This year’s IUG Annual Conference in Washington, DC was a gigantic success and we’d like to acknowledge the 1600 attendees and the winners of the Be Innovative! Awards…
Most Innovative Implementation of eResource Discovery
Birmingham Public Library (AL) was recognized for using WebBridge LR (Link Resolver) to link to Amazon.com for e-resource discovery in WebPAC Pro, Innovative’s online catalog product.
Most Innovative Staff Program
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (NV) won first-place honors for “Concierge Key with Self-Check.” This innovation allows library staff to work more efficiently with third-party self-check workstations.
The second place award was presented to West Palm Beach Public Library (FL) for developing a training Wiki that includes technology competencies for various topics including Millennium.
Most Innovative WebPAC
Mid-Hudson Library System (NY) accepted first place honors for their New Kids Catalog, which takes advantage of features and customization opportunities in the new KidsOnline product.
The Watzek Library of Lewis and Clark College (OR) tied for second place for Most Innovative WebPAC. The College was recognized for their “Easy Course Reserves Requesting,” which enables instructors find an item in the catalog and automatically generate an email to the circulation department reserving the item and indicating course number and loan period.
“Implementation of AirPAC” also earned New Zealand’s Libraries for a Greater Auckland Region (eLGAR) second-place recognition. Library staff created a Flash-driven “web tour” to promote the launch of AirPAC, Innovative’s wireless online catalog application for small-screen devices.
Most Innovative Patron Services
Ryerson University Library (Canada) won first-place honors for applications that enable users to access the library website, including WebPAC Pro, from their page on the Facebook social-networking website.
Recognized in second place, Hong Kong Baptist University Library staff used the Millennium Patron API to integrate user-specific notices from the library into iCalendar-compatible applications.
Jerry Kline, Innovative’s Chairman and CEO (center), presented the “Starfire” crystal awards to representatives of the winning libraries…
Left to right: Jim Hayes, Regional Branch Services Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District; Barbara Storch, Technical Services Manager, West Palm Beach Public Library (FL); Tobin Cataldo, Information Systems Manager, Birmingham Public Library (AL); Jerry Kline, Chairman and CEO, Innovative Interfaces; Hamish McDonald, Director, eLGAR (New Zealand); Graham McCarthy, Multimedia Developer, Ryerson University Library (Canada); and Laurie Shedrick, Automated Systems Manager, Mid-Hudson Library System (NY).
You can check out all the ceremony pictures on Flickr. For more on the IUG check out their website.
See you next year!
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