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Perceptions 2008: An International Survey of Library Automation
Over the last few weeks I have been collecting responses for a second round of the perceptions survey that I first conducted in 2007. I've now closed the survey and have written a brief article that presents the statistical outcome of the survey and gives some highlights of the results.
Here is a sample table from the report:
Statistics related to the question: How satisfied is the library with your current Integrated Library System (ILS)?
| Satisfaction Score for ILS | Response Distribution | Statistics | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Responses | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Mode | Mean | Median | Std Dev |
| Polaris | 51 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 7.73 | 8 | 1.26 | ||||
| AGent VERSO | 81 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 7.26 | 8 | 0.78 |
| Library.Solution | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7.20 | 8 | 1.28 | ||||
| Millennium | 293 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 85 | 100 | 36 | 8 | 7.09 | 7 | 0.47 | ||
| Voyager | 87 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 6.01 | 6 | 0.86 | ||
| Virtua | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6.00 | 7 | 1.41 | ||
| Koha -- LibLime | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5.92 | 6 | 1.00 | |||
| ALEPH 500 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5.80 | 6 | 0.25 |
| Horizon | 206 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 41 | 54 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 5.68 | 6 | 0.28 |
| Unicorn | 233 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 37 | 64 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 5.68 | 6 | 0.46 |
| Circulation Plus | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5.20 | 6 | 1.34 | |
| Dynix | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5.14 | 6 | 1.53 | |
| Athena | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4.63 | 5 | 1.43 |
| Winnebago Spectrum | 22 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.23 | 4 | 1.49 | ||
Just as I did for the 2007 survey, I created an interactive tool for viewing the statistical summaries and comments. The main tables in the article show statistics only for those products that had more than 20 survey responses. You can use the ILS Product Report to view the statistics on any of the products mentioned in the survey and to read the comments about that system, even if the number of responses did not meet the threshold. The comments that display have been edited to remove any text that identifies the individual or institution, preserving the anonymity of the responders. The narrative data in the comments largely corroborate the statistical responses and makes for interesting reading.
Marshall Breeding Jan 19, 2009 14:30:50 Link to this thread
