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Number of Contracts Made for Automation Systems by Year

Public Libraries in the United States:

3427 total implementation sites / 9521 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 2020
Contracts 166 174 207 197 226 179 213 154 203 213 262 279 244 230 225 172 123 76 161 132 73
Turnover (Implementations) 4% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2%
Turnover (Libraries) 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0%
Avg Contracts 170 182 192 210 200 206 182 190 190 226 251 261 251 233 209 173 123 120 123 146 68
Avg Turnover 4% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

Academic Libraries in the United States:

1357 total implementation sites / 3007 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 2020
Contracts 272 296 334 296 311 254 276 209 257 267 313 435 357 370 355 278 232 184 249 210 126
Turnover (Implementations) 20% 21% 24% 21% 22% 18% 20% 15% 18% 19% 23% 32% 26% 27% 26% 20% 17% 13% 18% 15% 9%
Turnover (Libraries) 9% 9% 11% 9% 10% 8% 9% 6% 8% 8% 10% 14% 11% 12% 11% 9% 7% 6% 8% 6% 4%
Avg Contracts 284 300 308 313 287 280 246 247 244 279 338 368 387 360 334 288 231 221 214 229 112
Avg Turnover 20% 21% 24% 21% 22% 18% 20% 15% 18% 19% 23% 32% 26% 27% 26% 20% 17% 13% 18% 15% 9%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

(Content updated: Wed May 26 09:21:15 2021)