Smarter Libraries through Technology: Library Technology via Nonprofits

摘要

The roster of companies providing technology products and services to libraries and related organizations includes an interesting mix of business models. The for-profit companies, SirsiDynix, Ex Libris, Innovative, The Library Corporation, Auto-Graphics, and many others, dominate the traditional resource management and discovery sectors oriented to libraries, offering products based on proprietary software. Another set of for-profits provide support services for open source products, including Equinox Software, ByWater Solutions, and a few others in the United States and many others internationally.