In this approach, fundamentally exploratory, the diffusion of innovation theoretical framework (E. Rogers, F.M. Bass and G. Moore models) has been applied to the analysis of the level of adoption of the Library Services Platforms among academic and public libraries between the years 2010 and 2016. We have also tried to identify different behaviour patterns regarding the implementation of the Integrated Library Systems. The results suggest that, for the time frame considered here, the process of adoption of this technological innovation has been characterized by its discontinuity and by the predominance of imitative behaviours. Moreover, the adoption rates have been different depending on the type of library considered. Such differences have been also observed in the evaluation and implementation of automated library systems; therefore, resulting in what may be considered different automation profiles
