Category: Innovative Libraries

Discover how Central Coast Libraries, Australia’s sixth-largest public library system, enhanced operations and patron engagement with Polaris ILS and Vega Discover from Innovative, a Clarivate company.

Northern Waters Library Service expands its tech offerings by implementing Vega Discover and Vega Mobile alongside Sierra, delivering a modern, unified experience to patrons across Northern Wisconsin.

Discover the latest updates to Sierra and Polaris, including web-based system administration, enhanced patron notifications, and automation – part of Innovative’s commitment to continuous improvement.

See how Innovative’s analytics solution helps libraries gain real-time insights to boost patron engagement and optimize services.

Discover Sierra’s 2024 updates, including Sierra 6.3, unlimited Web access, and Dial-a-Story. See how the IUG and Idea Exchange shape our roadmap and explore library success stories.

Long Beach Public Library will migrate from Sierra to Polaris as they refresh their toolset and add Vega Discover.

Social media tips to help libraries boost engagement, connect with patrons, and enhance community impact effectively.

We’re proud to celebrate four Innovative libraries as 2024 ULC Top Innovators – libraries dedicated to learning, connection, and growth.

Riti Grover, Director of Monarch Library System discussed why they chose Vega Program and the unique features available for consortia.

Learn more about the Innovative Users Group (IUG) with this interview with outgoing chairman Wes Osborn and his successor, Jeff Campbell.

The Texas library is enjoying Innovative solutions for library management, patron discovery and event management

Submissions are being accepted now for the Innovative Users Group 2025 conference

Vega WebBuilder, previously known as Vega Promote Web, is now available to make it easy for libraries to build a website

Weber County Library introduces Vega Program for event and room booking management

The Ontario library has adopted Vega Program for event management and Vega Discover as their online catalog

The Ontario library will migrate from Sierra to Polaris as they refresh their toolset

Libraries in Dodge, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington Counties are planning their events with Vega Program

The NYC library is using LX Starter to send and manage email notices to cardholders

The Massachusetts library system chooses to stay with the Sierra ILS after a thorough RFP process.

Bringing together Ohio’s public and academic libraries’ platforms to enhance and streamline customer-centric library resource sharing

This Pennsylvania Library System is using the email marketing tool to inform their community about library events and offerings.

The Illinois library will be adopting Polaris and Vega LX solutions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Innovative’s resource sharing platform is being updated worldwide

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

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

The Michigan library is using Innovative’s event management tool

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The storied Indiana library joins the Innovative family

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

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.

The award-winning library makes the Innovative ultra-modern discovery tool available to the residents of New Haven, Connecticut.

Since 2021, Miami-Dade Public Library System has been a member of the Innovative Development Partner program, working behind the scenes with developers on Vega Discover.

The Alabama-based public library will provide Vega Discover to help its community find the right library resources.

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

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

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

The Pennsylvania consortium will be using Polaris and Vega Discover across the 17-member library district.

Innovative is pleased to announce that Thousand Oaks Library has joined the Vega Development Partner program.

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!

Innovative is proud to announce that Newcastle City Public Library in Australia has selected Vega LX, Polaris Leap, and Innovative Mobile for its library staff and patrons. 

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

Innovative announces that Waukegan Public Library in Illinois has selected Vega Discover, Innovative’s modern discovery solution. 

Innovative is proud to announce that London Public Library in Ontario, Canada has joined Innovative’s Vega Development Partner program. 

Innovative announces that the Farmington Community Library in Michigan, a Polaris library, has selected Vega Discover as their discovery solution.

 Nappanee Public Library in Indiana has selected Vega Discover, Innovative’s new, modern discovery solution. 

The Helen M. Plum Memorial Library in Lombard, Illinois has selected Vega Discover, Innovative’s new, modern discovery solution.

Mason Public Library in Ohio has selected Vega Discover for a modern discovery experience, and Vega Interact, Innovative’s new communications tool that helps libraries have personalized, one-on-one conversations with patrons across multiple communication channels.

Innovative is pleased to announce that Brownsburg Public Library in Indiana has selected Vega Discover.

Mesa Public Library has selected Vega Discover, Innovative’s full-featured Discovery tool and the first release in the Vega Library Experience (LX) suite.

Tuscaloosa Public Library has launched Vega Discover, Innovative’s new, modern discovery solution, as their primary discovery tool. 

PrairieCat Consortium has joined the Vega Engagement Development Partner program to help shape the Vega Library Experience (LX) suite. 

Innovative is pleased to celebrate three libraries that have launched the Innovative Mobile patron app: Danbury Public, Nevada County Community, and Washington-Centerville Public Library.

Innovative is excited to welcome four public library systems to the Development Partner program for Vega Discover, Innovative’s new discovery solution.

Calcasieu Parish Public Library in Lake Charles, Louisiana selected Innovative for its next integrated library system.

Innovative is pleased to announce several libraries have recently selected Innovative solutions, including Lafourche Parish Public Library, Southwest Tennessee Community College, and Xavier University.

Ding the first half of 2019, several libraries selected or implemented Innovative solutions as their Integrated Library System, including San Diego Public Library, Indianapolis Public Library, and Fairfax County Public Library.

Fourteen libraries have selected Polaris or Sierra as their Integrated Library System (ILS) over competitive alternatives.