A new chapter is being written at Auto-Graphics!

Auto-Graphics is now part of Soutron Global, uniting our strengths in archives, libraries, museums, corporate information centers, knowledge hubs and preservation solutions.

For you, this partnership ensures enhanced product capabilities, continued innovation and expanded support.

The history we can recount puts our combined companies in the position of knowing our roots and where our focus is and should be. We are committed to a seamless transition for our clients and are excited about the future.

Explore the NEW Auto-Graphics home at Soutron Global, and discover what's ahead:

To contact Auto-Graphics directly, call us at +1 (800) 852 8686 (Monday to Friday 8.00am - 8.00pm EST)

Thank you for your continued trust and partnership. We appreciate your ongoing support of Auto-Graphics, now part of Soutron Global.

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Overview of NCIP:

NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol

NCIP is a technical standard that enables a library’s circulation system to interact with one or more other circulation, resource-sharing, or self-service systems.

A typical, and manual, borrowing workflow may include 22 or more steps. With NCIP, the number of borrowing steps is reduced by 50 percent to just 11 steps. On the lending side, the traditional manual workflow of 14 steps is reduced to 8 steps when using NCIP, or 42% fewer steps. The detailed workflow comparison with and without NCIP is available on the NISO ISQ website. The specific steps each ILL staff member performs may vary depending on local policies and workflow. However, this workflow reflects a typical borrowing and lending transaction.

Mary E. Jackson – former A-G Product Manager and internationally recognized authority on interlibrary loan, document delivery, portal applications in libraries, and resource sharing issues – wrote a comprehensive article on the details of NCIP.

NCIP Savings Calculator

Developed by Auto-Graphics, Inc., the NCIP Savings Calculator permits librarians at the state or local level to estimate the number of staff hours, and thus staff costs, one or more libraries can save when implementing the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) between the resource sharing system and one or more local circulation systems. Two calculators are provided: one for individual libraries and the second for statewide calculations.