Innovative Interfaces, Inc. News

Friday Jul 4, 2008

All 394 Press Releases from Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

20 most recent items:


June 27, 2008. UC Berkeley to Install Full Millennium ILS and Electronic Resource Management. Innovative announced that the University of California Berkeley Library will install a full Millennium integrated library system with the industry-leading Electronic Resource Management module to serve the needs of its staff, students, and scholars. With this selection, 39 Millennium systems are installed at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries making Millennium the systems leader among this group. The Library is migrating from a locally developed GLADIS system and OCLC SiteSearch. <<more>>


June 25, 2008. Innovative Announces Content Pro Digital Library Solution. Innovative announced the availability of Content Pro, a new digital library solution that exposes collections for greater discovery on the web. Content Pro makes it easier than ever before for staff to collect, manage and promote digital assets. With intuitive submission forms, a powerful search interface, and harvestable metadata design, Content Pro offers a simple solution to the challenge of making the full breadth of digital assets accessible and visible to the communities that libraries serve. <<more>>


June 24, 2008. Innovative Announces Encore 3.0 feature set. nnovative announced that the company and its development partners are at work on Version 3.0 of the Encore discovery services platform. Encore 3.0 expands the user experience with new features and product-integration points such as harvested digital collections, federated-search integration, user ratings and reviews, Pathfinder Pro context-sensitive links, and more. <<more>>


June 23, 2008. Qatar University Library selects Innovative for information services and campus integration. Qatar University selected the Millennium ILS and the integrated Electronic Resource Management module for complete management and presentation of the library's print and digital resources. In addition, the QU Library will implement Innovative's Courseware Integration for Blackboard, Single Sign-on, and Patron Update for sophisticated service within the campus technology environment. <<more>>


June 19, 2008. Encore 2.0 enhances patron experience. Innovative announced the public launch of Encore 2.0 with a list of enhancements that include community tagging, new discovery options, and new authentication and requesting capabilities. Encore 2.0 has been launched at four libraries: Santa Clara University, Scottsdale Public Library, University of Glasgow, and University of Queensland. <<more>>


June 3, 2008. South Ayrshire Library and Information Service in Scotland selects Millennium. The South Ayrshire Library and Information Service, headquartered in Ayr, Scotland, has selected the Millennium integrated library system to provide a complete library-technology solution for their public and secondary school libraries. <<more>>


May 21, 2008. Trinity University (TX) Selects Innovative for complete digital library service. Trinity University's Elizabeth Huth Coates Library selected a suite of Innovative technology products for complete digital library service. In addition to the Millennium ILS, the Library selected Electronic Resource Management, Research Pro federated-search, and the Encore discovery services platform. <<more>>


April 28, 2008. Over 1,600 library professionals attend 16th IUG Annual Conference. Innovative Interfaces announced the convocation of the 16th-Annual Innovative Users Group Conference in Washington, D.C. Held from April 27-30, over 1,600 library professionals from nineteen nations will participate in over 150 programs conducted by their colleagues and Innovative staff. Attendees of the annual meeting will present best practices for using Innovative products, report on creative and unique implementations of technology, and report on partnerships with the company's product-development team. <<more>>


April 28, 2008. 2008 Be Innovative! award winners honored at 16th Annual Innovative Users Group conference. Innovative Interfaces announced the winners of the 2008 Be Innovative! Awards at the Innovative Users Group Annual Conference in Washington, DC. <<more>>


April 24, 2008. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Selects Millennium. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology has selected the Millennium ILS for reliable and powerful library service for students. The library also selected the integrated Electronic Resource Management and the Research Pro federated-search product. <<more>>


April 24, 2008. Encore Libraries Surpass 100. To date, over 100 libraries have selected Encore, Innovative's discovery services platform. This group is comprised of academic, corporate, law school, and public libraries in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, North America, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, and the U.K. Library ILS environments supported include Millennium, Innovative's Integrated Library System as well as Aleph, Unicorn, and Voyager. <<more>>


April 23, 2008. Grand Valley State University Libraries Select Millennium . Grand Valley State University Libraries has selected Millennium, Innovative's Integrated Library System. The Libraries had previously installed the Encore discovery services platform in 2007 and are a second-wave development partner for that product. The Libraries are migrating from a Voyager system provided by Ex Libris. <<more>>


April 14, 2008. North Dakota State University Selects Millennium . North Dakota State University Library in Fargo has selected the Millennium ILS to update their user experience and streamline staff workflows. The Library also selected the integrated My RSS Feeds and Feed Builder products to publish timely information to its users. NDSU library is replacing an Ex Libris Aleph 500 system and will be pilot-testing Millennium for the Online Dakota Information Network. <<more>>


April 2, 2008. Howell Carnegie District Library Selects Millennium. The Howell Carnegie District Library in Howell, Michigan has selected the Millennium integrated library system including the integrated Ecommerce product. The Library will also provide new access to millions of books and media from the Michigan Electronic Library starting this fall. <<more>>


March 24, 2008. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Chile) selects Millennium. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean has selected the Millennium integrated library system. Located at in Santiago, Chile, ECLAC is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations. <<more>>


March 20, 2008. Three Major New York art museums to launch Millennium-Driven shared catalog. Three of the founding members of the New York Art Resources Consortium —the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum and The Museum of Modern Art—have selected Millennium as the integrated library system that will offer access to all three collections through a shared catalog. With a combined total of over 725,000 records describing books, periodicals, auction and exhibition catalogs, artist files, photograph collections, and archival materials, this partnership establishes one of the largest specialized web resources for the international art community. The Frick Art Reference Library, an Innovative client since 1987, will host and administer the NYARC shared system. <<more>>


March 19, 2008. The New York Public Library selects Encore and Millennium suite of products. New York Public Library has selected a complete suite of library automation technologies from Innovative Interfaces to improve services to users and streamline staff operations. As the Library moves forward in uniting its previously separate branch and research divisions and their online catalogs (LEO and CATNYP, respectively), Innovative will help bring these extensive information repositories together in a new, single Millennium integrated library system. NYPL will also deploy Encore, Innovative's next-generation discovery services platform, to provide a modern, state-of-the-art user experience. <<more>>


February 28, 2008. Ohio Christian University Selects Millennium. The Maxwell Library at Ohio Christian University has selected the Millennium integrated library solution and will participate in OhioLINK, a consortium that provides access to over 46 million items to the state's students and faculty. OhioLINK is powered by Innovative's INN-Reach direct consortial borrowing system. <<more>>


February 8, 2008. Warner Pacific College and Concordia University select Millennium. Warner Pacific College and Concordia University will migrate from a Voyager system to a shared Millennium implementation for a partnership of 150,000 shared items. Both institutions are Christian liberal arts schools in Portland, Oregon. <<more>>


February 5, 2008. Consortium of Catalonian University Libraries (Spain) selects Millennium. The Consortium of Catalonian University Libraries in Barcelona, Spain selected the Millennium integrated library solution. The nine-member group is migrating from a VTLS Classic system. The member organizations include: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona University, Catalonia Technical University, Girona University, Lleida University, The National Library of Catalonia, Open University of Catalonia, Pompeu Fabra University, and Rovira and Virgili University. <<more>>


January 23, 2008. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University selects Millennium. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University (DAEU) of the United Arab Emirates has selected the Millennium integrated library system to support their new library facility and to accomodate rapid first-year growth of the library collection. <<more>>


Note: The information on this page is a directory listing and is not the company's own Web site. The company may offer additional products and services other than those listed here. Library Technology Guides focuses primarily on Integrated Library Systems. Return to company list


Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

Connect to the Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Web site

5850 Shellmound Way
Emeryville, CA 94608-1901
United States
Toll free: 800-878-6600
Phone: 510-655-6200
Fax: 510-450-6350
Web site: http://www.iii.com
Email: info@iii.com


Executives

  • Jerry Kline -- Chairman and CEO
  • Jim Hofbauer -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Martha McEvoy -- Senior Vice President, Product Development
  • Sandra Westall -- Senior Vice President, Library Service
  • Neil Block -- Vice President, Worldwide Sales
  • Mary Chevreau -- Vice President, North American Customer Sales
  • Maryvonne Enjolras -- Vice President Sales, Europe, Africa, and Middle East
  • Gene Shimshock -- Vice President, Marketing
  • Betsy Graham -- Vice President Product Management

Company Ownership

Innovative Interfaces is privately owned by its co-founder, Jerry Kline.


Library automation systems

Innovative Interfaces, Inc. offers the following Integrated Library Systems:

  • Millennium (2484 libraries, 4546 facilities in lib-web-cats)
    Public libraries: 1342
    Academic libraries: 869
    School libraries: 20
    24 libraries have migrated away from this system.
  • Innopac (28 libraries, 44 facilities in lib-web-cats)
    Public libraries: 4
    Academic libraries: 14
    School libraries: 1
    893 libraries have migrated away from this system.

Innovative Interfaces, Inc. offers an OpenURL Link Resolver:

  • WebBridge used in 36 libraries, 149 facilities in lib-web-cats)

Corporate Chronology

Jan 1986   SLS formed as a private company.
1969   South West Academic Libraries Co-operative Mechanisation Project founded.