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Innovative libraries can now add new ProQuest content subscriptions to new or existing library software agreements

The Virginia library has expanded its Vega LX portfolio to its web presence

The IUG and Innovative are using a new member-exclusive enhancement process

The LibraryIQ solution offers real-time data and actionable insights for libraries across multiple areas

Learn about important upcoming dates and download our Idea Lab FAQ today.

The integrated library system gains long-anticipated customer-facing enhancements and new staff workflows.

Innovative, part of Clarivate, is proud to announce the release of Polaris 7.2.

Polaris 7.1 brings better acquisitions functionality and spine label printing in Leap; a new web interface for Polaris System Administration, and PAPI permissions improvements.

Recent updates include improvements to patron and staff Showcases, as well as new features for Bookmark Lists.

Get an inside look at how Discover uses Syndetics Unbound enrichment content to enhance the discovery experience

Innovative is happy to announce that Polaris 7.0 is in general release, offering many enhancements to Polaris libraries.

ProQuest today announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has closed its review of Ex Libris’ acquisition of Innovative.

Is a fine-free model something your library has considered? Explore this white paper for a closer look at the fine-free model.

We polled over 500 attendees to find out some of their biggest work-at-home challenges.

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This is the full text of an email sent to customers from Innovative CEO Shaheen Javadizadeh.

On December 5, 2019, Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Innovative, a leading provider of library automation and discovery solutions. These are the most frequently asked questions.

Innovative is happy to announce that Polaris 6.1 is in general release, offering a number of new features. Our Polaris users actively engaged with the Innovative enhancements process, providing feedback through Idea Lab, which resulted in many of the features in this release.

Youthful achievements are evident all over the mezzanine level of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in downtown San José, CA. That’s where you’ll find the TeenHQ.

Held on March 14, this beginners workshop will give you the tools you need to start working with your Sierra SQL database.

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The latest release has enhancements to Leap’s technical services functionality, new and updated vendor integrations and more

The Michigan library makes use of the email marketing program to elevate patron engagement

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Developments for LX Starter, Vega Discover, and Vega Promote provide consortia with more roles and permissions, and give member libraries shared access to community engagement tools

New Vega LX developments focus on a seamless library experience ecosystem for library operations and community engagement

At the 2024 Innovative Users Group conference, Innovative shared insights into working projects to assess generative artificial intelligence for library solutions

Innovative will participate and present at IUG 2024 in Detroit, Michigan as the conference gets underway

Libraries have options for custom homepages and catalogs tailored to specific collections and audiences

Allen County Public Library will be talking about their experience using Vega Promote Web to build library websites

This Leap Year we are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Leap, the web-based staff interface

The Michigan library’s website is now running on Vega Promote Web, a bit ahead of schedule

Jed ensures that business operations prioritize customer satisfaction.

With years of experience in human resources at global technology companies, Rini has a history of delivering exceptional HR support.

With a proven record of leading sales teams, Jim understands the complexities of matching institutions with specialized solutions.

As a degreed librarian, Tom holds personal appreciation for the challenges and goals of librarians and libraries.

The Arizona library system is upgrading their library system to Polaris with Vega Discover

The 2024 Innovative Users Group Conference is being held in Detroit, Michigan, on March 25-27

There is a new online option for Load Profile Training available for Sierra and Millennium users

Library marketing experts shared practical and inspiring tips at Innovative-hosted events

Maisam Nouh, Technical Solution Consultant at Innovative, previously worked at The Ferguson Library in CT.

The New Jersey consortium will offer Polaris, Vega Promote, Vega Discover, Vega Program, and Innovative Mobile

Innovative products earned three platinum awards and a gold award from LibraryWorks’ tenth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs).

LX Starter is the modern, visually rich email notification platform for Sierra and Polaris libraries

Innovative’s new website solution makes it easy for libraries like Sullivan County Public Library to modernize their website and connect with its community

The cutting-edge library brings their discovery into the modern era

Libraries are testing themed catalogs in Vega Discover in anticipation of general release

Clarivate library workflow solutions elevate the user experience for library staff and patrons

Innovative’s resource sharing platform is being updated worldwide

With greater support for authentication options and loan rules, Sierra 6.1 prioritizes user security

The Central Arkansas Library System contracted with Boyette Strategic Advisors to quantify the library’s economic impact

The latest iteration of the Sierra staff mobile app supports scanning RFID tags

Innovative’s new website solution is propelling libraries like Allen County Public Library forward to reach and inform their communities in a modernized way.

Illinois State Senator Laura Murphy and Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown discussed book bans

The Michigan library has a new way to view and sign up for library events

Submissions are being accepted now for the Innovative Users Group 2024 conference

Polaris 7.5 includes options for multiple pickup locations at each location, a new Damaged status, and more

Innovative’s suite of solutions to provide cutting-edge tools to library users in the greater Ypsilanti area

Innovative hosts Illinois State Senator Laura Murphy and Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown

The Ohio library system selects new community engagement tools for discovery, web presence, events management, and mobile patron access

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Innovative is an exhibitor at the CILIP Libraries Rewired Conference at tech venue CodeNode, London on November 10, 2023.   

The Nebraska library selects the event management and room booking tool engineered specifically for libraries

Improving efficiencies and achieving more unified workflows with cloud-based Ex Libris Alma and Ex Libris Primo, both part of Clarivate

The New Jersey library selects Innovative products to upgrade their library management system

Vega Promote Web empowers libraries to easily create and manage their digital presence for enhanced patron engagement

“Patrons and staff have found it very easy to use, and a big improvement on the previous registration experience we gave them.”

Innovative, part of Clarivate, hosted a webinar with Emily Jackson of Dallas Public Library about TikToks for the library

Your place to share, comment on and vote for what you’d like to see next in Innovative products

The Canadian library selects a new ILS and community engagement tools for discovery, email marketing, events management, and website building

A milestone achievement for the new tool that modernize how libraries communicate with patrons

Vega Program is the latest Vega LX tool to be selected by Sullivan County Public Library

Vega Promote Web is designed to make building and maintaining library websites easier than ever.

The Louisiana library chooses to adopt the event management system built for libraries.

Duke Extends Relationship with Ex Libris for Library Management & Collaboration

Public libraries do a great job organizing summer reading programs, and Vega LX can help spread the word

LX Starter provides an extension of the ILS to generate modern, personalized, and designed email notices and communications.

The Maricopa County Library District unifies resources of 14 libraries via MAX, a new INN-Reach resource sharing network

Create an exciting and interactive interface with the new user experience from Innovative Mobile Library App to boost community engagement

The new Sierra version includes support for SAML login, OAI-PMH harvesting, and screen readers

Innovative will be present at the Clarivate booth 1811 at the American Library Association conference in Chicago, June 22-27

International libraries are welcome to begin implementation of LX Starter for circulation notices

Professor and author Orly Lobel shares a pragmatic approach to assessing new technologies and uncovering the potential for a better future

Library staff and Innovative and Ex Libris personnel gathered in Phoenix and Los Angeles

Libraries can engage patrons with customized homepage designs for specific audiences, including a Kids Catalog

Libraries can customize an engaging and informative Vega Discover homepage with user-friendly designs to promote resources, events, and showcases.

The storied Indiana library joins the Innovative family

Innovative participates in the return of the in-person IUG conference

The storied Illinois library continues its history of innovation by choosing Vega Discover

Libraries from the first waves of implementation have begun using LX Starter for patron notices

The New York Public Library joins 60 other libraries in using Vega Discover by Innovative.

The Indiana library selects the modern discovery tool from Innovative

Libraries can customize an engaging and informative Vega Discover homepage with user-friendly designs to promote resources, events, and showcases.

Libraries can boost patron engagement across communities by enabling local languages and dialects in Vega Discover

The latest release of the award-winning ILS includes features to make Leap the go-to for day-to-day technical services tasks

New integrations include additional vendor metadata record imports for eContent vendors.

These new vendor integrations empower library staff in their efforts to provide a holistic experience for libraries and their patrons. 

Join the Innovative Users Group Annual conference in Phoenix May 10-13 for presentations and library-focused events.

Join us April 27, 2023, at 8 am PDT for an insightful webinar hosted by University of San Diego Warren Distinguished Professor of Law Orly Lobel as she explores the potential of promoting diversity and inclusion through design.

The newly formed library system will officially launch with Innovative solutions this summer.

Review and learn about the dozens of features and developments made to Vega Promote in 2022.

North Canton Public Library has chosen to upgrade their discovery layer to Vega Discover.

Re-discover the enhancements, features and advancements made in Vega Discover throughout 2022 in one place.

The New York-based library system becomes the first in the region to gain access to Vega Program’s comprehensive event programming tools.

Idea Exchange will be replacing Idea Lab for submitting, refining, and voting on ideas for new features.

At the start of the new year, we’re looking back at the most accessed resources and articles on iii.com.

On December 14, 2022, Innovative experts hosted an informative webinar detailing LX Starter’s features, roadmap, and library requirements.

Innovative products received three platinum awards and two gold awards from LibraryWorks’ ninth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs).

Another public library will bring Vega Discover’s modern, intuitive interface to their patrons.

Librarians submitted ideas and voted on improvements that will be added to Polaris.

Academic libraries took the lead in selecting new features that will be added to Sierra.

Residents across seven counties in Southeast Oklahoma will have access to the ILS and discovery layer from anywhere, at any time.

Elkhart Public Library in Indiana selects Vega Discover for their next discovery platform.

Independent research conducted by Witt Associates, LLC explores the continuing evolution of library usage during the global pandemic.

The New York-based, 65-member consortium will use Polaris as their Integrated Library System and Vega Discover as their discovery layer.

Innovative, part of Clarivate, announces that Sierra 5.5 is in general release, offering improvements to libraries using Sierra.

The Innovative Product team invites you to participate in our new Sierra Idea Lab challenge: Academically Speaking

The Innovative Product team invites you to participate in our new Polaris Idea Lab Challenge: Analyze This!

South Ayrshire Council recently began offering Vega Discover to members as their ILS discovery layer for catalog searches and exploration.

We have winners for the Sierra – All Together Now! Idea Lab Challenge!

Winners have been announced for the Polaris “All Together Now” Idea Lab Challenge!

Mobile Worklists 4.4 includes a Home Screen Editor to configure access to app features.

Providing software solutions from Innovative for library staff and patrons across the country.

Learn more about LX Starter—a modern approach to circulation and account-related email communications.

Make sure your patrons are getting the most of your resource sharing by highlighting INN-Reach in the Polaris PowerPac.

The Michigan-based consortium has chosen Polaris ILS, Vega Discover, Vega Promote, and Vega Program.

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Vega Promote provides staff with easy-to-use digital marketing tools designed with libraries in mind.

Electronic & Digital Content Management (EDCM) automates processes and gets eContent into the hands of patrons sooner.

This launch features central office support for shared eContent accounts, and allows members to create unique, branded URLs for their collections.

Select partners will begin using the new approach to handling automated email circulation notices.

Visit booth 2507 to meet our team, and to learn more about Innovative solutions.

Designed for libraries, Vega Program takes the stress and complexity out of event coordination and room management.

Designed with libraries in mind, Vega Promote enables staff to manage a full breadth of email marketing campaigns.

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This modern telephony service offers outbound and inbound messaging for patron notifications and library announcements.

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Mobile Worklists 4.3 introduces support for checking out materials to patrons.

Library users can now find the Vega Discover features they enjoy and expect from their online library catalog, such as work-level roll ups, within the Innovative Mobile app, giving them a seamless library experience across devices and apps.

IUG 2022: How user groups enable libraries to respond to change

Vega LX’s data handling has undergone examination using the industry standard SOC2 certification.

Tom Jacobson offers advice for navigating the uncertain waters of 2022 and how to successfully implement meaningful change.

Pairwise voting has concluded for the Polaris All Systems Go! Idea Lab Challenge, and we have our winner!

We have our winner for the Sierra – All Systems Go! Idea Lab Challenge!

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Innovative has received five awards from LibraryWorks’ eighth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs)!

Decision Center Release 1.2 SP12 is now available to Innovative library partners.

Innovative is proud to announce that Mobile Worklists 4.2 is now available!

To celebrate Vega Discover’s first year in the marketplace, Innovative recently hosted a panel discussion of public library peers.

VP of Engineering Aaron Terrell discusses Vega and the future of library technology.

A message from Yariv Kursh, General Manager of Innovative, on being part of ProQuest and Clarivate.

Innovative is happy to announce that Sierra 5.4 is in general release, offering several improvements to libraries using Sierra.

On October 27, 2021, Innovative General Manager Yariv Kursh joined library technology consultant Ken Chad for the first Local Government Library Technology (LGLibTech) ‘leaders dialogue’ webinar.

A conversation with Hilary Newman, Innovative Senior Vice President of Global Customer Support.

Calling all system administrators! This quarter’s Idea Lab challenge is looking for suggestions on how to make staff workflows even smoother. Submit your ideas by October 31, 2021!

Pairwise voting has concluded for the Idea Lab Meta-Challenge, and we have our winners! The Meta-Challenge was designed to help focus future challenges on the areas of the product most important to Polaris and Sierra libraries.

Recently, Innovative partnered with industry leader and technology expert, Ken Chad on the topic of community engagement.

Input from our development partners and Design Thinking are at the core of every decision VP of Product Management Toni Minick and her team make to Vega.

The Innovative Product Team invites you to participate in our Third Quarter 2021 Idea Lab challenge: The Meta-Challenge!

By using BIBFRAME as a basis for organizing information, Vega Discover takes advantage of the intelligence behind library cataloging to expose resources that are relevant to your users.

The Innovative Product team announces the winners of the Polaris “It Bugs Me” Idea Lab challenge!

The Innovative Product team announces the winners of the Polaris “It Bugs Me” Idea Lab challenge!

Explore this eBook for a closer look at Innovative’s approach to the Library Experience (LX).

The past year has been a learning experience in the unexpected for everyone. Your library can start preparing now for the next emergency with a disaster response plan. Learn more in our whitepaper, “Planning for a Disaster: What Librarians Should Know.”

Innovative is happy to announce that Sierra 5.3 is in general release, offering many enhancements to libraries using Sierra. 

The Innovative Product Team invites you to participate in our Second Quarter 2021 Idea Lab challenge: It Bugs Me!

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Pairwise voting has concluded for the “Show Me the Money!” challenge, and we have our winners!

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Guest blogger Mary Kelly reminds us about the importance of aligning your collection with your library mission.

IUG 2021 will meet virtually to continue the annual conference tradition of library presentations, Innovative updates, user forums, and Quick Hits.

Guest blogger Mary Kelly shares her approach for developing her own skill set as a librarian.

The Innovative Product Team invites you to participate in our First Quarter 2021 Idea Lab challenge: Show Me the Money!

Guest Blogger Mary Kelly shares thoughts on how a pandemic is influencing collection choices.

As the notable year of 2020 comes to a close, we are taking a look at Innovative’s most-read resources.

Pairwise voting has concluded for The Comeback Challenge, and we have our winners!

This challenge brought back 20 ideas that were previously submitted and gave them another chance to be selected!

Innovative is pleased to introduce our new guest blogger, Mary Kelly, a public librarian who hails from Michigan

A guest post by librarian and blogger Mary Kelly

Mobile Worklists helps library staff to go paperless while doing work in the stacks, and with the release of Mobile Worklists 3.2 that work includes inventory.

The Innovative Product Team invites you to participate in our October/November 2020 Idea Lab challenge: The Comeback Challenge!

Innovative is happy to announce that Sierra 5.2 is in general release, offering numerous enhancements to Sierra libraries.

We interviewed Schlomit Schwarzer, Manager of the Education Department at Innovative, to learn more about the centralized collection of training materials in the new Training and Learning Center.

Pairwise has concluded for the “I want to do it myself!” challenge, and we have our Sierra winners!

Designed to focus specifically on ways the system can improve patron self-service, this Polaris challenge garnered 16 ideas and received 326 votes!

Library patrons like to do things for themselves, from self-registration and self-checkout to holds management and My Account. This challenge is about anything and everything that helps patrons help themselves. Suggest product improvements you would like to see made to enhance your patrons’ self-service experience. Both Sierra and Polaris users can participate in this challenge in their respective product category. This challenge begins on July 15.

Innovative is proud to be a sponsor of the 2020 MOBIUS Annual Conference and participant in the virtual trade show.

Pairwise has concluded for the Polaris Crisis Management challenge and we have our winners!

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This is a guest post from Alison Pruntel, Manager, Technology & Materials at Fauquier County Public Library.

Our team has developed some great new resources and we’re excited to share them with you.

As you continue to process invoices and payments, we want to make sure you have confidence in where you send payments.

Suggest product improvements you’d like to see made to better handle possible library closures in the future.

This is a guest post from Victor Zuniga, Chair of the Innovative User Group and System Administrator at Poudre River Public Library District

The Innovative Customer Support team will host three webinars to walk through key actions for closing physical locations or suspending operations. There will be time for questions and answers with the presenters.

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This is a blog post by General Manager Yariv Kursh.

This is the full text of an email sent to customers from Innovative General Manager Yariv Kursh.

This guest blog post comes to us from Beth Juhl, librarian at University of Arkansas Libraries, and Secretary/Treasurer for the IUG Steering Committee.
I’ve attended the Innovative Users Group (IUG) conference for many years. After every conference, I return to Fayetteville, Arkansas with more ideas than I could ever dream of implementing – and new friends from around the globe.

The 2020 Innovative Users Group (IUG) annual conference features approximately 80 presentation ideas submitted by Innovative users, including some very clever presentation titles, such as “Did Cataloging Choose You? Learn How To Level Up.”

Pairwise has concluded for the Death to Popups challenge, and we have a winner!

We are pleased to announce the results for the Polaris challenge! — Lions, Tigers and Holds, Oh My!

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When MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) was developed in the 1960s, computers were bigger than refrigerators and the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners Lee, was still playing with Tonka trucks and G.I. Joes.

A complex topic, holds are a ‘bear’ to comprehend and configure. Put forth all your ideas for improving the staff or patron experience in regards to placing or fulfilling requests in Polaris!

Level Up! Sierra Create Lists Roadmap ChallengeSierra Create Lists Power Users–Come one, come all!

We are pleased to announce the results of our recent Polaris challenge! — Only the Lonely: Time for Tech Services.

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This is an exciting year for Innovative Customer Support, starting off with the recent announcement of several department changes focused on building relationships with customers.

This guest blog post comes from Jeremy Goldstein, Data Curation Librarian for the Minuteman Library Network, and Enhancements Co-Coordinator for the 2019 IUG Steering Committee. “My first IUG conference changed everything for me. Instead of the standard conference fare, I found a program full of presentations that all made me better at my job.”

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Register today for IUG 2019 so that you too can find out where we keep the chocolate, how to use catnip at work, and what to do when a wizard invites you on an epic quest.

Get involved in IUG 2019! Our annual, independent Innovative user group conference has been successful for the past 26 years thanks to users like you.

Innovative has launched MyLibrary! Release 3.1, which now includes full app functionality for Polaris library partners. The mobile app, available on iOS and Android, makes borrowing from the library as easy as texting a friend or shopping online.

This is the third in a series of tips that can help you successfully prepare your library mentally and physically for a migration from Millennium to Sierra. Think about the technical resources, data quality and training you’ll need.

This is the second in a series of tips that can help you successfully prepare your library mentally and physically for a migration from Millennium to Sierra. We discuss why you should proactively plan for on-premise server failure.

As someone who began cataloging in her infancy, well, early 20s, performing copy cataloging of musical sound recordings at the University of Illinois, Senior Consultant Martha Rice Sanders dreamed of participating in the PCC (Program for Cooperative Cataloging).

Whether your library expects to migrate to Sierra in the near term or remain on Millennium a bit longer, Innovative can help you develop a solid plan.

If you’re compelled to truly live the mission of libraries – providing resources, community engagement, provoking curiosity, and support lifelong learning – and inspire the same in those you work with, the Mindful Leadership Bootcamp Series will serve as a strong foundation.

Innovative is pleased to announce that Resource Sharing 3.1 is now in general release, offering libraries powerful new features.

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Innovative is happy to announce Polaris Release 6.0 is now in general release, offering libraries powerful new features, including enhancements to the PowerPAC and the Polaris Web Application.

From time-saving tips and tools, to quick-hit solutions, to success stories that provoke great a-ha moments, IUG 2018 is ripe with opportunity to explore and collaborate with Innovative staff and fellow library partners.

Homelessness. It’s an important and pervasive issue impacting libraries across the nation. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County not only provides a place of refuge and informational resources—it provided the backdrop to an entire film devoted to addressing this social issue.

Imagine waking up to find your community enveloped in thick smoke, being urged to evacuate as quickly as possible, and making it out with not much more than your loved ones, pets, and the clothes you’re wearing. Power is out, no one seems to have internet access, and many cellular towers have been destroyed by fires. You can’t watch television news, access the internet, or make calls. Where do you go? What do you do? If you’re in Napa County, you go to the library.

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Overwhelmed and unsure. That described me at my first Innovative Users Group conference in 2010. System administrator at my library for a whopping 7 months, I didn’t know the difference between the SCAT table and a load profile.

Less than a year after the initial launch of Idea Lab, Innovative is pleased to expand our customer-driven innovation program with a new opportunity for collaboration. The Always Open Space is now open, and we invite customers to share ideas about virtually any aspect of library technology needs.

MyLibrary! now offers keyword searching right from the app. In addition to scanning a book by ISBN, patrons can search the full catalog within the app by keyword. This release includes a filter to narrow results by material type, and offers an expanded range of materials to place on hold.

Innovative recently launched Sierra Release 3.4 with a new Sierra Offline Circulation client and additional enhancements to give library partners more customization options as they manage their system and data.

MyLibrary! users may have noticed a few changes with MyLibrary! 2.1, the most recent release of the patron mobile app. Patrons logging into the app will now see labels that match their library’s webPAC or Encore labels for a consistent discovery experience across devices.

Your last cataloger retired. Now you’re learning cataloging on the job and taking it over because, frankly, no one else thinks they can do it. Welcome to the Accidental Cataloger’s dilemma.

Innovative recently launched Encore Release 4.7 with autosuggest for patrons and additional options for libraries with harvested collections. The release also includes improved performance for facet load time, and system performance for large libraries.

As 2017 comes to a close, we stopped to take a look at the most read stories on the Innovative website this year. Innovative made big investments in 2017 to support library success, patron engagement, secure technology, training, and continued development of our open software solutions. Here’s our list of greatest hits from 2017:

After the successful launch of Idea Lab, we’re excited to share the results of our first innovation challenge and announce what’s next. Our initial challenge “Leveraging Data” was a huge success!

Innovative is happy to announce that Vital Release 8.0 SP1 is now available for library partners. This service pack release focused on moving many popular Vital administrative features into the new responsive design launched in the last Vital release.

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As we consider the theme of “What’s Past is Prologue” for the annual Charleston Conference, it is clear that the area of library collections is still ripe for innovation in 2017. While the details of managing collections have changed dramatically over the years, the core goals behind why we do what we do have remained constant.

Recent changes in the Mobile Worklists app offer significant time-savings and efficiency improvements for library staff. Users can now quickly navigate between Item Detail screens within a list by swiping up or down to view the next item, and those Item Detail screens now include copy number information.

This release includes expanded patron authentication options, access to configuration for tables library staff and administrators, and more accurate record matching.

As requested by Innovative library partners, this release provides the ability for consortia central offices and member libraries to manage electronic resources with shared workflows, and for any library to view coverage data from multiple content providers together in one place.

Give new library staff a solid understanding of Millennium and Sierra load profiles or bring more experienced staff up to date with a load profile refresher. Check out our Load Profile Trainings available this fall.

Decision Center Release 1.2 SP2 is now available to Innovative library partners with improved Encore location results and date information for reports on Postal Code by Patron Activity.

The Innovative Knowledge Base updates frequently and automatically for library systems. Have you seen these new features?

This year marks a major milestone in partnership between Innovative and the IUG as we joined forces to launch Idea Lab–a collaborative space for customer-driven innovation. Just three weeks after our first Challenge opened, we are thrilled to see more than 500 users of Innovative software from around the world working together through Idea Lab.

Now, when you have to exit a list in the middle of your work, you’ll be automatically returned to your place the next time you open the lists. It’s an easy way to jump back into your work without all that scrolling.

With a riding trail behind them, an extensive volunteer base beside them, and a calendar full of community events ahead, Orion Township Public Library (OTPL) in Michigan saw an opportunity to deliver services in a unique new way this spring. In May, they introduced their new pedal-powered mobile library—a Bookbike!

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You took that important next step and invested in a new Innovative integrated library system. Now how do you ensure that your Innovative ILS will integrate with all those other technology platforms you rely on every day?

Visit us at Booth #4417 at the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, June 22-27.

Mobile Worklists is a native mobile app running on iOS that makes day-to-day material handling tasks more efficient for library staff, saving time and paper for the library. Mobile Worklists Release 2.4 has a new feature where users can choose to star or unstar an item or multiple items in any list.

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Visit Innovative stand # 72 & 73 at this major trade exhibition held in Harrogate Convention Centre, April 10-12.

One of the strategic goals at The Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut is to constantly add new patrons to active participation and to keep the patrons who already hold library cards. A Sierra library since 2014, Ferguson’s leadership team works actively to make the library a vibrant part of the city’s learning and cultural life; with frequent events by nationally-known authors and compelling program content like…

It all started in the physics lab on a university campus. A 3D printer that had outlived its purpose was left to sit and collect dust. If no one was using it, then surely no one would miss it? And they didn’t at first. Yet once the University of La Verne Wilson Library in La Verne, CA put the printer on display in one of the most public places on campus, people started to take notice.

In 2016, Innovative articulated a strategy to become an enterprise class library solutions company. To maintain momentum from the past year and accelerate our transformation, we have also expanded the Innovative leadership team. Every officer will play an important role in…

Out of all the audiences public libraries serve, which ones have been most impacted by technology changes? Which ones will drive library programs in the future? Leif Pedersen, Executive Vice President of Product and Marketing at Innovative, published an article in Public Library Quarterly titled “The Future of Public Libraries: A Technology Perspective,” which highlights three public library audiences impacted by technology changes: youth, job seekers and entrepreneurs, and lifelong learning adults.

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