The majority of phase-outs took place between 20.Īt one point, Dynix was benchmarked supporting 1,600 terminals on a single system. By mid-2013, only 88 libraries were on record as having Dynix installed. Phase-outs were constant in the late 2000s, and by the second decade of the 21st century, it was obsolete and remained in very few libraries. By 2004, its market share was down to 62%, still a comfortable majority.

In 2003, it was reported that Dynix was being phased out by its manufacturer, and approaching ' end-of-life' status in terms of functionality and support. The customer base for Dynix did not begin decreasing until 2000, at which point it started being replaced by Internet-based interfaces (so-called ' Web PACs'). At its peak in the late 1990s, Dynix had over 5,000 libraries using its system, amounting to an 80% market share. A year-and-a-half later, in June 1993, Dynix had doubled its installed base, signing its 1,000th contract. Fifteen months later, in January 1991, it was up 71% to 500 installations.

In October 1989, Dynix had just 292 installations. (As was Bruce Park, founder of ALII library systems, later GEAC Library Systems.) Both library systems (Dynix and ALII) were based on these PICK based search engine tools.ĭynix use grew quickly in the early-and-mid 1990s. The initial search engine tools: FSELECT and FSORT were written for the PICK operating system under contract for CTI by Walter Nicholes as part of a bid for a research support systems for AT&T laboratories. The original Dynix library system was based on software developed at CTI (Computer Translation Incorporated) which was a development project of Brigham Young University, and presided over by Gary Carlson. We didn't have a product, but we said 'You need a system and we'd like to bid on it,' and showed them our business plan.'

Undaunted, we pitched our plan to create an automated library system to a public library in South Carolina. In the words of Paul Sybrowsky, founder of Dynix: 'There was no software, no product. The library actually contracted for the system before the software was written. The first installation, in 1983, was at a public library in Kershaw County, South Carolina.

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