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Statistical Report for Evergreen -- Independent

2022 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	23						1		3	10	9	8	8.13	8
ILS Functionality	23							1	5	10	7	8	8.00	8
Print Functionality	23						2		4	5	12	9	8.09	9
Electronic Functionality	22	2		1		1	2	5	3	5	3	6	6.09	7
Company Satisfaction	21							1	3	5	12	9	8.33	9
Support Satisfaction	22							1	1	8	12	9	8.41	9
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	22	1					1	1	2	5	12	9	7.86	9
Open Source Interest	19	3	2				1	1	1		4	9	6.63	10

Category	Total	percent
Considering new ILS	24	0.00%
Considering new Interface	24	0.00%
System Installed on time?	24	0.00%

Average Collection size:		1016839

Type	Count
Public	19
Academic	0
School	0
Consortium	4
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	14
[3] 100,001-250,000	4
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	2
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	2
[6] over 10,000,001	1

2021 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	22						1		2	12	7	8	8.09	8
ILS Functionality	22					1			3	10	8	8	8.05	8
Print Functionality	22							1	2	12	7	8	8.14	8
Electronic Functionality	22					3	3	6	3	4	3	6	6.50	6
Company Satisfaction	20					1	1	1		7	10	9	8.05	9
Support Satisfaction	20					1		1	2	5	11	9	8.15	9
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	18				1		1		1	6	9	9	8.00	9
Open Source Interest	13	2				1			1	2		0	7.46	10

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	23	1	4.35%
Considering new Interface	23	0	0.00%
System Installed on time?	23	0	0.00%

Average Collection size:		3647466

Type	Count
Public	17
Academic	0
School	0
Consortium	4
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	10
[3] 100,001-250,000	4
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	3
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	2
[6] over 10,000,001	3

Statistics according to type and size categories

The following table presents the 2020 results according to the type and size of the library.

2020 Evergreen -- Independent Responses by Sector
Evergreen -- Independent	all		Academic						Public						School		Consortium
			small		medium		large		small		medium		large
	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg	n	avg
SatisfactionLevelILS	39	8.13	1		0		1		28	8.11	3		0		0		4
ILSFunctionality	38	8.05	1		0		1		27	8.11	3		0		0		4
PrintFunctionality	39	8.41	1		0		1		28	8.39	3		0		0		4
ElectronicFunctionality	39	6.90	1		0		1		28	6.86	3		0		0		4
SatisfactionCustomerSupport	34	8.24	1		0		1		24	8.25	3		0		0		3
CompanyLoyalty	37	7.41	1		0		1		28	7.11	3		0		0		3

2020 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	39							3	7	11	18	9	8.13	8
ILS Functionality	38							2	10	10	16	9	8.05	8
Print Functionality	39							1	6	8	24	9	8.41	9
Electronic Functionality	39	1			3	1	2	5	10	7	10	7	6.90	7
Company Satisfaction	37							1	7	7	22	9	8.35	9
Support Satisfaction	34							1	8	7	18	9	8.24	9
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	37	4						1	9	2	21	9	7.41	9
Open Source Interest	30	10		1	1		1			3	9	0	5.50	2

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	40	1	2.50%
Considering new Interface	40	0	0.00%
System Installed on time?	40	0	0.00%

Average Collection size:		1028690

Type	Count
Public	32
Academic	3
School	0
Consortium	4
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	19
[3] 100,001-250,000	12
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	2
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	4
[6] over 10,000,001	1

2019 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	57				1	1	1	2	7	25	20	8	7.95	8
ILS Functionality	56				2	1	1	2	9	24	17	8	7.77	8
Print Functionality	56				1	3	1	1	9	19	22	9	7.84	8
Electronic Functionality	55	1	1	3		3	4	4	13	16	10	8	6.76	7
Company Satisfaction	55					2		4	6	16	27	9	8.09	8
Support Satisfaction	55					1	1	2	9	11	31	9	8.20	9
Support Improvement	52						9	7	7	9	20	9	7.46	8
Company Loyalty	51	1				3	2	2	3	10	30	9	7.94	9
Open Source Interest	48	3	1			8	2			3	31	9	7.21	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	57	1	1.75%
Considering new Interface	57	1	1.75%
System Installed on time?	57	49	85.96%

Average Collection size:		802452

Type	Count
Public	47
Academic	4
School	0
Consortium	6
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	2
[2] 10,001-100,000	25
[3] 100,001-250,000	12
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	8
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	5
[6] over 10,000,001	1

2018 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	34			1	1	2	2		7	14	7	8	7.26	8
ILS Functionality	34			1	1	2	2	1	8	12	7	8	7.18	8
Print Functionality	34	1			2	1	2	1	4	11	12	9	7.35	8
Electronic Functionality	34	4			3	2	3	2	6	9	5	8	5.97	7
Company Satisfaction	33			1	1		4	1	3	6	17	9	7.67	9
Support Satisfaction	32			1	1		2	1	1	10	16	9	7.88	9
Support Improvement	31		2				8		2	6	13	9	7.13	8
Company Loyalty	30	2				1	1	2	3	2	19	9	7.63	9
Open Source Interest	24	2	1			1	3	2		1	14	9	6.92	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	34	1	2.94%
Considering new Interface	34	2	5.88%
System Installed on time?	34	29	85.29%

Average Collection size:		550386

Type	Count
Public	22
Academic	1
School	0
Consortium	3
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	0
[2] 10,001-100,000	19
[3] 100,001-250,000	9
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	4
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	1
[6] over 10,000,001	1

2017 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	35					1	2	1	12	7	12	7	7.66	8
ILS Functionality	35					1	2	2	13	9	8	7	7.46	7
Print Functionality	35					1	2	3	5	11	13	9	7.77	8
Electronic Functionality	34			1	1	2	4	5	10	8	3	7	6.59	7
Company Satisfaction	32						3	1	5	5	18	9	8.06	9
Support Satisfaction	33					2	2	1	2	8	18	9	8.00	9
Support Improvement	33						11	2	2	5	13	9	7.21	8
Company Loyalty	30	1			1		4	1	1	5	17	9	7.63	9
Open Source Interest	30	4	2		2	2	1		1	1	17	9	6.30	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	35	0	0.00%
Considering new Interface	35	1	2.86%
System Installed on time?	35	31	88.57%

Average Collection size:		1153895

Type	Count
Public	25
Academic	2
School	1
Consortium	6
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	2
[2] 10,001-100,000	21
[3] 100,001-250,000	1
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	4
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	5
[6] over 10,000,001	1

2016 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	33		1		1	1		3	3	16	8	8	7.48	8
ILS Functionality	33					2		4	8	10	9	8	7.55	8
Print Functionality	33					2		2	9	8	12	9	7.73	8
Electronic Functionality	32		1	2	1	2	3	3	8	7	5	7	6.44	7
Company Satisfaction	32	1	1			1	1	1	4	7	16	9	7.63	9
Support Satisfaction	33	2			1		1	2	1	6	20	9	7.73	9
Support Improvement	31	2					4		4	9	12	9	7.35	8
Company Loyalty	29	5			1			2	2	6	13	9	6.69	8
Open Source Interest	30	9	1		1	1		1		2	15	9	5.50	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	33	3	9.09%
Considering new Interface	33	0	0.00%
System Installed on time?	33	33	100.00%

Average Collection size:		660913

Type	Count
Public	27
Academic	3
School	0
Consortium	3
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	22
[3] 100,001-250,000	5
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	1
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	3
[6] over 10,000,001	0

2015 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	21		1		2		1	3	8	4	2	7	6.48	7
ILS Functionality	20			1	2		1	3	6	4	3	7	6.60	7
Print Functionality	21					1	2	4	6	4	4	7	7.05	7
Electronic Functionality	21	1		2	2	3	2	1	6	3	1	7	5.38	6
Company Satisfaction	19	1	1	1	2		1	2	4	4	3	7	5.95	7
Support Satisfaction	19	3			1		1	2	3	4	5	9	6.21	7
Support Improvement	19	3				3	5		1	4	3	5	5.42	5
Company Loyalty	17	2			1	1	1	1	3	2	6	9	6.41	7
Open Source Interest	18	1	2	3		1					11	9	6.17	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	23	4	17.39%
Considering new Interface	23	1	4.35%
System Installed on time?	23	16	69.57%

Average Collection size:		439795

Type	Count
Public	16
Academic	4
School	0
Consortium	1
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	0
[2] 10,001-100,000	11
[3] 100,001-250,000	6
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	3
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	2
[6] over 10,000,001	0

2014 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	7				1			3	1	2		6	6.29	6
ILS Functionality	7			1	1		1		2	2		7	5.71	7
Print Functionality	7					1	1	1	1	3		8	6.57	7
Electronic Functionality	7				1	1	1	1	2	1		7	5.71	6
Company Satisfaction	7						2	1		2	2	5	7.14	8
Support Satisfaction	7						1	2		3	1	8	7.14	8
Support Improvement	7					1	1	1	2	1	1	7	6.57	7
Company Loyalty	7			1			2	1		1	2	5	6.29	6
Open Source Interest	6	1		1							4	9	6.33	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	8	0	0.00%
Considering new Interface	8	1	12.50%
System Installed on time?	8	6	75.00%

Average Collection size:		311268

Type	Count
Public	5
Academic	1
School	0
Consortium	2
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	2
[3] 100,001-250,000	2
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	3
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	0
[6] over 10,000,001	0

2013 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	10			1				1	4	4		7	6.80	7
ILS Functionality	10			1					6	3		7	6.80	7
Print Functionality	10				1			1	3	4	1	8	7.10	8
Electronic Functionality	10			1	1		3		4	1		7	5.60	7
Company Satisfaction	10			1				1	2	3	3	8	7.30	8
Support Satisfaction	9		1				1		2	3	2	8	6.89	8
Support Improvement	9	1					1	1	2	3	1	8	6.44	7
Company Loyalty	9	1					1		1	4	2	8	6.89	8
Open Source Interest	7	1									6	9	7.71	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	10	0	0.00%
Considering new Interface	10	0	0.00%
System Installed on time?	10	9	90.00%

Average Collection size:		217372

Type	Count
Public	8
Academic	1
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	0

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	3
[3] 100,001-250,000	3
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	3
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	0
[6] over 10,000,001	0

2012 Survey Results
Product: Evergreen -- Independent		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	7								3	3	1	7	7.71	8
ILS Functionality	7							1	3	3		7	7.29	7
Print Functionality	0											0	0.00
Electronic Functionality	0											0	0.00
Company Satisfaction	5								1	2	2	8	8.20	8
Support Satisfaction	5								2	1	2	7	8.00	8
Support Improvement	5						1			4		8	7.40	8
Company Loyalty	5									3	2	8	8.40	8
Open Source Interest	4										4	9	9.00	9

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	8	0	0.00%
Considering new Interface	8	1	12.50%
System Installed on time?	8	5	62.50%

Average Collection size:		827637

Type	Count
Public	4
Academic	1
School	0
Consortium	2
Special	1

Size Category	Count
[1] Under 10,000	1
[2] 10,001-100,000	3
[3] 100,001-250,000	0
[4] 250,001-1,000,000	2
[5] 1,000,001-10,000,000	1
[6] over 10,000,001	0

5 Responses for Evergreen -- Independent in 2011

0 Responses for Evergreen -- Independent in 2010

0 Responses for Evergreen -- Independent in 2009

0 Responses for Evergreen -- Independent in 2008

0 Responses for Evergreen -- Independent in 2007

2022 : gen: 8.13 company 8.33 loyalty 7.86 support 8.41

2021 : gen: 8.09 company 8.05 loyalty 8.00 support 8.15

2020 : gen: 8.13 company 8.35 loyalty 7.41 support 8.24

2019 : gen: 7.95 company 8.09 loyalty 7.94 support 8.20

2018 : gen: 7.26 company 7.67 loyalty 7.63 support 7.88

2017 : gen: 7.66 company 8.06 loyalty 7.63 support 8.00

2016 : gen: 7.48 company 7.63 loyalty 6.69 support 7.73

2015 : gen: 6.48 company 5.95 loyalty 6.41 support 6.21

2014 : gen: 6.29 company 7.14 loyalty 6.29 support 7.14

2013 : gen: 6.80 company 7.30 loyalty 6.89 support 6.89

2012 : gen: 7.71 company 8.20 loyalty 8.40 support 8.00

Comments (survey2020)

The Evergreen community is excellent and very supportive, with a twice-yearly release cycle that makes it easy to anticipate and prepare for changes. They are suffering from technical deficit in the form of a UI reliance on both the obsolete Dojo JavaScript framework and the soon to be end-of-life AngularJS framework. It requires a lot of effort to build new features and keep existing features up to date with current technology standards. (Library type: Academic; collection size: very small; ils satisfaction: 8)

We already use an open source ILS. (Library type: Public; collection size: small; ils satisfaction: 8)

Did not fill out Academic Discovery service section since we are a public library system (Library type: Public; collection size: large; ils satisfaction: 9)

Our current ILS is open source so that's why a 10 was chosen. (Library type: Public; collection size: small; ils satisfaction: 8)

We are using the Evergreen open source ILS and are very satisfied with it. Much of our satisfaction with the system owes to the excellent management of our product by our automation consortium, the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) and the various other networks and consortia with whom they work cooperatively on enhancements and improvements. Not having to rely on a vendor's mostly one-size-fits-all is a tremendous advantage the open source model has over the vendor model. (Library type: Public; collection size: medium; ils satisfaction: 9)

We had an outside analysis done of all of the ILSes on the market and found that Evergreen was still the only really feasible ILS for a consortium of our size and complexity. (Library type: Consortium; collection size: very large; ils satisfaction: 9)

I marked as [...] , Inc., our consortium, as "vendor" as they host Evergreen as our ILS. Perhaps you mean Evergreen as the vendor? (Library type: Public; collection size: medium; ils satisfaction: 8)

[...] (Library type: State; collection size: very small; ils satisfaction: 9)

Evergreen Indiana is an open-source ILS. (Library type: Public; collection size: medium; ils satisfaction: 8)

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