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Statistical Report for Absys

Statistics according to type and size categories

The following table presents the 2024 results according to the type and size of the library.

2024 Absys Responses by Sector
Absys	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	6	7.33	0		1		0		3		0		0		0		0
ILSFunctionality	6	7.33	0		1		0		3		0		0		0		0
PrintFunctionality	6	8.67	0		1		0		3		0		0		0		0
ElectronicFunctionality	6	6.83	0		1		0		3		0		0		0		0
SatisfactionCustomerSupport	6	6.50	0		1		0		3		0		0		0		0
CompanyLoyalty	6	5.67	0		1		0		3		0		0		0		0

2024 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	6						2		1		3	9	7.33	9
ILS Functionality	6						2		1		3	9	7.33	9
Print Functionality	6								1		5	9	8.67	9
Electronic Functionality	6			1		1				1	3	9	6.83	9
Company Satisfaction	6						2	1	1		2	5	6.83	7
Support Satisfaction	6						3	1			2	5	6.50	6
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	6	1			1		1			1	2	9	5.67	8
Open Source Interest	5	3				1	1					0	1.80	0

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	6	1	16.67%
Considering new Interface	6	0	0.00%
System Installed on time?	6	0	0.00%

Average Collection size:		348330

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

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

3 Responses for Absys in 2023

2022 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	13								3	6	4	8	8.08	8
ILS Functionality	13								5	3	5	7	8.00	8
Print Functionality	13									5	8	9	8.62	9
Electronic Functionality	13						1	3	2	3	4	9	7.46	8
Company Satisfaction	13						1		2	6	4	8	7.92	8
Support Satisfaction	13				1		2			6	4	8	7.46	8
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	11					1	4			3	3	5	6.82	8
Open Source Interest	11	4	1		1		3	1	1			0	2.91	3

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	13	1	7.69%
Considering new Interface	13	0	0.00%
System Installed on time?	13	0	0.00%

Average Collection size:		342646

Type	Count
Public	9
Academic	2
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	0

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

2021 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	7					1		1	3	1	1	7	6.86	7
ILS Functionality	7					1		2	1	2	1	6	6.86	7
Print Functionality	7								3	2	2	7	7.86	8
Electronic Functionality	7	1				1	1	1	2		1	7	5.43	6
Company Satisfaction	5						1			3	1	8	7.60	8
Support Satisfaction	6					1	1		2		2	7	6.83	7
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	6	1			1	1					3	9	5.67	9
Open Source Interest	6	3	1	1						1		0	1.83	1

Category	Total	percent
Considering new ILS	8	0.00%
Considering new Interface	8	0.00%
System Installed on time?	8	0.00%

Average Collection size:		445566

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

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

2020 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	6								3		3	7	8.00	9
ILS Functionality	6								2	1	3	9	8.17	9
Print Functionality	6								1	1	4	9	8.50	9
Electronic Functionality	6					1		1	1		3	9	7.33	9
Company Satisfaction	6					3		1	1		1	4	5.67	6
Support Satisfaction	6					3		2			1	4	5.50	6
Support Improvement	0											0	0.00
Company Loyalty	5	1							1		3	9	6.80	9
Open Source Interest	6	3	1				1	1				0	2.00	1

Category	Total	percent
Considering new ILS	6	0.00%
Considering new Interface	6	0.00%
System Installed on time?	6	0.00%

Average Collection size:		457761

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

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

2019 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	16			1	1		1	5	4	3	1	6	6.31	7
ILS Functionality	16				1			6	5	3	1	6	6.69	7
Print Functionality	16		1					4	4	5	2	8	6.94	7
Electronic Functionality	14		1	1	1	3		2	5		1	7	5.29	6
Company Satisfaction	16					4	1	2	2	3	4	4	6.69	7
Support Satisfaction	15				1	2	1		4	2	5	9	7.00	7
Support Improvement	15					1	7	2	3	1	1	5	5.93	5
Company Loyalty	16	2	1	1		2	2		4	2	2	7	5.19	7
Open Source Interest	15	6	4			3	1	1				0	1.80	1

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	16	1	6.25%
Considering new Interface	16	4	25.00%
System Installed on time?	16	13	81.25%

Average Collection size:		634634

Type	Count
Public	5
Academic	4
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	2

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

2018 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	12			2				2	2	6		8	6.50	8
ILS Functionality	12				1			1	5	3	2	7	7.17	7
Print Functionality	12		1				1	1	1	4	4	8	7.25	8
Electronic Functionality	11	2			1		1	1	3	2	1	7	5.45	7
Company Satisfaction	12			1	1			2	1	4	3	8	6.92	8
Support Satisfaction	12				1			2	2	4	3	8	7.33	8
Support Improvement	12				1		4		1	3	3	5	6.75	8
Company Loyalty	12	2				2	1		1	2	4	9	6.00	8
Open Source Interest	12	5	2	2	1	2						0	1.42	1

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	12	1	8.33%
Considering new Interface	12	3	25.00%
System Installed on time?	12	11	91.67%

Average Collection size:		376954

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

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

2017 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	9						1	3		3	2	6	7.22	8
ILS Functionality	9						1	2	2	2	2	6	7.22	7
Print Functionality	9							1	2	1	5	9	8.11	9
Electronic Functionality	9	2					3		1		3	5	5.44	5
Company Satisfaction	9						3	3		2	1	5	6.44	6
Support Satisfaction	9						4	2	1	1	1	5	6.22	6
Support Improvement	9						4	2	1	1	1	5	6.22	6
Company Loyalty	9		1				4	1	1		2	5	5.78	5
Open Source Interest	8	5	2			1						0	0.75	0

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	9	0	0.00%
Considering new Interface	9	2	22.22%
System Installed on time?	9	8	88.89%

Average Collection size:		439583

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

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

2016 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	18				1	2		5	4	3	3	6	6.67	7
ILS Functionality	18				1	2	2	3	3	3	4	9	6.67	7
Print Functionality	18					1		4	6	2	5	7	7.28	7
Electronic Functionality	17	2		3	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	4.29	4
Company Satisfaction	17				2	3	1	4	3	3	1	6	5.94	6
Support Satisfaction	16					3	4	2	5		2	7	6.06	6
Support Improvement	17					1	8		6	2		5	6.00	5
Company Loyalty	18	1		1	1	4	1	1	4	2	3	4	5.72	7
Open Source Interest	16	7	1	2		4	1			1		0	2.13	2

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	18	1	5.56%
Considering new Interface	18	3	16.67%
System Installed on time?	18	14	77.78%

Average Collection size:		491306

Type	Count
Public	11
Academic	4
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	1

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

2015 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	16					1	4	6	4	1		6	6.00	6
ILS Functionality	16				1		4	5	3	2	1	6	6.19	6
Print Functionality	16				2		3	2	4	5		8	6.31	7
Electronic Functionality	16	1	1	3		1	6		2	2		5	4.44	5
Company Satisfaction	16			1		3	6	4	1	1		5	5.19	5
Support Satisfaction	16	1	1				6	2	3	3		5	5.50	6
Support Improvement	15		1	1	1	4	5		2	1		5	4.60	5
Company Loyalty	15	1		1		1	4	5	1	1	1	6	5.33	6
Open Source Interest	14	5	2	2		2	2			1		0	2.29	2

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	16	1	6.25%
Considering new Interface	16	2	12.50%
System Installed on time?	16	15	93.75%

Average Collection size:		289662

Type	Count
Public	13
Academic	2
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	1

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

2014 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	32					1	5	6	11	7	2	7	6.75	7
ILS Functionality	32						7	3	12	8	2	7	6.84	7
Print Functionality	31				2		2	4	6	12	5	8	7.19	8
Electronic Functionality	32	1	1	3	1	3	5	4	7	5	2	7	5.56	6
Company Satisfaction	30			1	2	5	3	4	6	9		8	6.03	7
Support Satisfaction	30			2		5	4	5	5	7	2	8	6.10	6
Support Improvement	30		1	1	1	2	8	7	4	5	1	5	5.77	6
Company Loyalty	29	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	6	4	3	7	5.10	6
Open Source Interest	30	10	6	5	2	3	3				1	0	1.93	1

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	32	3	9.38%
Considering new Interface	32	5	15.63%
System Installed on time?	32	26	81.25%

Average Collection size:		203232

Type	Count
Public	26
Academic	3
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	3

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

2013 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	36				4	1	3	7	10	10	1	7	6.44	7
ILS Functionality	36				2	1	4	8	11	9	1	7	6.56	7
Print Functionality	36	1		1		3		4	9	14	4	8	6.92	8
Electronic Functionality	34	2	2		4	6	4	6	6	3	1	4	4.97	5
Company Satisfaction	36		1	1	2	4	6	3	11	7	1	7	5.97	7
Support Satisfaction	35			3	4	3	5	4	8	6	2	7	5.74	6
Support Improvement	35		2		2	3	14	2	7	4	1	5	5.49	5
Company Loyalty	36		1	3		6	6	2	9	7	2	7	5.83	7
Open Source Interest	35	13	3	9	2	4	2	1	1			0	1.89	2

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	36	2	5.56%
Considering new Interface	36	3	8.33%
System Installed on time?	36	30	83.33%

Average Collection size:		167703

Type	Count
Public	29
Academic	2
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	3

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

2012 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	30				1	2	1	7	14	4	1	7	6.57	7
ILS Functionality	30					1	4	7	10	6	2	7	6.73	7
Print Functionality	0											0	0.00
Electronic Functionality	0											0	0.00
Company Satisfaction	30			1	1	3	5	5	8	6	1	7	6.17	7
Support Satisfaction	30			1	1	3	5	5	9	5	1	7	6.13	7
Support Improvement	30		1	1		4	11	4	7	2		5	5.43	5
Company Loyalty	30		4	3		2	5	3	10	1	2	7	5.23	6
Open Source Interest	29	9	5	3	5	2	2			1	2	0	2.41	2

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	31	2	6.45%
Considering new Interface	31	3	9.68%
System Installed on time?	31	28	90.32%

Average Collection size:		228913

Type	Count
Public	24
Academic	3
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	1

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

2011 Survey Results
Product: Absys		Response Distribution										Statistics
Category	Responses	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Mode	Mean	Median
ILS Satisfaction	10						2	3	3	1	1	6	6.60	7
ILS Functionality	10					1	1	4	3		1	6	6.30	6
Print Functionality	0											0	0.00
Electronic Functionality	0											0	0.00
Company Satisfaction	10					1	2	5		2		6	6.00	6
Support Satisfaction	10					1	2	4	1	1	1	6	6.20	6
Support Improvement	10					3	4	1		1	1	5	5.50	5
Company Loyalty	10	1	1			2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4.90	5
Open Source Interest	10	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1			1	3.30	4

Category	Total	Yes	percent
Considering new ILS	10	1	10.00%
Considering new Interface	10	2	20.00%
System Installed on time?	10	10	100.00%

Average Collection size:		375274

Type	Count
Public	7
Academic	3
School	0
Consortium	0
Special	0

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

5 Responses for Absys in 2010

4 Responses for Absys in 2009

0 Responses for Absys in 2008

0 Responses for Absys in 2007

2024 : gen: 7.33 company 6.83 loyalty 5.67 support 6.50

2022 : gen: 8.08 company 7.92 loyalty 6.82 support 7.46

2021 : gen: 6.86 company 7.60 loyalty 5.67 support 6.83

2020 : gen: 8.00 company 5.67 loyalty 6.80 support 5.50

2019 : gen: 6.31 company 6.69 loyalty 5.19 support 7.00

2018 : gen: 6.50 company 6.92 loyalty 6.00 support 7.33

2017 : gen: 7.22 company 6.44 loyalty 5.78 support 6.22

2016 : gen: 6.67 company 5.94 loyalty 5.72 support 6.06

2015 : gen: 6.00 company 5.19 loyalty 5.33 support 5.50

2014 : gen: 6.75 company 6.03 loyalty 5.10 support 6.10

2013 : gen: 6.44 company 5.97 loyalty 5.83 support 5.74

2012 : gen: 6.57 company 6.17 loyalty 5.23 support 6.13

2011 : gen: 6.60 company 6.00 loyalty 4.90 support 6.20

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