See attachment below for list of products and questions

Vendors

LibLime

Equinox

Media Flex

Ex Libris

Innovative Interfaces

Index Data

Polaris

Infor

SirsiDynix

Talis

Autographics

The Library Corporation (TLC)

Product

Koha

Evergreen

OPALS

URM

Millennium

Zebra

Polaris ILS

Vubis Smart

Symphony

Alto

AGent VERSO

Library.Solution

Financial status of the company

Growing - 40 new contracts and staff doubled to 28 employees in 2008; based in New Zealand; with Liblime based in Columbus. Many ex-Sirsi employees

Founded in 2007- 6 new customers in 2008 (72 libraries); added 6 staff for total of 13

Solid, though most insiders speculate as to the future of the company once Jerry Kline, owner and CEO decides to retire.

Solid - 30 year old company, no venture capital audited financial statements available

merged from existing companies, 30 years

50 years in business

customer satisfaction with the company (how to measure)

Moderate satisfaction - placed Koha in the middle of rankings for ILS satisfaction (5.92), rated LibLime only moderately as a company (5.84) and for its quality of support (5.52)Moderate loyalty (5.24) from current users.

Limited data. Not enough feedback to be included in Breeding surveys. Used primarily for NY school consortium. Recently partnered with NYLink, statewide lib consortium

ranked 1st (Breeding) Mean =7.76 out of10

ranked 2nd highest in Breeding's survey

ranked 3rd (Breeding) Mean 7.33 (out of 10)