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Personnel Statistics
Personnel Allocations by Company
The following table describes the total numbers of personnel employed for each of the major library technology companies as reported for the annual library systems report.
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| Company | Dev | Dev % | Suprt | Sales | Admn | Other | Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
| EBSCO Information Services | 526 | 11% | 135 | 925 | 8 | 3073 | 4667 | 3001 | 2002 | 1998 | 2857 | ||||||||||||||||||
| OCLC | 586 | 44% | 405 | 147 | 141 | 55 | 1334 | 1287 | 1229 | 1274 | 1238 | 1272 | 1251 | 1237 | 1204 | 1195 | 1315 | 1250 | 1211 | 1200 | |||||||||
| Ex Libris | 380 | 43% | 321 | 48 | 95 | 43 | 887 | 857 | 836 | 921 | 973 | 980 | 930 | 835 | 830 | 615 | 565 | 536 | 522 | 512 | 504 | 467 | 467 | 418 | 393 | 261 | 233 | 215 | 206 |
| Axiell | 105 | 28% | 100 | 37 | 12 | 120 | 374 | 415 | 371 | 368 | 368 | 310 | 285 | 305 | 296 | 274 | 263 | 219 | 198 | 226 | 223 | 215 | 240 | 117 | |||||
| Innovative Interfaces, Inc. | 170 | 53% | 107 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 321 | 269 | 248 | 270 | 254 | 349 | 361 | 329 | 416 | 410 | 341 | 311 | 307 | 315 | 326 | 310 | 295 | 295 | 285 | 285 | 268 | ||
| The Library Corporation | 48 | 38% | 57 | 10 | 11 | 126 | 103 | 103 | 118 | 116 | 117 | 126 | 175 | 169 | 199 | 199 | 199 | 199 | 199 | 197 | 204 | 191 | 210 | 210 | 189 | 180 | 173 | ||
| Sophia | 29 | 31% | 29 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 93 | 88 | 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Systematic Group | 59 | 80% | 10 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 70 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Book Systems | 16 | 29% | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 57 | 50 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 88 |
| ByWater Solutions | 11 | 22% | 16 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 4 | |||||||
| Soutron Global | 12 | 34% | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Baratz | 11 | 35% | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 80 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 87 | 166 | |||||||||
| Auto-Graphics, Inc. | 9 | 30% | 14 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 42 | 42 | 45 | |
| Softlink Information Centers | 9 | 39% | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TIND | 9 | 50% | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mandarin Library Automation | 5 | 28% | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Equinox | 5 | 29% | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 6 | ||||||
| Keystone Systems, Inc. | 4 | 29% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| LibraryWorld | 1 | 17% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||