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Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (abbreviated III) is a software company specializing in integrated systems for library management. Their key products include Sierra, Polaris, Millennium, and Virtua,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innovative Interfaces - Our Products )〕 with customers in 66 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Innovative Acquires VTLS and Now Serves Libraries in 66 Countries )〕 The company's software is used by various types of libraries including academic, public, school, medical, law, and special libraries as well as consortia. In September 2014 Sierra was installed at 1494 libraries (with 3435 facilities),〔 Polaris at 1339 (with 2808 facilities),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Polaris company profile )〕 Millennium at 1316 (with 2640 facilities),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innovative Interfaces, Inc. company profile )〕 and Virtua at 224 (with 490 facilities).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VTLS company profile )〕 Founded in 1978 by Jerry Kline and Steve Silberstein in Berkeley California, the initial product was a system to interface OCLC data with a library's cataloging system. Huntsman Gay Global Capital and JMI Equity invested in the company in 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Two Equity Firms Make Investment in Innovative Interfaces No Management Changes )〕 the same year Kim Massana, formerly president of Thomson Reuters Elite, was appointed CEO.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Innovative Interfaces Names Kim Massana CEO )〕 The equity firms purchased the company outright the next year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innovative Interfaces Founder Sells Remaining Interest in Company to Private Equity )〕 Backed by the new investors, a wave of hiring increased staff in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= IIIs New CEO Calls for Greater Collaboration/ )〕 Bert Winemiller took over as CEO in 2015. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Kim Massana No Longer CEO at Innovative Interfaces )〕 SkyRiver Technology Solutions was acquired by Innovative Interfaces; the company maintains partnerships with 3M, EBSCO Information Services, OverDrive, Inc., and Bibliotheca.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innovative Interfaces, Bibliotheca Announce Strategic Partnership )〕 III's interface for library users is the Encore Discovery Solution that provides web searching and access of library resources along with features such as ranked relevancy, facets to focus searches, tagging, ratings, and book reviews.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innovative Interfaces - Encore Discovery Solution Products )〕 == Innovative Users Group == Formed in 1991 as an independent organization, the Innovative Users Group serves the libraries that use the company's software. The Innovative Users Group organizes an annual conference, organizes ballots for user-submitted enhancements, and maintains the IUG Clearinghouse for users to share tutorials, scripts, guides, and other resources created to better use the software.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=IUG history )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Innovative Interfaces」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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