====== VuFind Usage Survey 2017 ======

The following results were gathered from a survey posted in early 2017 and left open for 6 weeks. There were 37 responses.

===== What version of VuFind do you use? =====
| **1.x** | 7.69% |
| **2.x** | 43.59% |
| **3.0** | 10.26% |
| **3.1** | 38.46% |

===== Do you run multiple public instances of VuFind? =====

| **Yes** | 48.65% |
| **No** | 51.35% |

===== Which ILS Driver(s) do you use? =====

| **No ILS** | 21.62% |
| **DAIA** | 19.05% |
| **Koha** | 16.67%+ |
| **PAIA** | 14.29%++ |
| **Aleph** | 11.90% |
| **Horizon** | 4.76% |
| **HorizonXMLAPI** | 4.76% |
| **KohaILSDI** | 4.76% |
| **NoILS** | 4.76% |
| **VoyagerRestful** | 4.76% |
| **Adlib** | 2.38% |
| **Allegro-C** | 2.38% |
| **Horizon Restful API** | 2.38% |
| **Innovative** | 2.38% |
| **MultiBackend** | 2.38% |
| **Symphony** | 2.38% |
+ = one custom driver
++ = One for Alma access

===== What PHP version do you run VuFind with? =====

| **5.3** | 10.81% |
| **5.4** | 13.51% |
| **5.5** | 18.92% |
| **5.6** | 35.14% |
| **7.0** | 18.92% |
| **7.1** | 2.70% |

===== What database platform do you use? =====

| **MySQL / MariaDB** | 94.59% |
| PostgreSQL          | 5.41% |

===== What install method did you use? =====

| **GitHub**  | 48.65% |
| **Package** | 45.95% |
| **Custom**  |  5.41% |

===== What OS do you use to serve VuFind? =====

| **Ubuntu** | 51.35% |
| **Debian/Redhat** | 29.73% |
| **Centos** | 8.12% |
| **Opensuse** | 5.40% |
| **SLES** | 5.40% |
| **Windows** | 2.70% |

===== Do you use analytics or tracking in your VuFind instance? =====

| **Piwik** | 51.35% |
| **Google Analytics** | 27.03% |
| **No** | 27.03% |
| **ELK** | 2.70% |

====== Text-based Questions ======

A few most-mentioned from the text answers.

===== What made you choose VuFind over other discovery layer options? =====

  * Open source
  * PHP
  * Solr Backend
  * Supports desired ILS
  * Made by Librarians!

===== Which configurable options/modules do you find most useful? =====

  * Faceting
  * Tracking
  * Honestly, the rest were all over the place, which is fantastic!

===== Have you made any customizations to VuFind? If so, please share your most significant one.=====

  * Custom themes and layouts
  * Custom bento box

There were other cool ideas. A roadmap based on these ideas is forth-coming.