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 ====== Market overview ======
-**Overviews of the library technology market**
+===== UK library system vendors - market share July 2019 =====
-Supporting Print, Digital, and Mobile:Multiple platforms in the ALA exhibit hall . By Marshall Breeding American Libraries 5 August 2014
+{{:market_share_july_2019.jpg?direct&819x460  }}
-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."
+===== Overviews of the library technology market =====
-‘Change will be relentless.’By Ken Chad. CILIP Update September 2012
+**[[https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/05/01/library-systems-report-2019/|Library Systems Report 2019]]** Cycles of innovation By Marshall Breeding American Libraries 1 May 2019
-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.
+From the report:
-[[http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014|Library Systems Report 2014: Competition and strategic cooperation]]**. By Marshall Breeding. 15 April 2014
+"The library technology industry, broadly speaking, shows more affinity toward utility than innovation. Library automation systems are not necessarily exciting technologies, but they are workhorse applications that must support the complex tasks of acquiring, describing, and providing access to materials and services. They represent substantial investments, and their effectiveness is tested daily in the library. But more than efficiency is at stake: These products must be aligned with the priorities of the library relative to collection management, service provision, and other functions.
-From the article:
+Outdated automation systems can reinforce work patterns that no longer reflect priorities as core library activities change
-"The library technology industry saw sharp competition in 2013, with a wide range of products vying to fulfill ever-rising expectations. To better position themselves for this critical period during which many libraries are considering options for their next phase of technology, a significant number of major vendors worked to extend their global reach, streamline internal organizations, and complete ambitious product developments. Competition has intensified for the applications used by library personnel to manage the collections and automate their operations, including the new generation of library services platforms as well as enhanced integrated library systems. Discovery services continue as a major area of activity, seen by libraries as especially critical given their intimate connections with customers, serving as one of the main delivery vehicles for access to collections and services"
+One key focus of development for ILS products for the last few years has been upgrading web-based interfaces on software applications installed on library personnel computers. The maintenance of staff-facing clients has been a longstanding pain for libraries using ILS products. The transition to web interfaces is long overdue and unfortunately consumes much of the development capacity of the vendors at the expense of creating new functionality or services.
-==== Value of the market in 2013 ====
+One of the key concerns for public libraries is whether they are poised to enter a disruptive cycle of innovation or if the current pattern of incremental advancement will continue.
-From the article: "We estimate the 2013 library technology economy, including the total domestic and international revenues of all the companies with a significant presence in the US and Canada, at around $790 million, an increase of just more than 2% relative to last year’s estimate of $770 million. US revenues of these companies total around $485 million. We continue to estimate the global library technology industry aggregate revenues at around $1.8 billion, which would also include RFID and other self-service products in addition to the technologies related to library management and resource discovery. Within these broad industry figures, each experienced a varying range of increases or losses in revenue".
+All of the ILS products in the established public library market are based on aging internal architectures.
-[[http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2013.pl|Perceptions 2013: An International Survey of Library Automation]],by Marshall Breeding. Library Technology Guides. 3 February 2014
+**[[https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/05/01/library-systems-report-2018/|Library Systems Report 2018**]]** \\
+New technologies enable an expanded vision of library services. By Marshall Breeding American Libraries. May 1, 2018.
-From the introduction
+"Technologies that focus on supporting traditional library services no longer meet the needs of libraries that wish to strengthen their involvement in new service areas.
-//"This seventh annual Library Automation Perceptions Report provides evaluative ratings submitted by individuals representing over three thousand libraries from 53 countries describing experiences with 136 different automation products, including both proprietary and open source systems. The survey results include 730 narrative comments providing candid statements – both positive and negative – about the products and companies involved or statements of intent regarding future automation plans. This report analyzes the results of the survey, presents a variety of statistical tables based on the data collected, and provides some initial observations. It aims to provide information to libraries as they evaluate their options for strategic technology products and to the organizations involved in providing these products and services as constructive criticism to help guide improvements"//
+**Public libraries **seek technologies that improve engagement with their communities. These libraries value reliable and feature-rich automation systems, and they are especially drawn to those that help them deliver compelling digital services. Basic library resource management and discovery capabilities no longer differentiate competitors in this market of mature products.
-[[http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/04/ils/automation-marketplace-2013-the-rush-to-innovate/|'Automation Marketplace 2013: The Rush to Innovate.]]' By Marshall Breeding. Digital Shift (Library Journal) 2 April 2013
+**[[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
-Snippets from the article:
+"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.
-==== Value of the market 2012 ====
+**[[https://librarytechnology.org/perceptions/2017/|Perceptions 2017: An International Survey of Library Automation]]**.by Marshall Breeding Library Technology Guides. March 17, 2018.
-//'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'//
+"Some interesting themes can be seen in the analysis of this year's survey results. Large libraries of all types have complex requirements and evaluate their systems on a much harsher scale than smaller organizations. Conventional integrated library systems dominate public libraries, with top scores going to proprietary products in the largest tier and to those based on commercially supported open source software in the mid-size category. Small and very small public libraries also favored proprietary ILS products. In the academic library sector, survey results reveal interesting patterns regarding the newer generation of library services platforms. These products received strong marks in most categories but are perceived as less capable for managing print resources than legacy ILS products. Small libraries give superlative scores to products able to meet their basic requirements without complex features they don't need"
-'[[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.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014|Library Systems Report 2014: Competition and strategic cooperation]]**. By Marshall Breeding. 15 April 2014
-//'Today we see a new cycle beginning that brings libraries into alignment with the shift to cloud computing and the increasing dominance of electronic and digital content relative to library collections and services.//
+From the article:
-//A new round of competition is heating up to place these new products in libraries, replacing their own legacy products and aiming to displace those of other companies. Ex Libris’s Alma, OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services, Innovative Interfaces’ Sierra, and Serials Solutions’ Intota, as well as the open source Kuali OLE project, are positioned to move toward more dominant market share through a product cycle that will play out over the next decade. These new-generation products will compete with well-established proprietary and open source systems following an evolutionary path,//
+"The library technology industry saw sharp competition in 2013, with a wide range of products vying to fulfill ever-rising expectations. To better position themselves for this critical period during which many libraries are considering options for their next phase of technology, a significant number of major vendors worked to extend their global reach, streamline internal organizations, and complete ambitious product developments. Competition has intensified for the applications used by library personnel to manage the collections and automate their operations, including the new generation of library services platforms as well as enhanced integrated library systems. Discovery services continue as a major area of activity, seen by libraries as especially critical given their intimate connections with customers, serving as one of the main delivery vehicles for access to collections and services"
-//As issues regarding ebook lending roil libraries, publishers, and service providers such as OverDrive, automation vendors are working to integrate ebook management and access effectively into their management platforms and discovery services.'//
+==== Value of the market in 2013 ====
+From the article: "We estimate the 2013 library technology economy, including the total domestic and international revenues of all the companies with a significant presence in the US and Canada, at around $790 million, an increase of just more than 2% relative to last year’s estimate of $770 million. US revenues of these companies total around $485 million. We continue to estimate the global library technology industry aggregate revenues at around $1.8 billion, which would also include RFID and other self-service products in addition to the technologies related to library management and resource discovery. Within these broad industry figures, each experienced a varying range of increases or losses in revenue".

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