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System Implementation Trends among ARL member libraries


Caveat and Credit

This resource presents the number of installations of each ILS product among the members of the Association of Research Libraries from 2000 through 2020. These numbers were reconstructed from captures of Association of Research Libraries: Current Automation Systems on the Internet Archive

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ILS Products used by ARL Libraries
ILS2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Advance 1121111111
Aleph 91720202121222223242625221918131298552
Alma 58172131355767737680
Amicus 11111111111
Carl 1
DRA 124
FOLIO 2410
Horizon 10977777764433222222222
Koha 111
KualiOLE 11111111
LocallyDeveloped 2222211
Millennium 34343536373838393940402725212016125221
MultiLIS 11
NOTIS 10211
Sierra 1011121317191514141210
Symphony 13171918181818181820191818171716151311888
Taos 11
VTLS 2111
Virtua 111
Voyager 263335353535353535353535353127242418141097
WorldShare 233334555
Ex Libris 9172020212157575859616565676668718489889089
Ex Libris MS 7%14%16%16%17%17%46%46%47%47%49%53%53%55%54%55%58%68%72%72%73%71%
Innovative 34343536373838393940403736333333312016161310
Innovative MS 28%28%28%29%30%31%31%32%32%32%32%30%30%27%27%27%25%16%13%13%10%8%
SirsiDynix 25211918252525252424232121191918171513101010
SirsiDynix MS 20%17%15%15%20%20%20%20%20%19%18%17%17%16%16%15%14%12%11%8%8%8%
OCLC 233334555
OCLC MS 0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%2%2%2%2%2%3%4%4%4%
Totals 123123123123123123123123123125125123122122122123123123123123124125

Market Share among ARL Member Libraries: Ex Libris vs Innovative

ILS Implementations among ARL Members (all systems)