Polaris. Upgrade your library experience.
Get the most of your library now, and position yourself to welcome the future. Polaris libraries can measurably optimize staff workflows and reduce overhead while improving patron services.
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Provide a Powerful Experience with a Paired Solution
The power combo of Polaris and the Vega LX suite gives you access to a wide range of tools within a single, secure ecosystem.
Lock in your Library’s Success
In addition to a great native experience, Polaris can interoperate with third-party vendors, social media, and other outside resources.
We surveyed Polaris customers about their experiences
65%
decrease in time spent
managing acquisitions and print serials
70%
less time spent on catalog management and maintenance
60%
decrease in time spent creating reports
Take Polaris Anywhere with the Leap Web Client
Polaris Leap is a responsive web client, designed for use on laptops and tablets. Leap enables your staff to perform circulation, cataloging, and acquisitions work from anywhere with an internet connection, whether that’s a back room, a farmer’s market, or their home office.
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We have received excellent support with Polaris and the Leap web-based interface is an excellent customer service tool.
IT Administrator
Public Library
Public Library
Take Polaris Anywhere with the Leap Web Client
Polaris Leap is a responsive web client, designed for use on laptops and tablets. Leap enables your staff to perform circulation, cataloging, and acquisitions work from anywhere with an internet connection, whether that’s a back room, a farmer’s market, or their home office.
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We have received excellent support with Polaris and the Leap web-based interface is an excellent customer service tool.
IT Administrator
Public Library
Public Library
eContent Integration
Polaris helps you take advantage of your investments by keeping patrons on your catalog page when they find e-content that interests them.
eContent Integration
Polaris helps you take advantage of your investments by keeping patrons on your catalog page when they find e-content that interests them.
SimplyReports
With an easy-to-use web-based interface, Polaris SimplyReports allows you to create and manage more than 300,000 different types of reports.
SimplyReports
With an easy-to-use web-based interface, Polaris SimplyReports allows you to create and manage more than 300,000 different types of reports.
Modern email notices with LX Starter
LX Starter elevates the standard of patron email communications with a circulation notice tool that features an intuitive web-based interface, complete with a diverse array of templates tailored to various user groups and circulation events.
Available to all Polaris libraries, LX Starter features a drag-and-drop editor for email design and a staff interface that seamlessly integrates with the ILS.
LX Starter also supports library consortia, with the ability to administer access, settings and configuration at the consortium level, while continuing to allow flexibility to each member institution to maintain their own branding and customization.
Modern email notices with LX Starter
LX Starter elevates the standard of patron email communications with a circulation notice tool that features an intuitive web-based interface, complete with a diverse array of templates tailored to various user groups and circulation events.
Available to all Polaris libraries, LX Starter features a drag-and-drop editor for email design and a staff interface that seamlessly integrates with the ILS.
LX Starter also supports library consortia, with the ability to administer access, settings and configuration at the consortium level, while continuing to allow flexibility to each member institution to maintain their own branding and customization.
Cataloging
Manage bibliographic records with automatic authority control
Acquisitions
Manage orders via EDI and ASN receiving
Circulation
View check-in/out and hold requests
Discovery
Responsive PAC with integrated eContent circulation from 4 different vendors
Serials
Serials check in, standing and firm order management
Administration
Manage permissions, profiles and customizations
Works with:
- PowerPAC
- Leap
- Vega LX
- SimplyReports
- Polaris Inventory Manager
- URL Detective
- MyLibrary!
- Polaris Telephony
- Innovative Resource Sharing
- CloudLibrary
- OverDrive
- Axis360
- RecordedBooks
- Ebsco Discovery Service
- Talking Tech
Hear what our customers have to say
From people who trusted and invested with us
“We really want our customers to feel that their public library offers them something intuitive and easy to use. That’s why we went with Polaris and Innovative.”
Mary George
Director of Library Services, Placer County Library
When you have a system that’s easy to use and has an easy interface that staff are able to utilize to serve our patrons, it makes the customer service that much better…
Michelle Krooswyk
Director, New Lenox Public Library District
“The Polaris product is exceptional, from the acquisitions module to the circulation module, which allows for multiple windows and access. We’ve been very happy with the Polaris product.”
I’m thrilled to have Innovative as a partner. We have a really good relationship with Innovative. I’m really thrilled to see where they are going in the future and I hope to continue to use Polaris.
Karen Knox
Director, Orion Township Public Library
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