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Number of Contracts Made for Automation Systems by Year

Public Libraries in the United States:

3394 total implementation sites / 9531 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 2021
Contracts 163 174 197 194 218 173 210 152 199 212 262 277 245 231 220 169 123 74 158 130 73 61
Turnover (Implementations) 4% 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 4% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2% 1%
Turnover (Libraries) 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 0%
Avg Contracts 168 178 188 203 195 200 178 187 187 224 250 261 251 232 206 170 122 118 120 120 101 44
Avg Turnover 4% 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 4% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2% 1%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

Academic Libraries in the United States:

1364 total implementation sites / 3001 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 2021
Contracts 269 295 323 295 304 248 272 207 252 264 314 432 358 370 350 277 235 183 249 204 129 97
Turnover (Implementations) 19% 21% 23% 21% 22% 18% 19% 15% 18% 19% 23% 31% 26% 27% 25% 20% 17% 13% 18% 14% 9% 7%
Turnover (Libraries) 8% 9% 10% 9% 10% 8% 9% 6% 8% 8% 10% 14% 11% 12% 11% 9% 7% 6% 8% 6% 4% 3%
Avg Contracts 282 295 304 307 282 274 242 243 241 276 336 368 386 359 332 287 231 222 212 194 166 75
Avg Turnover 19% 21% 23% 21% 22% 18% 19% 15% 18% 19% 23% 31% 26% 27% 25% 20% 17% 13% 18% 14% 9% 7%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

(Content updated: Thu Jan 20 07:00:47 2022)