24 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
We have a couple of vendors that have taken contributions from our teams but that code is not openly distributed with
OSS licensing.
We primarily build them for us and share them if we can. Some vendors allow for semi-open sharing.
With the signing of appropriate releases and/or agreements.
LIBRARY SOFTWARE
7. Please identify the type of software used by your library for each of the following purposes. Check
all that apply. N=76
Purpose OSS
(locally
hosted,
locally
supported)
OSS (locally
hosted,
supported
by a third
party)
OSS
(hosted
and
supported
by a third
party)
Vended
product
(locally
hosted)
Vended
product
(hosted
by the
vendor or
SaaS)
Built
in-
house
N/A N
Inter-library loan 2 — 1 45 29 4 3 76
Institutional repository 47 1 6 5 12 14 7 76
Digital preservation 40 10 7 11 3 15 19 76
ILS 3 1 2 58 17 — 1 75
Discovery layer 16 2 3 17 49 10 2 75
Course reserve 2 — 2 43 16 12 7 75
Electronic resource
management
8 — 1 18 38 13 3 74
Streaming media 16 1 — 33 18 5 12 74
Blogging 38 2 13 11 8 1 9 74
Authentication/identity
management
25 7 8 33 8 11 7 74
Digital asset
management
33 3 2 20 11 19 9 73
Study room scheduler 17 — 1 13 20 13 14 73
Publishing 36 3 4 4 10 5 19 73
Link resolver 5 1 4 22 43 7 3 73
Floor maps 8 — — 8 5 28 28 71
Web analytics 15 2 7 10 47 4 — 71
Data warehouse 11 1 2 7 4 10 43 69
ELMS 4 1 2 11 6 2 45 68
Data analysis 6 1 1 17 11 8 36 68
Visualization 10 — — 15 8 3 40 67
Other purpose 13 1 — 4 3 9 10 31
Number of Responses 70 22 40 76 73 50 67 76
We have a couple of vendors that have taken contributions from our teams but that code is not openly distributed with
OSS licensing.
We primarily build them for us and share them if we can. Some vendors allow for semi-open sharing.
With the signing of appropriate releases and/or agreements.
LIBRARY SOFTWARE
7. Please identify the type of software used by your library for each of the following purposes. Check
all that apply. N=76
Purpose OSS
(locally
hosted,
locally
supported)
OSS (locally
hosted,
supported
by a third
party)
OSS
(hosted
and
supported
by a third
party)
Vended
product
(locally
hosted)
Vended
product
(hosted
by the
vendor or
SaaS)
Built
in-
house
N/A N
Inter-library loan 2 — 1 45 29 4 3 76
Institutional repository 47 1 6 5 12 14 7 76
Digital preservation 40 10 7 11 3 15 19 76
ILS 3 1 2 58 17 — 1 75
Discovery layer 16 2 3 17 49 10 2 75
Course reserve 2 — 2 43 16 12 7 75
Electronic resource
management
8 — 1 18 38 13 3 74
Streaming media 16 1 — 33 18 5 12 74
Blogging 38 2 13 11 8 1 9 74
Authentication/identity
management
25 7 8 33 8 11 7 74
Digital asset
management
33 3 2 20 11 19 9 73
Study room scheduler 17 — 1 13 20 13 14 73
Publishing 36 3 4 4 10 5 19 73
Link resolver 5 1 4 22 43 7 3 73
Floor maps 8 — — 8 5 28 28 71
Web analytics 15 2 7 10 47 4 — 71
Data warehouse 11 1 2 7 4 10 43 69
ELMS 4 1 2 11 6 2 45 68
Data analysis 6 1 1 17 11 8 36 68
Visualization 10 — — 15 8 3 40 67
Other purpose 13 1 — 4 3 9 10 31
Number of Responses 70 22 40 76 73 50 67 76
