In addition to the international IUG, there are many regional users groups and special interest groups.

Regional

Africa/Middle East Asia - Pacific

Europe North America

INNOPAC Users Group: South Africa

This Group was formed in March 1999 during a visit of two directors of III to South Africa. The listserv is a means of exchanging information and advice between the growing number of INNOPAC sites in South Africa (currently 19). It is hoped that the Group will meet at least once a year to coincide with visits by III staff.  

List available at majordomo@sabinet.co.za - subscribe iugsa  

Contact:

Dianne Man Deputy Univ. Librarian (Technical Services) University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag X1 Wits 2050 South Africa diman@library.wits.ac.za

Meets annually.
Majordomo list available: majordomo@deakin.edu.au - message: subscribe aiug

Contact:

Jane Miller Jane.Miller@vu.edu.au

Hong Kong Innovative Users Group

Contact:

Edward So 011-852-2788-8383 lbykso@cityu.edu.hk

INNOPAC Users Group (Taiwan)

European Innovative Users Group

Hosts an annual meeting.
List available at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-eur-iug.html

Contact:

Julia Burke j.burke@bangor.ac.uk

Irish Innovative Users Group

Meets annually
List available at http://listserv.heanet.ie/millennium-users.html

Chairperson:	Gillian Kerins Institute Librarian Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin 24, Ireland 353-1-404-2201 (voice) 353-1-404-2700 (fax) e:gillian.kerins@it-tallaght.ie
Minutes Secretary	Catherine Sanborn University College, Cork
Treasurer	Aidin O'Sullivan Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
Advisers:	Ursula Gavin Dublin Institute of Technology
	Deirdre Judge Institute of Art|Design|Technology
	Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art|Design|Technology
	Donna O'Doibhlin Institute of Technology, Dundalk

Arkansas Innovative Users Group

Meets quarterly.
List available at http://www.library.uams.edu/aiug/listserv.htm

Contact:

Dena Plaisted 501-686-6743 plaisteddenak@uams.edu

California

Northern California Innovative Users Group

Meets annually at various member institutions.
List available at norcaliug@scuacc.scu.edu To subscribe, follow instructions on this page.

Contact:

Karen Johnson University of San Francisco Phone: (415)422-2759 FAX: (415)422-2233 johnsonka@usfca.edu

Southern California Innovative Users Group

Meets annually at various member institutions.  

Contact:

Wanda Pittman Jazayeri University of California, Irvine wpjaz@uci.edu

Carolina Innovative User Group (CIUG)

Meets twice yearly (spring and fall). The fall meeting is held in conjunction with NCLA or SCLA.
List available at listserv@listserv.appstate.edu - subscribe ciug [your name]  

Chair:	Gloria Kelley Head, Technical Services Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC 29733 (803) 323-2262 (voice) (803) 323-2215 (fax) kelleyg@winthrop.edu
Chair-elect	Arneice Bowen Head of Cataloging F. D. Bluford Library North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC 27411 (336) 334-7669 (voice) (336) 334-7783 (fax) bowena@ncat.edu
Secretary/ Treasurer	Mary Cross System Librarian J. Drake Edens Library Columbia College Columbia, SC 29203-9987 803/786-3691 (voice) 803/786-3700 (fax) marycross@colacoll.edu
CIUG Listowner	Jill Ellern Library Automation Hunter Library Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 28723 828/227-7274 (voice) 828/227-7380 (fax) ellern@wcu.edu

Canada

Western Canada Innovative Users Group

Meets annually at various member institutions.

Contact:

Penny Swanson Douglas College Library Phone: (604)527-5259 swansonp@douglas.bc.ca

Canada, Ontario/Quebec

III Ottawa/Montreal Users Group

Meets 3 -4 times per year at various member institutions.

Contact:

Rosemary Swan rswan@uottawa.ca

Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group

The primary focus is for Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, but membership is also open to Michigan, Indiana, New York, etc. The group is open to all types of libraries and all staff. There is no membership cost at this time. There will be some kind of gathering at IUG in Boston; the first real meeting is planned for the fall of 2004.

Currently, a mailing list is available for those who are interested in subscribing. Go to http://ohiolink.edu/mailman/listinfo/egl-iug for more information and to subscribe to the list.

Contact:

Karen Perone Rodman Public Library peroneka@oplin.org Corey Seeman University of Toledo corey.seeman@utoledo.edu

Florida Innovative Users Group

Meets twice yearly at various member institutions.

Contact:

Diane Altimari Nova Southeastern University 954-262-6216 altimarid@nsu.law.nova.edu

Houston Area Innovative Users Group

Meets twice yearly (spring and fall) at various member institutions.

Contact:

Cheryl Payne or Richard Guajardo for further information

Iowa Innovative Users Group

Meets annually in June and also conducts 3 or 4 smaller, function-related, hands-on sessions at member libraries throughout the year. 

Contact:

James Godsey  Council Bluffs Public Library 712-323-7553 ext 23  jgodsey@cbpl.lib.ia.us

Michigan Innovative Users Group

Meets twice yearly (spring and fall) at various member institutions.
List available at http://lists.umd.umich.edu/mailman/listinfo/miug

Contact:

Linda Moore, Chair Public Services Library Hillsdale College 517-607-2403 linda.moore@hillsdale.edu

Mid-Atlantic Innovative Users Group (MAIUG)

This group, for all Innovative libraries in the Mid-Atlantic states area, was formed in June, 1999. Participation from interested members of any Innovative library is welcomed and encouraged.

An annual conference is held each Fall at various member institutions. Please check their web site for registration and program information.

Next Meeting:

Friday, October 16-17, 2003 at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD Conference Information and Registration Forms

Contact:

Alan E. Bartlett, Systems Librarian Lawrence Lee Pelletier Library Allegheny College 520 North Main Street, Box 117 Meadville, PA 16335 814-332-2740  abartlet@allegheny.edu

Minnesota Innovative Users Group

List available at http://www.macalester.edu/mniug/index
Contact Paddy Satzer (Chair, 2003) for further information.

Contact:

Paddy Satzer, Chair University of St. Thomas Law Library 1000 LaSalle Avenue, TMH LL27 Minneapolis, MN 55403-2005 pasatzer@stthomas.edu 651-962-4903

Nebraska Innovative Users Group

New England User Group (NEUG)

Meets annually at various member institutions.

Next Meeting:

Friday, November 7, 2003 at Rivier College in Nashua, NH For coordinating committee info see http://www.noblenet.org/neug/meetings.htm

Contact:

Elaine S. Bean Systems Librarian Rivier College Nashua, NH 03062 ebean@rivier.edu 603-897-8672

Northwest Innovative Users Group

Meets annually at various member institutions.

Contact:

Carolyn Piatz Wilson W. Clark Memorial Library University of Portland 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. PO Box 83017 Portland, OR 97283 503-943-8038 piatz@up.edu

Rocky Mountain Regional Innovative Users Group

The Rocky Mountain Regional Innovative Users Group is working to improve communication and training opportunities in Colorado and New Mexico. For further information, contact:

Contact:

John Culshaw John.Culshaw@Colorado.edu Rocky Mountain Regional Innovative Users Group c/o University Libraries Campus Box 184 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309 303-492-0487

Southwest Innovative Interfaces Inc. Users Group (SWIIIUG)

Wisconsin Innovative Users Group

Contact:

Alfred B. Kraemer Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries 414-456-4273 akraemer@post.its.mcw.edu

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Innovative Law Users Group

Meets twice a year, during the IUG meeting and in July during the AALL annual meeting.
List available at listproc@lists.cc.utexas.edu - subscribe ILUG

Contact:

Chair 2002-2003 Mary Strouse Associate Director and Head of Technical Services Catholic University of America Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library 3600 John McCormack Rd., N.E. Washington, DC 20064-8206 strouse@law.cua.edu

New England Innovative Law Users Group

Meets annually at various member institutions. The 2003 meeting will be held on Thursday, October 9, at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA

Contact:

David M. Turkalo Assistant Director (Technical Services) Moakley Law Library at Suffolk University Law School 120 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02108-4977 dturkalo@suffolk.edu

INNOPAC Music Users Group(IMLUG)

Meets once a year during the Music Library Association's national conference.
List available at listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu - subscribe IMUG-L  

Contact:

Alan Green Ohio State University green.200@osu.edu

Innovative Interfaces Public Library Users Group (Metropolitan New York Area)

Meets once a year (mid May) at various member institutions.

Contact:

Joyce Bogin Middle Country Public Library 101 Eastwood Blvd. Centereach, NY 11720 (631)585-9393 ext.229 boginj@mcpl.lib.ny.us

INN-Reach Users Group

An informal forum of customers and potential customers of Innovative's INN-Reach products. INN-Reach is used within a consortia setting providing sophisticated shared catalog functionality and patron initiated borrowing. This group shares information by email and in person at the annual Innovative User Group Meeting. The group also participates in a separate enhancement process.

To subscribe to the email list:

Send an email to listproc@ohiolink.edu
In the subject of the email, type: subscribe inn-reach Your Name

List subscriptions are monitored with the purpose of preventing vendors from subscribing. Innovative staff are subscribed by invitation only. Anyone from a library or consortium may subscribed. To learn more about our enhancements process, go here.

INNOPAC-Datatel Users Group

A forum for exchanging ideas and information among libraries with the INNOPAC integrated systems and Datatel.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/INNOPAC-Datatel

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