Category: Polaris ILS

Library success starts with engaged patrons. Explore how technology can energize your library to thrive as pillars of growth, connection and opportunity in a digital-first world.

Cass District Library boosts engagement with Polaris and Vega Discover. Discover how unified library technology can transform your library.

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.

Discover key takeaways from our latest Polaris ILS webinar featuring real-world insights from public librarians. Learn how Polaris streamlines operations, enhances patron services, and empowers library staff. Read the full recap and see how your library can benefit.

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.

Innovative, from Clarivate, showcases Mobile Worklists at IUG 2025, demonstrating how libraries can streamline workflows with real-time updates, mobile circulation, and seamless Sierra integration – coming soon to Polaris.

Allen County Public Library Enhances Services with Polaris & Vega

Discover how Ypsilanti Public Library enhanced efficiency and community service with Polaris Integrated Library System. Learn about its intuitive features and flexible web interface for staff and patrons.

Nogales Santa Cruz County Public Library is upgrading to Polaris and Vega Discover, enhancing service for its vibrant community. Learn more about this transformation.

Discover the tools that real librarians say simplify tasks, enhance services and empower their library team.

IUG 2025 is coming soon. Read more about what you can expect and join us for an exciting time March 13-15 in Denver!

Transform your library’s communications and elevate the patron experience with Innovative Phone Alerts for your Polaris library patrons.

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

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

The latest release of the award-winning ILS includes improvements to further empower users

The Innovative Mobile patron library app will soon support push notifications for circulation notices for Sierra and Polaris libraries

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

Innovative and Baker & Taylor released an enhanced integration between Polaris and Title Source 360 to streamline the materials ordering process.

The Illinois library will be adopting Polaris and Vega LX solutions

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

The storied Indiana library joins the Innovative family

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Innovative, part of Clarivate, is pleased to announce that the consortium comprised of Solano County Library, Benicia Public Library, and St. Helena Public Library in California has selected Polaris as … Continued

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.

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

Innovative, part of Clarivate, recently announced that all current Sierra and Polaris ILS customers will soon gain access to a modern approach to handling email circulation notices—at no additional cost—through … Continued

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.

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.

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

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

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. 

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.

Polaris 7.0, now in general availability, features new cataloging functionality in Polaris Leap and automated Technical Services workflows.

Innovative announced today that the Metro Library Network selected Polaris and Vega Discover for their consortium.

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

Innovative is pleased to celebrate the libraries that joined the Polaris family in 2020.

Polaris release 6.6 adds circulation and serials functionality to Leap web application.

Innovative will host two June webinar sessions on Polaris featuring team members from Marigold Library System in Alberta, Canada.

Innovative today announced that the Polaris integrated library system (ILS), is now available in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Innovative is pleased to announce that Sioux City Public Library in Iowa is now live on the Innovative Polaris ILS.

Innovative is pleased to announce Lafourche Parish Public Library in Thibodaux, Louisiana is now live on the Polaris ILS.

Innovative, a leading provider of library software, has earned platinum awards for four products.

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

Innovative is proud to announce that four products – Mobile Worklists, MyLibrary!, Polaris Web Application, and Resource Sharing – received platinum distinction from LibraryWorks’ fifth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs).

EMERYVILLE, Calif.— Innovative, a leading global provider of library automation software, today announced New Orleans Public Library has selected the Polaris Integrated Library System (ILS) as a hosted solution.

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.

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.

Your patrons are a diverse group of people. And we know they access your catalog through a diverse set of devices. But they all deserve the same discovery experience. Now with Polaris ILS Release 5.5, they will have a consistent discovery experience regardless of device.

Davenport Public Library (DPL) in Iowa serves a population of over 100,000 and its librarians make every effort to reach community members both inside and outside the library. Their dynamic … Continued