Agent Information Software, Inc. (AIS) became a publicly traded company in 2010 and involved a one-for-one exchange of shares from previously traded brand Auto-Graphics, Inc. (AUGR since 1969). Stock market quotations for Agent Information Software common stock can be found on Yahoo Finance under the ticker symbol AIFS. (from company investor page)

Breeding, Marshall. Auto-Graphics: A Library Automation Pioneer Strengthens Its Position for Library Consortia. February 2012. Smart Libraries Newsletter. Auto-Graphics has been landing an increasing number of consortial contracts for its AGent VERSO ILS, demonstrating its standing as one of the stronger mid-level library automation vendors in the library automation industry. Their newest clients include a large statewide consortium in Tennessee. This project stands as a significant win for Auto-Graphics and also marks the first time that Tennessee has sponsored a statewide library automation initiative. In a phase of library automation where open source automation projects gain considerable attention, it demonstrates that proprietary systems continue to be regarded as viable alternatives.

Breeding, Marshall. Auto-Graphics launches ASP digital library product. December 2005. Smart Libraries Newsletter. Through its service called “AGent Digital Collections,” Auto-Graphics has extended its product line to include a platform for helping libraries create, and provide access to, digitized collections of local content. Auto-Graphics specializes in products offered through the ASP (application service provider) model, a model in which the vendor hosts the software on its own servers. The company's federated search, resource sharing, and ILS products follow this approach as well.

. Auto-Graphics acquires LIBerator Library Management System. October 1990. Library Systems Newsletter. Auto-Graphics, Inc., has announced its acquisition of the LIBerator Library Management System from LIBerator Information Systems & Services, Inc., of Denver, Colorado. The product, now to be called the IMPACT Small Library Management System (IMPACT/SLiMS), is a microcomputer based system for integrating a library's catalog maintenance, circulation and patron access catalog functions through a single data base. The operating system is MS-DOS and the programming language is "C." The system takes in, stores, and outputs bibliographic records in the MARC format.

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May 8, 2024. AGent Information Software (AIFS) Publishes 2024 First Quarter Financials. AGent Information Software (AIFS), the parent company of Auto-Graphics, Inc., released 2024 first-quarter financials earlier this week. In the first quarter of 2024, AIFS reported a net income of $21,259. Recurring revenue remains solid at $1,351,610 at quarter-end, a 5.3% increase over 2023. The sales team will continue to pursue both VERSO and SHAREit leads for the remainder of 2024 as well as attend numerous state and national library conferences to generate interest in A-G products.

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April 29, 2024. Auto-Graphics, Inc. secures Seventh Consecutive Statewide Resource-Sharing contract with Tennessee State Library and Archives. Auto-Graphics, a pioneer in Web-based library resource management solutions for library consortia and statewide systems, announced that its cloud-based resource sharing solution, SHAREit, has been awarded the contract by the Tennessee State Library and Archives for the seventh consecutive time. This achievement solidifies Auto-Graphics' continued presence and expansion across the Southern and Midwest states facilitating resource sharing across state lines.

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April 23, 2024. Agent Information Software (AIFS) publishes 2023 Audited Financials. Agent Information Software (AIFS), the parent company of Auto-Graphics, Inc., has released audited 2023 year-end financials as part of their Annual Report. AIFS reported a net income of $204k for 2023 and total revenue of $5,409k, an increase of $150k from 2022). Recurring revenue remains solid for 2023 at $5,247k with $161k in non-recurring sales. Both basic and diluted earnings per share finished 2023 at $0.04. A cash dividend of $0.035 per share was approved by the AIFS Board of Directors at its annual shareholders meeting on May 24, 2023. The dividend was distributed on June 30, 2023, to all stockholders on record as of June 15, 2023.

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February 6, 2024. Auto-Graphics introduces Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) full record enhancements for libraries that subscribe to CLCD enriched content. Auto-Graphics has partnered with Children's Literature Comprehensive Database to provide enhanced catalog enrichments for VERSO customers that are subscribed to this service. The partnership was initially established when Harrison County Library System contacted Auto-Graphics in search of a solution for creating consistent MARC record data for their children's collection.

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November 15, 2023. AGent Information Software (AIFS) publishes 2023 Third Quarter Financials. AGent Information Software, the parent company of Auto-Graphics, Inc. (A-G), released 2023 third-quarter financials. In the third quarter of 2023, AIFS reported a net income YTD of $98,863. Recurring revenue remains solid at $3,893k at quarter-end, a slight increase from 2023. The company's cash position remains solid at the end of the third quarter of 2023, with strong receipts expected in the beginning of the final quarter of 2023. Focus remains on product development/programming of our product lines as the company looks to add staffing to these areas.

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October 26, 2023. Auto-Graphics, Inc sponsors Best Small Library Award during the Kansas Library Association Annual Conference. As part of its commitment to all libraries – no matter what their size – Auto-Graphics sponsored the “Kansas Best Small Library” award for 2023. This year's winner of the award is Marion City Library in Marion, KS. Each year, the Kansas Library Association seeks entries from public libraries serving a population of 5,000 or less that offer creative services, programs, and activities for their community. The winning library is chosen by a committee of distinguished librarians from around the state. Although only one library receives the award, all entries received by KLA are kept and used to share ideas about services, programs, and activities that can be replicated in other Kansas public libraries.

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September 18, 2023. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission selects SHAREit as their new statewide Interlibrary Loan System. Auto-Graphics announced that The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has selected SHAREit as their new statewide Interlibrary Loan system. The contract, which began on September 1, 2023, provides a framework to implement SHAREit as the new statewide interlibrary loan solution for Texas public libraries over the next fiscal year.The statewide interlibrary loan program, administered by TSLAC, assists Texas public libraries in meeting the current accreditation criteria to offer, borrow, and lend materials with other Texas public libraries. Currently 534 Texas public libraries and branches, 14 small academic libraries, and 12 prison libraries participate in the statewide interlibrary loan consortium. The program is funded by the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) through the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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September 6, 2023. Auto-Graphics, Inc. has introduced fully indexed records for all hoopla titles in VERSO. Auto-Graphics, Inc. in collaboration with hoopla Digital, has introduced a new feature in VERSO that provides fully-indexed records for all hoopla e-resources. This new feature works with all hoopla content included with both Instant and Flex plans.

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July 26, 2023. Children's Literature Database (CLCD) and Auto-Graphics, Inc. join forces to revolutionize children's books' products. Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD), the leading provider of children's and young adult literature information, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Auto-Graphics, Inc., a renowned technology solutions company. This collaboration aims to revolutionize the landscape of children's books' products, offering enhanced accessibility and empowering libraries and educators worldwide.

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June 13, 2023. AGent Information Software (AIFS) Announces Cash Dividend. Board of Directors of Agent Information Software approved a cash dividend for its shareholders at its May 24, 2023, Annual Shareholders Meeting. The dividend of $0.035 per common share will be paid on June 30, 2023, to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 15, 2023.

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Jan 20, 2009 Auto-Graphics announces AGent Iluminar as its new generation presentation layer
Auto-Graphics announced the development of AGent Iluminar, a next generation Web Services application for the company's library automation platform. AGent Iluminar was built using the free open source Flex framework, a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform, which provides fast, end-to-end development of rich Internet applications that run identically on all major browsers and operating systems. AGent Iluminar provides a more visual and interactive user experienceto facilitate social networking, effortless navigation and drag and drop customization capabilities for an improved user experience and administrative workflow. The application has been selected for use by many of the company's existing customers including the State Library of Kansas and is expected to be made available in early 2009.

2006 Auto-Graphics releases AGent Search Web Service

Apr 01, 2005 Paul R. Cope appointed President of Auto-Graphics
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Paul R. Cope, the Company's Chief Technology Officer, has been appointed President replacing Mr. Bergamasco effective immediately. Mr. Cope, who is the son of Robert S. Cope, Chairman of the Board and founder of Auto-Graphics, Inc., has been with the Company for nearly 30 years and served in many different capacities including CTO, General Manager for the Publishing Division, Product Marketing Manager for the development of our XML products and Production Manager.

2005 Auto-Graphics releases AGent VERSO

Jun 14, 2004 Patrick T. Bergamasco joins Auto-Graphics as the new Chief Executive Officer
Auto-Graphics announced that Patrick T. Bergamasco has joined Auto-Graphics as the new Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Robert S. Cope as President, who has retired. Mr. Cope will retain his current role as Chairman of the Board.

May 17, 2004 Auto-Graphics, Inc. announces deregistration
Auto-Graphics, Inc. reported that the Company has filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate the registration of its common stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and suspend its reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Act.

Jun 15, 2001 Auto-Graphics, Inc. acquires WINGS Request Management System from Pigasus Software
Augo-Graphics announced its impending purchase of the WINGS software assets from Pigasus Software, Inc. of Saint Charles, MO. The acquisition allows Auto-Graphics to expand upon its leadership role as an ASP by expanding its resource sharing product line to include the WINGS software. Auto-Graphics will embark upon further integrating the proven WINGS ISO 10160/10161 resource sharing system into the proven Impact/ONLINE system, which currently is in use throughout North America.

Feb 01, 2001 Auto-graphics acquires Maxcess Library Systems
From Auto-Graphics Annual Report (SEC form 10-K) submited May 3, 2001. In February of 2001, the Company completed the purchase of software and related assets of Maxcess Library Systems, Inc. for approximately $200,000. This purchase and resulting offering will afford the Company the opportunity to expand its current ASP (Application Service Provider) Impact/ONLINE(TM) product/services in the library automation area to include a fully Web based integrated library system (ILS) which will be offered to libraries, including those who currently use the Company's SLiMS (Small Library Management System) product, for license for "in library" use or as an ASP service under the trade name Impact/VERSO(TM). Acquisition of the Company's new ILS software on an ASP basis will provide libraries with a low capital investment alternative to their ILS needs, with no local software/hardware requirements (other than a Web browser and a PC workstation), allowing the library and their patrons to access and utilize the library's bibliographic holdings information via the Internet/Web.

May 23, 2000 Michael Skiles appointed to position of President of Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Michael K. Skiles, former President at Gaylord Information Systems, has been named President of Auto-Graphics, Inc. Prior to Gaylord, Mr. Skiles was Vice President at Data Research Associates.

Jan 10, 2000 Auto-Graphics, Inc. launches LibraryCard, Inc. and Dataquad as new subsidiaries
Auto-Graphics reported that it organized two new subsidiaries which will own, continue the development and operate the Auto-Graphics' proposed new LibraryCard.com and web publishing and content management software system businesses. The two new subsidiaries are named LibraryCard, Inc. and Dataquad, Inc., respectively.

Aug 01, 1997 Auto-Graphics subsidiary purchases ISM's library services division
A-G Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of Auto-Graphics, Inc., has purchased the Library Information Services Division of Information Systems Management, one of North America's major bibliographic utilities. The bibliographic utility may be recognized by some as the former UTLAS. The bibliographic database acquired by A-C Canada contains in excess of 57 million records and has an associated PC-based ILL system.

Jun 1995 Auto-Graphics releases Impact /ONLINE
Impact On-Line was the first internet based interlibrary loan and cataloging system. Impact/ONLINE allowed Internet users with a Web browser to enter a library consortium's online catalog or database to locate desired books or other information and create an interlibrary loan requestt o obtain the item through their local library or branch from anywhere in the consortium.

Sep 1990 Auto-Graphics acquires LIBerator Library Management System
Auto-Graphics acquired the LIBerator Library Management System from LIBerator Information Systems and Services, Inc., of Denver, Colorado. The product was released as IMPACT/SLiMS, is a microcomputer based ILS.

1986 Auto-Graphics delivers CD-ROM based Public Access Library catalogs

1970 Auto-Graphics produces its first library catalog produced from a database

1970 Auto-Graphics, Inc. acquires Leaps

1969 Cope Typesetting becomes Auto-Graphics, Inc. and begins trading as a public company

1950 Auto-Graphics founded as Cope Typesetting
Auto-Graphics was founded as a company involved in printing with hot metal typesetting. The company moved to computer typesetting, database development, and eventually to on-line services

2024 Auto-Graphics, Inc. Accomplishments Narrative

In 2024-2025, Auto-Graphics, Inc. continued to advance its suite of library technology solutions with several significant updates aimed at enhancing the user experience, streamlining workflows, and providing better data analytics. The new Reports Module is a robust and dynamic system enabling libraries to quickly generate “Board Ready” reports and tap into up-to-date insights. Additional customer reports will be custom-designed to enable better data-driven decision-making.

Auto-Graphics continued to work with the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) on record enhancements, greatly enriching the discovery of juvenile and young adult materials. New interactive features include age recommendations, Lexile scores, reviews, and award ribbons, all further enhancing user experience. Including a “Books Like This” carousel and expanded facets (grades, ages, Lexile, premium study programs) will enrich the resource’s searchability and patron engagement.

Ongoing development in catalog maintenance and searching has allowed library staff to conduct efficient, web-based catalog management directly from search results. This reflects valuable feedback from customers to simplify workflows and improve catalog accuracy.

Text messaging services have been further enhanced to provide direct SMS notifications for holds, overdue items, fines, and renewals. The upgrade is done via an API and is now available for all VERSO customers without additional charges, thus providing better communication with patrons.

Auto-Graphics also introduced, among other things, a new Z39.50 search function to combine several sets of resources, and enhancements made more accurate, including improved OPAC searches on title and subject searches. Improvements included enhancing the CIRC-ILL module to integrate VERSO and SHAREit seamlessly while facilitating the automatic processing of ILL requests.

The company also updated its accessibility and design features, bringing it closer to today’s usability and compliance standards. These continued improvements have allowed VERSO to stay intuitive and as accessible as possible for a wide range of users with different needs, supporting the enhanced functionality of the NCIP protocol.

These enhancements speak to Auto-Graphics’ continuing commitment to helping libraries better their technology tools and serve their communities in ways that are responsive to ever-changing needs.

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