The State of Library Management Systems 2016

Ellyssa Valenti (Kroski)

Terminology

• ILS – An integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management

system (LMS), is an integrated set of applications designed to perform the business and technical functions of a library, including acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, and the provision of public access.*

• Library Services Platform (LSP)– -library automation platforms or suites of applications which provide

comprehensive print and electronic resources management, deployed through Web-based platforms, with workflows streamlined through built-in knowledge bases.**

*ODLIS http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_l.aspx

**Breeding, Marshall. Library Systems Report, American Libraries May 2016. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/02/library-systems-report-2016

Terminology• Discovery Systems

– A single interface, providing integrated access to the multiple information resources (catalogs, publishers' e-book and e-journal collections, subscription databases, archival collections) to which a library has rights. Discovery systems use consolidated subject indexing and metadata. Search results are generally deduped and relevance ranked*

• Federated Search

– A search tool designed to query multiple networked information resources such as local and remote library catalogs, subscription databases, and digital repositories as well as Web sites, using standardized protocols, such as Z39.50 via a single interface. **

*ODLIS http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_l.aspx

**ODLIS http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_f.aspx

MAJOR PLAYERS

Proquest

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– Ex Libris 2015

– Coutts Information Services 2015

– EBL 2013

– Serials Solutions 2011

• Main Market

– Large academic libraries

Proquest• Library Management System Products

– Alma (LSP) - 626 installations in 2015

– Aleph (ILS) - 2,412 installations in 2015

– Voyager (ILS) – 1,200 installations in 2015

• Discovery Products

– Summon - 718 installations in 2015

– Primo – 2,100 institutions using total

• Federated Search

– Metalib

• Other - Related

– 360 Link (Open URL resolver)

– SFX (Open URL resolver)

Proquest

EBSCO

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– YBP (Yankee Book Peddler) Library Services 2015

– Learning Express 2015

• Main Market

– Large academic libraries

EBSCO

• Library Management System Products

– Currently in partnership with Kuali OLE and Index Data to develop a competitive open source resource management system

• Discovery Products

– EBSCO Discovery Service (market leader with more libraries using than any other discover service)

EBSCO

OCLC

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– none

• Main Market

– Mid-sized academic libraries

OCLC

• Library Management System Products

– WorldShare Management (LSP) - 386 installations in 2015

• Discovery Products

– WorldCat Discovery Service

• Other - Related

– EZProxy (proxy & authentication service)

OCLC

Innovative Interfaces

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– Polaris 2014

– VTLS 2014

• Main Market

– Public and special libraries

Innovative Interfaces

• Library Management System Products

– Sierra (LSP) - 582 installations in 2015

– Millenium (ILS)

– Polaris (ILS) – 493 installations in 2015

– Virtua (ILS)

• Discovery Products

– Encore Discovery

– Chamo Discovery

Innovative Interfaces

Sirsi Dynix

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– EOS International 2013

– Acquired themselves by ICV Partners 2015

• Main Market

– Public and special libraries

Sirsi Dynix

• Library Management System Products

– Symphony (ILS) – 2,548 installations in 2015

– EOS Web (ILS) - 1,089 installations in 2015

– Horizon (ILS) – 979 installations in 2015

– BLUEcloud (ILS)

• Discovery Products

– Enterprise

Sirsi Dynix

Follett

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– none

• Main Market

– School libraries

Follett

• Library Management System Products

– Destiny Library Manager (ILS) – 66,129 installations in 2015

Follett

Book Systems

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– none

• Main Market

– Small public and School libraries

Book Systems

• Library Management System Products

– Atriuum (ILS) – 3,526 installations in 2015

– Concourse (ILS) - 9,995 installations in 2015

Book Systems

Open Source LMS Solutions

• Recent Important Acquisitions

– n/a

• Main Market

– Public and special libraries

Open Source LMS Solutions

• Library Management System Products

– Koha (ILS) – 919 installations in 2015

– Evergreen (ILS) - 876 installations in 2015

– LibLime Koha (ILS) – 657 installations in 2015

– LibLime Academic Koha (ILS) – 134 installations in 2015

• Discovery Products

– VuFind

– Blacklight

Koha

Evergreen

Open Source LMS Solutions

• Main Support Providers for Library OSS

– Equinox Software (Evergreen)

– ByWater Solutions (Koha) - 919 library clients

– LibLime (Koha)

Credits

• Info for this presentation/lecture almost solely from:• Breeding, Marshall. Library Systems Report, American Libraries May

2016. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/02/library-systems-report-2016

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