{"id":6570,"date":"2020-01-07T20:52:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T20:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-clarivate-innovative.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=6570"},"modified":"2023-02-13T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:38:43","slug":"the-innovative-users-group-2020-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.iii.com\/whats-new\/the-innovative-users-group-2020-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Innovative Users Group 2020 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Innovative Users Group (IUG) conference is a four-day event where over 700 library professionals from around the world gather to participate in over 130 sessions presented by their colleagues and Innovative staff.<\/p>\n<p>The IUG 2020 conference offers returning and new attendees a wide variety of program sessions covering technical training, open forum discussions, soft skills training, case studies, best practices, product highlights and demonstrations, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can get involved in the following ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attend<\/strong>. If you\u2019ve never been to an IUG annual conference before, then mark your calendar for\u00a0April 15-18, 2020\u00a0in Minneapolis, Minnesota. More details are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovativeusers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IUG website<\/a> and you can register for the event here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/iug\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=uDD0zW7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/iug\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=uDD0zW7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join.<\/strong>\u00a0The IUG is a user-led group, independent of Innovative, and member fees go directly to the user group.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovativeusers.org\/membership\/how-to-join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If your library is not a member of the IUG, then you can join for the cost of only $110 per year<\/a>. The benefits of IUG membership include access to the annual conference, program materials from the annual meeting, participation in the IUG forums, access to the Clearinghouse, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participate<\/strong>. Once you\u2019re logged in to the Innovative Users Group website, they have very active user forums where you can find Innovative users in your area, learn tips and tricks, and share process ideas. The IUG also has an enhancements committee that works closely with Innovative to manage our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.com\/tag\/idea-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Idea Lab<\/a> community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can read more about the IUG conference in these posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.com\/blog\/i-found-new-skills-and-a-new-career-through-the-iug\/\">I Found New Skills and a New Career through the IUG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.com\/blog\/unsure-confident-value-iug\/\">From Unsure to Confident: The Value of the IUG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>About the Innovative Users Group<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovativeusers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovative Users Group<\/a>\u00a0provides a community for anyone and everyone who uses Innovative solutions to support their library experience and operations. In the field of integrated library software solutions, this group is the only self-governed organization. Since its origin in 1991, it has been funded and managed entirely by its own members.<\/p>\n<p>The IUG is led by the Steering Committee whose members are elected by the general membership. It consists of a Chair, Vice Chair\/Chair Elect, Past Chair, Secretary\/Treasurer, and five Members at Large. 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