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Number of Contracts Made for Automation Systems

Public Libraries in the United States: (3325 total implementation sites)

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 155 169 199 196 221 169 216 150 203 209 249 276 233 228 219 168 118 72 161 116
Turnover 4% 5% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 4% 6% 6% 7% 8% 7% 6% 6% 5% 3% 2% 4% 3%
Avg Contracts 162 174 188 205 195 202 178 189 187 220 244 252 245 226 205 168 119 117 116 92
Avg Turnover 4% 5% 5% 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: (1328 total implementation sites)

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 253 285 303 283 299 231 267 197 248 254 290 416 313 360 333 267 222 170 239 189
Turnover 19% 21% 22% 21% 22% 17% 20% 14% 18% 19% 21% 31% 23% 27% 25% 20% 16% 12% 17% 14%
Avg Contracts 269 280 290 295 271 265 231 237 233 264 320 339 363 335 320 274 219 210 204 142
Avg Turnover 19% 21% 22% 21% 22% 17% 20% 14% 18% 19% 21% 31% 23% 27% 25% 20% 16% 12% 17% 14%

Note: Average contracts calculated by averaging adjacent years

(Content updated: Sat Jul 4 14:31:40 2020)