resource sharing systems to the publishing and library communities. The company's Web site is located at http://www.auto-graphics.com. |
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