Library Technology Guides
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Library Technology Guides provides comprehensive and objective information surrounding the many different types of technology products and services used by libraries. It covers the organizations that develop and support library-oriented software and systems. The site offers extensive databases and document repositories to assist libraries as they consider new systems and is an essential resource for professionals in the field to stay current with new developments and trends.
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Library Perceptions 2025: Results of the eighteenth International Survey of Library Automation
The report "Library Perceptions 2025: Results of the eighteenth International Survey of Library Automation" has been published on Library Technology Guides. The International Survey of Library Automation provides a unique opportunity for libraries to evaluate their core technology systems, their associated vendors, and to offer their views on relevant topics and trends. This eighteenth edition of the survey received 2,531 responses. The 50,604 cumulative responses received since 2007 document interesting and important trends related to key technology products and vendors.
(, May 19, 2025)
2025 Library Systems Report: Companies see platform upgrades, new leadership, and AI enhancements
The library technology industry showed its maturity in 2024. Businesses have become increasingly stable and robust products delivered rich functionality. But decades of consolidation have created a narrower slate of competitors, resulting in a smaller number of products available for each type and size of library. The marketplace is seeing more specialized solutions but fewer options. Companies continue to tailor products to the diverging service needs and collections of public, academic, school, and special libraries. Library services platforms (LSPs) designed for academic libraries, for example, are not well suited for public libraries. This stratification further narrows customers’ choices.
(American Libraries, May 1, 2025)
SirsiDynix acquired by Harris Computing
SirsiDynix, has been acquired by Harris Computing, one of six operating companies of Constellation Software, Inc. It purchased SirsiDynix from ICV Partners, a private equity firm that has owned it since February 2015. Unlike private equity firms, Constellation does not sell the companies it acquires. It follows a strategy of acquiring businesses from founders or investors and holding them indefinitely. The acquisition marks a definitive exit from ongoing cycles of private equity investment into a permanent position within a public company specializing in the administration of technology-focused businesses. SirsiDynix has seen two rounds of private equity ownership, including Vista Equity Partners and ICV Partners.As part of Harris, SirsiDynix gains access to additional technical and financial resources. Harris has deep experience in acquiring and strengthening technology companies. In contrast, SirsiDynix was the only technology company within the ICV Partners portfolio.
(Library Technology Newsletter, January 2025)
Libraries Under Cyberattack
The last year or so has brought incredible challenges to the digital infrastructure of some high-profile libraries. The recent wave of cyberattacks targeting one of the world’s most prestigious and well-resourced libraries brings a sobering reminder of the dangers lurking for libraries in this digital age. Libraries of all types and sizes must be vigilant and prepared for any possible security breach.
(Computers in Libraries, March 2024)
Project Reshare and OpenRS: differing approaches to open source resource sharing
In recent months, a schism has erupted in the open source resource sharing realm. Two open source resource sharing projects that previously resided within a single organization have separated, due not only to the differing functional models of their products, but also because of differences in styles of collaboration. Launched in 2018, Project ReShare has been advancing an open source platform for resource sharing, created collaboratively among a community of interested libraries and vendors. Project ReShare continues with its mission to strengthen its resource sharing community and to continue to enhance and support its platform. The organization is also refining its organizational structure and articulating its values and community processes. OpenRS, was launched in 2023 as a new initiative to develop, support, and promote a new open source direct consortial borrowing solution. Though a relatively new project, OpenRS moves forward with a well defined development agenda, backed by two commercial vendors, EBSCO Information Services and Knowledge Integration, with substantial involvement of MOBIUS as its first planned implementor.
(Library Technology Newsletter, December 2023)
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Library Technology Guides was created and is edited by Marshall Breeding. He is solely responsible for all content on this site, and for any errors it may contain. Please notify him if you find any errors or omissions.
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April 20, 2026. Cornell is live with the new DSpace-CRIS platform. 4Science announced the Go-Live of Cornell University Library's new DSpace-CRIS platform:Cornell eCommons. This milestone marks an important step forward for an institution that has long been a global ... <<more>>
April 20, 2026. Cedarville University implements TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive. Cedarville University has gone live on TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive, replacing Digital Commons and consolidating the university's journal publishing, institutional repository ... <<more>>
April 17, 2026. IIIF Consortium welcomes University of Minnesota Libraries. The International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium is delighted to announce that the University of Minnesota Libraries has joined as an Associate member. UMN Libraries has played an active ... <<more>>
April 17, 2026. GPO director presents FY2027 appropriations request to Congress. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern presented GPO's FY 2027 appropriations request before the U.S. House and U.S. Senate Subcommittees on Legislative Branch App ... <<more>>
April 17, 2026. Lyrasis partners with Lived Places Publishing to champion underrepresented voices and identities. enhance the visibility of Lived Places Publishing's library friendly course reading material focused on lived experience and identity, Lyrasis has partnered with LPP, a small, independent publisher of ... <<more>>
April 17, 2026. HARRASSOWITZ real-time FOLIO APIs. HARRASSOWITZ, a leading provider of scholarly resources and services for academic libraries, announced the launch of its innovative FOLIO APIs for real-time ordering and subscription management. Co-de ... <<more>>
April 17, 2026. 2026 Joseph W. Lippincott Award winner: Sara Kelly Johns. Sara Kelly Johns is the recipient of the 2026 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. This award is sponsored by Joseph W. Lippincott III and presented by the American Library Association for distinguished servic ... <<more>>
April 16, 2026. Soutron Global exhibiting at the Maryland Library Association / Delaware Library Association (MLA/DLA) Joint Conference. Auto-Graphics, a Soutron Global Company, will be exhibiting at this year's Maryland Library Association / Delaware Library Association Joint Conference to be held from May 6-8, at the Hyatt Regency Ch ... <<more>>
April 16, 2026. EBSCO Information Services releases Art Source Ultimate to advance scholarly research in art and architecture. Art and architecture students and scholars across the globe will gain valuable new support with the launch of Art Source Ultimate from EBSCO Information Services. Art Source Ultimate is a comprehensiv ... <<more>>
April 15, 2026. LibraryOne launches to ensure continuity and innovation of essential digital library platforms. LibraryOne has announced its official launch as an independent digital library services company, following the acquisition of key digital platform assets formerly operated by Baker & Taylor. The compa ... <<more>>
April 15, 2026. Baratz refuerza su servicio SaaS con más seguridad, control y continuidad. Baratz refuerza el valor de su modelo SaaS con un conjunto de medidas técnicas y operativas implementadas en su infraestructura tecnológica para proteger accesos, sistemas, redes, datos y disponibilid ... <<more>>