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https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lsr-main-200x133.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lsr-main-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/05/01/2024-library-systems-report/" rel="bookmark">2024 Library Systems Report</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2024</span> <p>Previous cycles of business consolidation have yielded a layered landscape with distinct levels of competition. At the top, a handful of large organizations with considerable resources—Clarivate, EBSCO Information Services, Follett School Solutions, and OCLC—continue to expand their portfolios, covering multiple business sectors and library types. Middle-tier companies, including Axiell, ByWater Solutions, The Library Corporation (TLC), … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/05/01/2024-library-systems-report/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2024 Library Systems Report</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/05/01/2023-library-systems-report/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LSR-feat.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="An image of 24 icons representing different technology devices and processes for the 2023 Library Systems Report" decoding="async" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LSR-feat.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LSR-feat-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LSR-feat-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/05/01/2023-library-systems-report/" rel="bookmark">2023 Library Systems Report</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2023</span> <p>Interest in open systems has been growing within the library world for at least 15 years, and recent procurements reflect important breakthroughs. The selection of the open source library services platform (LSP) FOLIO by Library of Congress (LC), the MOBIUS consortium, the National Library of Australia, and others has solidified FOLIO’s position as a major … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/05/01/2023-library-systems-report/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2023 Library Systems Report</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2022/05/02/2022-library-systems-report/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lsr-feat.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Library System Report" decoding="async" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lsr-feat.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lsr-feat-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lsr-feat-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2022/05/02/2022-library-systems-report/" rel="bookmark">2022 Library Systems Report</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 2, 2022</span> <p>The emergence of such a large business at the top of the industry has accelerated consolidation among mid-level players that aim to increase scale and efficiency to remain competitive. This was a banner year for consolidation of midsize competitors, with more acquisitions than any prior year. These deals raise concerns about weakened competition, but they … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2022/05/02/2022-library-systems-report/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2022 Library Systems Report</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/05/03/2021-library-systems-report/"><img width="465" height="310" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/library-sytems-e1635190376194.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="2021 Library Systems Report (Illustration: Tom Deja)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/05/03/2021-library-systems-report/" rel="bookmark">2021 Library Systems Report</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 3, 2021</span> <p>Only a few minor acquisitions took place in this deeply consolidated industry last year. Unlike in 2019, none of these transactions altered the overall balance of power among competitors. Vendors made extraordinary efforts to help customer libraries cope with changed services while they continued product development agendas looking beyond current circumstances. Responses to the crisis … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/05/03/2021-library-systems-report/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2021 Library Systems Report</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/05/01/2020-library-systems-report/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/library-systems-report.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Photo illustration: © Dariusz Jarzabek/Adobe Stock (library); © nongkran_ch/Adobe Stock (circles)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/library-systems-report.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/library-systems-report-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/library-systems-report-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/05/01/2020-library-systems-report/" rel="bookmark">2020 Library Systems Report</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2020</span> <p>Technology for public library automation has been mired in stagnation. It takes a substantial level of development to both maintain existing products and build next-generation technologies for the emerging realities of a given library sector. Will Ex Libris opt to invent a new platform for public libraries, as it did for academics? How it responds may … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/05/01/2020-library-systems-report/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2020 Library Systems Report</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/05/01/library-systems-report-2019/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lsr-feature.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Library Systems Report (Illustration by (c)vladgrin/Adobe Stock and Rebecca Lomax/American Libraries)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lsr-feature.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lsr-feature-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lsr-feature-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/05/01/library-systems-report-2019/" rel="bookmark">Library Systems Report 2019</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2019</span> <p>Outdated automation systems can reinforce work patterns that no longer reflect priorities as core library activities change. Bursts of innovation can create new products better aligned with current library realities. The products that emerge out of these creative booms then become mainstays that support the next phase of library operations. The academic library sector can … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/05/01/library-systems-report-2019/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Library Systems Report 2019</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/05/01/library-systems-report-2018/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/library-systems-report.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Library Systems Report" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/library-systems-report.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/library-systems-report-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/library-systems-report-768x512.jpg 768w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/library-systems-report-465x310.jpg 465w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/05/01/library-systems-report-2018/" rel="bookmark">Library Systems Report 2018</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2018</span> <p>Academic libraries are looking beyond efficiencies in collection management or improvements in library-provided discovery services. Instead, they are addressing broader education needs by inserting relevant resources into platforms that support the curriculum and enhance their institutions’ research activities. Public libraries seek technologies that improve engagement with their communities. These libraries value reliable and feature-rich automation … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/05/01/library-systems-report-2018/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Library Systems Report 2018</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/05/01/library-systems-report-2017/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/systems-report.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Library Systems Report 2017" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/systems-report.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/systems-report-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/systems-report-768x512.jpg 768w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/systems-report-465x310.jpg 465w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/05/01/library-systems-report-2017/" rel="bookmark">Library Systems Report 2017</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2017</span> <p>More statistics on sales performance, installations, and personnel for 2016 are available here. Consolidation deep and wide Library technology continues to consolidate horizontally and vertically. Horizontal consolidation—the merging of companies with similar business activities—shaped some of the larger players in the industry, such as Follett, and Infor Library and Information Solutions, Innovative Interfaces, Lucidea, OCLC, … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/05/01/library-systems-report-2017/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Library Systems Report 2017</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/02/library-systems-report-2016/"><img width="970" height="647" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0516-library-systems.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Library Systems Report" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0516-library-systems.jpg 970w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0516-library-systems-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0516-library-systems-768x512.jpg 768w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0516-library-systems-465x310.jpg 465w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/02/library-systems-report-2016/" rel="bookmark">Library Systems Report 2016</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 2, 2016</span> <p>Libraries have much at stake in products that align well with their strategies, resonate with their patrons, and facilitate the work of their staff. Previously established products are evolving to gain long-overdue modernization. In an era of web-based and cloud computing, library technology has held fast to aspects of the previous age of client–server computing. … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/02/library-systems-report-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Library Systems Report 2016</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/05/01/library-systems-report/"><img width="800" height="435" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/0515_COVER.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="2015 Library Systems Report" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/0515_COVER.jpg 800w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/0515_COVER-300x163.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/05/01/library-systems-report/" rel="bookmark">Library Systems Report</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">May 1, 2015</span> <p>Tied to the economy of libraries, the vendors that make up the library technology industry support a stable but highly constrained economic sector, with global opportunities. Library budgets may never recover to pre-recession levels, fueling interest in technology to improve their efficiency and the impact of collection resources. Products able to deliver efficiency, innovation, and … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/05/01/library-systems-report/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Library Systems Report</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> <article> <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/04/15/library-systems-report-2014/"><img width="465" height="310" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/0314-systems-report.jpg" class="attachment-i2x3-sml size-i2x3-sml wp-post-image" alt="Library Systems Report" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/0314-systems-report.jpg 465w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/0314-systems-report-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px" /></a> <div class="article-list__article-detail"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/04/15/library-systems-report-2014/" rel="bookmark">Library Systems Report 2014</a></h2> <span class="publishing-info__byline">By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/marshall-breeding/" rel="tag">Marshall Breeding</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-date">April 15, 2014</span> <p>This phase of the industry offers many choices, including both proprietary and open source license options, some based on cloud technologies and others that continue to rely on local hardware. Though a new generation of library services platforms has entered a phase of early adoption, the integrated library system remains viable, especially when extended to … <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/04/15/library-systems-report-2014/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Library Systems Report 2014</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </article> <hr /> </div> </div> <div class="col-sidebar"> <aside id="latestlinks-3" class="widget col-sidebar__latest-library-links-widget"> <h2><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/">Latest Library Links</a></h2> <div class="latest-library-links__container"> <ul id="latest-links"> <li id="post-145898" class="post-145898 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">1d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145899" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/connection-150.jpg" alt="Wire connections" width="150" height="100" />Jessamyn West writes: “My drop-in time work used to be a lot of teaching basic skills. 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The trial will be conducted in a number of libraries by TRC Library Service Inc., which provides library services for local governments and others, in conjunction with book wholesaler Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/b2b0de69ee4c-japan-libraries-to-trial-book-sales-amid-decline-in-bookstores.html" target="_blank">Kyodo News, Nov. 23</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145892" class="post-145892 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">2d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145893" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/library-joy-150.png" alt="The Public Libraries Podcast" width="150" height="100" />Kathleen Hughes writes: “In this episode of <em>FYI: The Public Libraries Podcast</em>, we share inspiring stories of library joy. Ten stories in under 20 minutes! Inspired by Mychal Threets’ focus on celebrating joy in libraries, this episode highlights moments from library workers across the country that capture the magic, connection, and transformation that happen in libraries every day.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2024/11/new-podcast-episode-ten-stories-of-library-joy" target="_blank">Public Libraries Online, Nov. 25</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145890" class="post-145890 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">3d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145891" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cookbooks-150.jpg" alt="Page from a midcentury recipe book featuring a gelatin salad" width="150" height="100" />Hannah Ostroff writes: “Library of Congress collections hold some 40,000 cookbooks, plus thousands of recipe booklets, archival recipes and dietary therapy books, that reflect America’s holiday food traditions—a seasonal smorgasbord of ingredients, techniques, technology and culinary viewpoints. <em>McCall’s Book of Merry Eating</em>, published in 1965, offers multiple recipes for [gelatin-based] so-called salads, to be chilled in a mold and served over salad greens. One contains canned corn, a package of frozen peas and carrots and chicken bouillon.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/11/historical-holiday-cookbooks-did-we-really-eat-this-stuff-yes/" target="_blank">Library of Congress: Timeless, Nov. 22</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145888" class="post-145888 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">3d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145889" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gift-guide-feat-150.jpg" alt="2024 Holiday Gift Guide" width="150" height="100" />Alison Marcotte writes: “Giving gifts feels great, but shopping for them can be stressful. We’re here to help you reduce the anxiety and bring some of the fun back this holiday season. Our roundup of bookish gifts focuses on presents to entertain, delight, and inspire the family, friends, and colleagues on your list. And to help reduce the pressure on your wallet, items start at $10, and everything is under $50.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="" target="_blank"></a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145883" class="post-145883 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">3d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145884" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/wicked-150.png" alt="Screencap from Wicked depicting an awe-struck Elphaba and Glinda" width="150" height="100" />“So, you saw <em>Wicked</em> on the big screen and you loved it! 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