In this webinar, our Senior Product Manager Taylor Fisher delves into the transformative potential of LX Starter for consortia, showcasing how it can be a game-changer for your library’s communication strategy. It redefines patron communication by delivering modern, visually captivating experiences that strengthen the bond between libraries and their communities. It enables library staff to effortlessly create polished, professional emails that reflect their mission, all while saving valuable time with automation.
With LX Starter, libraries leave a lasting impression, sharing beautifully branded, clear messages that inspire and engage their patrons. If you want to watch the webinar, you can find it here.
Today, we explore key questions about LX Starter for consortia and how consortia libraries can maximize its benefits.
Is it required that all member libraries in consortia use LX starter?
- No, it is not required. Member libraries can decide whether they want to send notices through LX Starter or not.
What benefits do you have as a member library in a consortium?
- Each member library can customize notices with its own branding and location-specific details. They can also log in and apply library-specific settings independently, without affecting other member libraries’ configurations.
How can a library consortium get LX Starter?
- Consortia using Polaris 7.4 or Sierra 6.2+ can install LX Starter by contacting their account manager for more information. We’ve made it easy for consortia to implement LX Starter – not all member libraries need to have it. Implementation for consortia usually takes a couple of weeks and our support team is available to you even after going live.
What specific capabilities does LX Starter provide for library consortia?
- Consortium administrators can centrally manage access, settings, and configurations while allowing individual libraries to maintain their own branding and custom notices. They can also track email performance metrics across all member libraries, including delivery, open, and click rates.
How does LX Starter support multi-lingual patron communications?
- LX Starter enables libraries to send notices in a patron’s preferred language, ensuring better communication and accessibility for diverse user communities.
Recently released…
Some of the most important ones on our agenda are increasing the number of language templates and introducing new pickup areas to Polaris, which means matching that option in LX Starter. All releases can be found on our roadmap.
Up next…
Next for LX Starter is Journeys, which will allow each library to further personalize patron experience by introducing patron registration, anniversary and renewal notices. More on this soon!
Idea Exchange allows the Innovative community to provide input regarding priorities for new areas of development as well as enhancements to existing Innovative products. It is open to all Innovative customers, from front-line staff to directors, to submit, comment on, and vote for ideas for product enhancements. You are not required to be a member of IUG to contribute to Idea Exchange.
Innovative, part of Clarivate has further developed MEEP in collaboration with IUG for members only. Check how you can join here and make your vote count! We will share an overview of which ideas made it on our Roadmap at the IUG. We hope to see you in Denver for our Annual Conference March 13-15th – register now! Read more about what you can expect here.
To learn more about LX Starter* and how it can help you build stronger connections within the community, check out this fact sheet. To install LX Starter for your library or library consortium, contact us.
* LX Starter is included with the Sierra and Polaris ILS subscription.