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Reimagining The Library Experience

Serving Our Communities Through Inclusive Design

Toni Minick, Vice President of Product Management, has been leading a fresh approach for product development over the past two years: with direct input from library directors and staff. “Library patrons have changed, and their expectations are different than they were even five years ago. So, gathering input and testing solutions with library staff and patrons is incredibly important to improving our products and services.” Read more

Library Partner Spotlight

We’re confident that the Vega Library Experience (LX) platform meets the needs of libraries because it’s developed with the help of our library Development Partners.

Central Arkansas Library System, one of our first Vega Discover Development Partners, recently launched Discover for patrons

What People Are Saying

“Adopting new technologies to improve the user experience for our patrons is a high priority for our library system. Partnering with our long-term provider Innovative to develop the Vega platform gives us a voice in creating new solutions for our residents.”
Ray Baker, Director of Miami-Dade Public Library System.

Extend Your Library's Reach

Adding non-traditional items or a library of things collection to your catalog is a great way to extend your reach, create more community connections and improve equity. The challenge: making these items visible and attractive to your patrons. Several catalogers have begun using the 856 tag to create custom images for materials that do not have a “book cover” available. For featuring test prep assets, toys, tools and instruments—just about anything you lend—this solution can go a long way toward helping to attract more attention and increase usage. Here are the image requirements and instructions to create a custom book cover.

How Do You Know Vega Discover Is Accessible?

Innovative recently announced the release of our first Vega Discover accessibility assessment. Partnering with a third-party agency to complete the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), they reviewed the Vega Discover user interface for compliance with all Federal Accessibility Standards (ADA, Section 508, and WCAG 2.1). Accessible software is more than just a nice feature, we recognize that it’s required functionality for libraries to truly serve all community members equitably. Read more

The Battle For Attention: Strategies To Engage Communities

Recently, Innovative partnered with industry leader and technology expert, Ken Chad on the topic of community engagement. During two exclusive webinar events, Ken noted that, “public libraries are in a constant battle for attention, competing with other sources of information and entertainment -physically and virtually.” He noted that creating a compelling digital presence is increasingly important to meet modern user needs, adding that, “an improved digital presence can, in turn, stimulate and increase physical visits to libraries.” Read more

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Additional Resources

Upcoming Webinars

Polaris Libraries

Authority Control in Polaris - October 13 @ 1:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. PDT)

Sierra Libraries

Sierra Authority Control: Demystifying Authority Records - October 19 @ 1:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. PDT)
Introducing the Enhanced Integration of Sierra via Summon - October 28 @ 11:00 a.m. EST (8:00 a.m. PDT, 4 p.m. BST London)

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