Auto-Graphics and Index Data Announce Strategic Technology Partnership

Companies Join Forces to Deliver `Best-of-Breed` Search and Discovery Software
for the Library Industry
POMONA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Auto-Graphics, Inc. (Pink Sheets: AUGR), a technology innovator providing
library automation solutions for over 36 years, and Index Data LLC, a software
development company specializing in information retrieval, today announced a
strategic partnership to provide state-of-the-art, standards-based integrated
search and discovery software to the library industry. The partnership will
further solidify a relationship that began in 2001 and will allow the companies
to more fully integrate Index Data`s Pazpar2 search engine and its accompanying
technologies into Auto-Graphics` AGent library automation platform to provide an
enhanced search and discovery experience.

"Our companies share a common vision of putting the customer first with the goal
of jointly developing and integrating standards-based software solutions," said
Paul Cope, president of Auto-Graphics. "This partnership allows us to more
effectively utilize an open systems approach to deliver software and unmitigated
access to data for our library partners."

This integration will take advantage of the strengths of each system and
seamlessly combine those strengths into one OPAC to provide greater speed and
accuracy when searching across multiple catalogs and databases. For instance,
Index Data`s Pazpar2 search can make use of Auto-Graphics` detailed Z39.50
mappings to enhance database searching. In addition, while the solution can take
full advantage of Auto-Graphics` thousands of existing definitions, Index Data`s
Connector Framework enables the rapid development of new mappings for third
party databases, adding new flexibility. Auto-Graphics` search engine can
integrate Pazpar2 to search all of these resources and display the results into
the advanced AGent Iluminar interface, built using the free open source Adobe
Flex framework, to provide an unparalleled search experience.

"Our suite of information discovery tools is an excellent match for
Auto-Graphic`s innovative approach to delivering end-user functionality. We look
forward to exploring the new possibilities created by this partnership," adds
Lynn Bailey, CEO of Index Data.

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 over 36 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 6,000 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.

About Index Data LLC

Index Data is a software development and consulting enterprise headquartered in
Copenhagen and the United States, with offices in several countries. They are
experts in networked information retrieval and management based on open
standards, and have a fifteen-year history of releasing advanced software
components as open source. Their mission is to use their skills and creativity
to build bridges between people, technologies and organizations, and to empower
information providers to deliver better, more integrated services. For more
information, please visit www.indexdata.com.

© Auto-Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved. AGent is a trademark of
Auto-Graphics, Inc. Pazpar2 is a trademark of Index Data LLC.All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Kim Masterson
909-569-1529
kxm@auto-graphics.com
or
Index Data LLC
David Dorman
860-561-5613
info@indexdata.com

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