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Number of Contracts Made for Automation Systems by Year

Public Libraries in the United States:

3329 total implementation sites / 9508 total libraries

Contracts per Year: United States Public Libraries
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Contracts 165 175 208 198 224 178 218 153 203 212 251 277 243 229 227 169 122 74 163 117
Turnover (Implementations) 4% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 6% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 3% 2% 4% 3%
Turnover (Libraries) 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1%
Avg Contracts 170 182 193 210 200 206 183 191 189 222 246 257 249 233 208 172 121 119 118 93
Avg Turnover 4% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 6% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 3% 2% 4% 3%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

Academic Libraries in the United States:

1361 total implementation sites / 3016 total libraries

Contracts per Year: United States Academic Libraries
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Contracts 269 300 335 298 310 254 281 208 256 265 303 431 356 369 359 274 232 182 250 191
Turnover (Implementations) 19% 22% 24% 21% 22% 18% 20% 15% 18% 19% 22% 31% 26% 27% 26% 20% 17% 13% 18% 14%
Turnover (Libraries) 8% 9% 11% 9% 10% 8% 9% 6% 8% 8% 10% 14% 11% 12% 11% 9% 7% 6% 8% 6%
Avg Contracts 284 301 311 314 287 281 247 248 243 274 333 363 385 361 334 288 229 221 216 147
Avg Turnover 19% 22% 24% 21% 22% 18% 20% 15% 18% 19% 22% 31% 26% 27% 26% 20% 17% 13% 18% 14%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

(Content updated: Mon Oct 26 12:12:08 2020)