Category: Sierra ILS

Explore key highlights from the IUG 2026 Conference in Chicago, including Polaris and Sierra roadmap updates, Vega innovations, the new Knowledge Portal, and how libraries are advancing workflows, collaboration, and community-driven solutions.

Key takeaways from the IUG 2026 Executive Leadership Panel, including Clarivate’s strategy for Sierra and Polaris, investments in support, the new Knowledge Portal, and a continued focus on innovation, stability, and library partnerships.

Innovative, from Clarivate, is proud to announce the launch of Vega Mobile Worklists, a new staff-facing mobile application and the latest addition to the Vega LX product portfolio. Vega Mobile … Continued

Webinar recap exploring accessibility in libraries, featuring real-world lessons from U.S. and European library professionals.

Smarter workflows, greater control, and what’s coming next  A recap of the latest Sierra 6.5 release and a summary of enhancements highlighted during our recent library webinar.  Sierra continues to … Continued

Discover Sierra 6.5 -More connected library platform with simplified workflows, improved accessibility, and stronger privacy controls.

Innovative and Brodart partner to connect Bibz.com with Polaris and Sierra, making library ordering faster, easier, and less manual.

Listening, collaborating, and delivering  At Innovative, from Clarivate, every release begins with listening. The latest updates to Polaris 7.8 and Sierra 6.4 demonstrate what happens when libraries guide the journey.  … Continued

Explore what’s new in Sierra 6.4.Watch the on-demand webinar for demos, roadmap insights, and answers to top user questions.

Discover how four innovative libraries are using Vega Interact SMS notification feature to improve patron communication and engagement. Learn more about the benefits of Vega Interact SMS notification module.

Discover what’s new in Sierra 6.4 from Innovative, a Clarivate company – featuring Rapido Consortial integration, expanded patron services, staff productivity enhancements, and a seamless path to Vega Mobile Worklists. Learn how community – driven updates are shaping the future of library technology.

Helen Plum Library renews with Innovative, continuing a decade of trusted service with Sierra library technology.

TNRL partners with Clarivate to enhance digital services and patron engagement. Explore how we are transforming library experiences.

Bloomfield Township Public Library now offers SMS notifications through Sierra 6.3, enabling real-time text alerts for patrons. Discover how this built-in feature streamlines communication and boosts library efficiency.

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.

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.

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.

New Sierra 6.3 release includes Sierra SMS Integration, New Load Table Editing Platform, Support for Home Pickup Logic via Sierra API, and more.

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

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

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

Features include enhanced scoping, improvements to the Admin App, and support for MacOS Sonoma

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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!

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

Sorbonne Interuniversity Library has chosen to migrate to the Sierra library services platform (LSP).

Innovative is happy to announce that Sierra 4.1 is in general release, offering a number of new features. Through their testing and feedback, our beta partner community played an important part in making this development and deployment possible.

Charleston Library Society has selected the Sierra Integrated Library System (ILS) for the next five years along with Vital as its digital repository.

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.

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.

Innovative is happy to announce that Sierra 4.0 is now in general release, offering libraries powerful new features. We started beta in early March and want to thank our beta program partners for your testing and feedback.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The University of Essex has been an Innovative library partner since 1995, to help fulfill their founding vision of “a new kind of university… where students could live and learn… … Continued

The University of Warwick is globally recognised for the quality and impact of their research and commitment to student success.  The institution is consistently ranked as one of the top … Continued

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

Marmot Library Network, with 24 member libraries, hosts Innovative’s Sierra Library Services Platform (LSP) for its members, maintains a union catalog of 1.9 million titles, and provides related services for … Continued

Smart Selection The many adventures of Wild West Sheriff Walt Longmire, as created by author Craig Allen Johnson, are in particular demand at some of Tulsa City-County Library’s 24 branches. … Continued

Librarians at the Law Library at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (UC Hastings Law Library) faced a huge upcoming weeding and relocation project; they knew that … Continued

Emeryville, CA—Innovative Interfaces, a leading provider of integrated library systems (ILS) that empowers libraries globally, has launched Sierra Release 2.4 with significant new capabilities across multiple functional areas. The wide-reaching … Continued

Emeryville, CA—Innovative Interfaces, a leading provider of library automation software that empowers libraries globally, has brought four more academic libraries in Ohio live on the latest version of Sierra. These … Continued