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Participate in the 2023 International Library Automation Perceptions Survey

Please respond to this year's International Library Automation Survey conducted through Library Technology Guides. The survey measures the levels of satisfaction that libraries have in their strategic technology products and their perceptions of the quality of service and support that they receive. The results of this survey provide valuable information to libraries as they formulate technology strategies and to vendors as they refine their support services and product development.

The report based on the 2020 survey, with links to previous reports is available:

2020 Library Automation Survey

I am now collecting responses for the 2023 edition of the survey. Please take this opportunity to register the perceptions of the library automation system used in your library, its vendor, and the quality of support delivered. The survey also probes at considerations for migrating to new systems, involvement in discovery products, and the level of interest in open source ILS. While the numeric rating scales support the statistical results of the study, the comments offered also provide interesting insights into the current state of library automation satisfaction.

This edition of the survey includes a new section on authentication services used by libraries for access to restricted resources. These services include EZproxy, OpenAthens, SeamlessAccess, and other products.

Note: If you have responded to previous editions of the survey, please give your responses again this year. By responding to the survey each year, you help identify long-term trends in the changing perceptions of these companies and products.

As with the previous versions of the survey, only one response per library is allowed and any individual can respond only for one library. These restrictions ensure that no single organization or individual can skew the statistics. While all the individuals that work in a library may have their own opinions, please respond to the extent that you can from the general experiences of your library.

How to participate

The survey links each response to the listing for a library in the libraries.org directory. This connection provides the ability to correlate responses with the extensive library demographic data in libraries.org.

  1. Find your library in libraries.org:
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    (hint: for public libraries, enter city or county)
  2. Select and view the listing for your library
  3. Press the button
  4. Complete the form and write in your comments!

When viewing the entry for your library in the libraries.org directory, please check for any incomplete or inaccurate information and let me know of any needed changes.

If your library isn't listed in libraries.org, please submit its information.


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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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December 1, 2023. Allen County Public Library website first to publish with Vega Promote Web. Innovative, part of Clarivate, announced the launch of an elevated and intuitive website experience for Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana using Innovative solutions. Allen County Publ ... <<more>>

December 1, 2023. TIND launches new video player feature with automatic transcoding. TIND has introduced the first iteration of the newly developed Video Player. With automatic transcoding for unmatched playback quality and an admin dashboard for efficient content management, the play ... <<more>>

November 30, 2023. King County (WA) launches SMS and Email notifications for their patrons. Unique Library announced the addition of MessageBee Email and SMS notifications for King County Library System in Seattle, Washington. The library has been a customer of Unique since 1999, adding to ... <<more>>

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