Category: Events

Innovative will be at the CLA Annual Conference in Sacramento at Booth 102

Innovative will be attending the NJLA Annual Conference in Atlantic City, Booth 210

All month long, Innovative, part of Clarivate, will be sharing insights, tips, tricks, and expertise around the important topic of library communications.

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

Leaders recently joined to exchange ideas for the advancement of public libraries across the world at the new Public Library Leadership Council (PLLC).

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

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.”

The IUG 2020 conference is a four-day event April 15-18 in Minneapolis, Minnesota where over 700 library professionals from around the world gather to participate in over 130 sessions presented by their colleagues and Innovative staff.

Are you still using tips and tricks from one of this year’s IUG 2019 sessions? Reach out to the presenters and let them know their hard work was appreciated, then … Continued

Innovative is hosting a thought-leadership series focused on solving library challenges, and demonstrating its newly launched Inspire Discovery solution at the American Libraries Association Annual Conference, June 20-25 in Washington, D.C.

We invite you and your library peers to join us Saturday June 22 – Sunday June 23 from 8am until 5pm in the Innovative Salon to share ideas, recharge, and … Continued

EMERYVILLE, Calif — Innovative, a leading provider of library automation software that empowers libraries globally, today participates in the opening of the 27th Innovative Users Group (IUG) conference held in Phoenix, Arizona.

EMERYVILLE, Calif — Innovative Interfaces, a leading provider of library automation software that empowers libraries globally, today participates in the opening of the 27th Innovative Users Group (IUG) conference held … Continued

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.”

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.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Innovative Interfaces is pleased to congratulate Wes Osborn, executive director of Information Technology for the Central Library Consortium in Ohio, recipient of the 2018 IUG Beacon Award … Continued

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.

It’s amazing what can happen when you harness the power of innovation to connect people with vital resources and opportunities. Just consider the recent winners recognized by the 2017 Urban … Continued

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

Just like the man for whom this award is named, these libraries have made excellent strides toward bringing communities together—something we at Innovative are truly passionate about. Congratulations to all the 2017 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award winners