[Purpose/significance] Traditional integrated library systems(ILS)are being swiftly replaced by library services platforms (LSP). Many academic libraries across the country are in the midst of assessing their ILSs and looking critically at these LSP. However, the marketplace for LSPs is rapidly changing and it is hard for libraries to decide which LSP is the best fit for their institutions. The paper assesses the market and main functions of LSP products to date, and it is hoped that the study will be of use to academic libraries considering an ILS migration to an LSP.[Method/process] LSP is evaluated based on the survey data about the experience and perception of academic librarians overseas. [Result/conclusion] The number of LSP vendors are shrinking due to consolidation in the ILS/LSP market, and only Alma, Sierra and WMS are fully implemented. Moreover, Open source project FOLIO was announced to bring libraries another way. LSP, as a single, monolithic system, is not the answer. It is a loosely coupled platform-based library ecosystem model that will be the real "next generation" in library automation.
Liu Suqing
. The Selection of Library Services Platforms Based on the Experience and Perception of Academic Libraries[J]. Library and Information Service, 2018
, 62(14)
: 49
-54
.
DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2018.14.006
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