Customer Care built for the way libraries work

Your library relies on technology to keep essential services running. When something needs attention, your team needs more than a technical answer. You need support from people who understand your systems, your workflows, and the impact every issue can have on staff, patrons, and the community you serve.

Innovative Customer Care combines product expertise, library experience, and responsive support to help your team resolve issues, find answers, and continue serving your community with confidence.

Support that keeps library services moving

Choosing library technology also means choosing the people who will stand behind it.

Our Customer Care teams support libraries using Polaris, Sierra, Vega, and other Innovative solutions around the world. Whether your question is routine or system-critical, we work with your team to understand the issue, bring in the right expertise, and help move things forward.

Because great support is not only about closing a case. It is about understanding what that case means for your library, your staff, and the people who depend on your services every day.

Built around your library’s operations

Work with people who understand libraries


Our Customer Care organization includes librarians, product specialists, technical experts, and
professionals with deep experience in library technology.

They know that a circulation issue is rarely just a software problem. It can affect service
desks, holds, borrowing, staff workloads, and the experience of every patron who depends on the
library.


Get help when it matters most


System-critical assistance is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

For urgent situations that affect essential services, your library has a clear path to reach
Innovative Customer Care and start the support process.


Navigate connected systems with confidence


Library systems rarely operate in isolation. Our teams work across Innovative products, configurations, integrations, APIs, notices, discovery services, and other connected workflows.

Innovative can help assess issues across connected systems, so your library is not left trying to determine where the problem belongs on its own.


Manage support in one place


Through the Unified Knowledge Portal, authorized library staff can:

  • Submit and review Customer Care cases
  • Track case status and communication
  • Access product information and knowledge resources
  • Review updates and release information
  • Connect with the Innovative customer community
  • Share feedback and requests

There is no limit to the number of support cases your library can submit.

Need to open or track a case?

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Customer Care by the numbers

Customer Service / Outcomes

24/7/365

System-critical support for every Innovative customer

95.6%

Customer satisfaction score

98.7%

Cases meeting the initial response target

47.5%

Cases resolved within 2 days

Our Team / Global Reach

65+

Customer Care specialists supporting libraries globally

800+ years



Combined library and library-technology experience

11

Countries with Customer Care team members

10

Languages spoken across our Customer Care team

How we help you move forward

Step 1
Share the issue 
Submit your inquiry through the Unified Knowledge Portal, or use the appropriate telephone channel for a system-critical issue.
Step 2
Get the right expertise
Customer Care reviews the product, workflow, severity, and operational impact, then connects the case with specialists who have the right knowledge.
Step 3
Stay informed
Your library can follow the case, review communication, and provide additional information through the Unified Knowledge Portal.
Step 4
Move toward resolution
Our goal is to help your library understand the next step, make informed decisions, and return to normal operations with confidence.

Find answers fast

Sometimes the fastest answer is one you can access immediately.
Customers can access documentation, release information, troubleshooting guidance, training materials, and practical resources designed to help teams answer questions and prepare for change.
The Unified Knowledge Portal gives authorized customer contacts a central place to submit and manage Customer Care cases, track communication, access support updates, and find self-service documentation, troubleshooting guidance, release information, and product knowledge resources.

Use these resources to:

  • Find answers to common questions
  • Prepare for product releases
  • Learn new functionality
  • Support new members of staff
  • Review recommended workflows
  • Get more value from your Innovative solutions

Hear what our customers have to say

A relationship beyond resolution

Customer Care is one part of the broader relationship between your library and Innovative.

Customer feedback helps Innovative understand evolving library needs, improve support resources, and inform work across Customer Care, Product Management, Engineering, Professional Services, and Account Management.

Customers can also participate through:

  • The Innovative Users Group
  • Product forums and the Idea Exchange
  • Training and certification
  • Customer webinars and events
  • Product release communications
  • The Unified Knowledge Portal
  • Consulting and workflow services

This connected approach helps your library access the right resources throughout its relationship with Innovative, not only when a problem occurs.

Ready to get support?

Get the help you need from our Customer Care team or find answers and resources in the Unified Knowledge Portal.