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| ====== Market overview ====== | ====== Market overview ====== | ||
| - | **Overviews of the library technology market** | + | ====== Overviews of the library technology market ====== |
| - | Supporting Print, Digital, and Mobile:Multiple platforms in the ALA exhibit hall . By Marshall Breeding American Libraries 5 August 2014 | + | [[https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/08/05/supporting-print-digital-and-mobile/|Supporting Print, Digital, and Mobile:Multiple platforms in the ALA exhibit hall]] . By Marshall Breeding American Libraries 5 August 2014 |
| Good short summary of the overall library technology market: "As the world’s largest exhibition of library products, the ALA Annual Conference continues to be a unique opportunity to assess current technologies from an almost comprehensive representation of library vendors." | Good short summary of the overall library technology market: "As the world’s largest exhibition of library products, the ALA Annual Conference continues to be a unique opportunity to assess current technologies from an almost comprehensive representation of library vendors." | ||
| - | ‘Change will be relentless.’By Ken Chad. CILIP Update September 2012 | + | [[http://www.kenchadconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LMS_Change_will_be_relentless_CILIPUpdate_Sept2012.pdf|Change will be relentless]].By Ken Chad. CILIP Update September 2012 |
| If you are in the market for library systems, what should you be looking for? Needs vary across sectors: corporate, legal, public, school, college, and university – and circumstances differ between individual organisations. Nevertheless, there are enduring similarities between libraries and these are reflected in the market for library systems. The library management system – LMS (or, in US parlance, the integrated library system – ILS) remains the core system for many libraries. However, the weakness of the conventional LMS in terms of managing electronic resources means it is diminishing in importance.The article looks at the key technology themes influencing library system development. | If you are in the market for library systems, what should you be looking for? Needs vary across sectors: corporate, legal, public, school, college, and university – and circumstances differ between individual organisations. Nevertheless, there are enduring similarities between libraries and these are reflected in the market for library systems. The library management system – LMS (or, in US parlance, the integrated library system – ILS) remains the core system for many libraries. However, the weakness of the conventional LMS in terms of managing electronic resources means it is diminishing in importance.The article looks at the key technology themes influencing library system development. | ||
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| ==== Value of the market 2012 ==== | ==== Value of the market 2012 ==== | ||
| - | //'For the 2012 calendar year, we calculate the library technology economy, including the total domestic and international revenues of all the companies with a significant presence in the United States or Canada, at $770 million, an increase of just under three percent relative to last year’s estimate of $750 million. A narrower view limited to only U.S. revenues of these companies would total around $475 million. When looking at the global library automation market, we estimate aggregate revenues of around $1.8 billion, which would also include radio-frequency identification (RFID) and other self-service products in addition to the technologies related to library management and resource discovery'// | + | //'For the 2012 calendar year, we calculate the library technology economy, including the total domestic and international revenues of all the companies with a significant presence in the United States or Canada, at $770 million, an increase of just under three percent relative to last year’s estimate of $750 million. A narrower view limited to only U.S. revenues of these companies would total around $475 million. When looking at the global library automation market, we estimate aggregate revenues of around $1.8 billion, which would also include radio-frequency identification (RFID) and other self-service products in addition to the technologies related to library management and resource discovery'// |
| '[[http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/03/ils/automation-marketplace-2012-agents-of-change/|Automation Marketplace 2012: Agents of Change]]' Marshall Breeding The Digital Shift (Library Journal) 29th March 2012 | '[[http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/03/ils/automation-marketplace-2012-agents-of-change/|Automation Marketplace 2012: Agents of Change]]' Marshall Breeding The Digital Shift (Library Journal) 29th March 2012 | ||
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