IUG Idea Exchange Team
The Idea Exchange Team work at IUG member libraries and have a strong familiarity with different components of the Polaris and Sierra systems.
Idea Exchange Team members play a crucial role in helping Idea Exchange participants make the best possible case for their proposed enhancements.
Moderators help idea authors clarify the value and purpose of their ideas. Moderators keep the conversation going by connecting similar ideas and soliciting comments from the community.
Expert Reviewers assess ideas that have passed a certain threshold of votes and comments for assess overall value, need, and feasibility.
Roles are not fixed: Idea Exchange Team members might be a moderator on one challenge and an expert reviewer on another.
Interested in joining the team? Recruitment occurs each April/May around the time of the annual conference, and is open to anyone from an IUG member organization.
For more information, contact us at enhancements@innovativeusers.org
Leadership Team
| Name | Organization Or Library | ILS | Role | Term Ends |
| Eleanor Crumblehulme | SILS | Polaris | Co-Coordinator | 2023 |
| Sarah Frieldsmith | University of San Diego | Sierra | Co-Coordinator | 2024 |
Polaris Team
| Name | Organization Or Library | Term Ends |
| Mieko Fujiura-Landers | CCS | 2024 |
| Kristine den Boon | Marigold Library System | 2024 |
| Beth Bechtel | Bridges Library System | 2023 |
| Clark Kent | City of Eugene | 2024 |
| Jamie King | Niles-Maine District Library | 2023 |
| Beth Lane | Regina Public Library | 2023 |
| Kathy McKinney | Farmington Community Library | 2023 |
| Daniel Messer | Library Systems & Services | 2024 |
| Celia Mulder | Cilinton-Macomb Public Library | 2024 |
| Sharon O’Brien | MVLS/SALS | 2024 |
| Sara Scodius | Northbrook Public Library | 2024 |
| Amie Scott | Brownsburg Public Library | 2024 |
| Erin Shield | North Olympic Library System | 2024 |
| Elaine Sloan | Lynx Consortium / Boise Public Library | 2024 |
| Sarah St. Martin | GMILCS | 2023 |
| Jeff Tate | Wichita Public Library | 2023 |
| Jason Tenter | SILS | 2024 |
Sierra Team
| Name | Organization Or Library | Term Ends |
| Kimberly Allen | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2022 |
| Lindsey Bray | Omaha Public Library | 2022 |
| Shawn Farrell | Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County | 2022 |
| Xuemei (Sherry) Ge | Tennessee State University | 2022 |
| Roz Goldstein | Widener University, Wolfgram Memorial Library | 2023 |
| Jeremy Goldstein | Minuteman Library Network | 2024 |
| Adam Hornsey | Deakin University Library | 2023 |
| Kristina Johnston | Gail Borden Public Library | 2023 |
| Kanta Kapoor | Milton Public Library | 2023 |
| Eileen Keller | Suffolk Cooperative Library System | 2023 |
| Sundarie Kishore | Princeton Public Library | 2023 |
| Laura Lzaraton | Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library | 2024 |
| Jennifer Nicolotti | Tulsa City-County Library | 2023 |
| Cassie Ogle | Tazewell County Public Library | 2022 |
| Paivi Rentz | Texas State University | 2022 |
| Dorothea Richards | Kent State University | 2023 |
| Pam Skittino | Deerfield Public Library | 2024 |
| Jason Thomale | University of North Texas Library | 2023 |
| Nicole Turzillo | Suffolk Cooperative Library System | 2024 |
| Lynn Uhlman | Maine InfoNet | 2023 |
| Alex Vancina | Helen Plum Library | 2024 |
| Sheryl VanderWagen | Lakeland Library Cooperative | 2023 |
| Diane Ward | Pima County Public Library | 2024 |
| Joy Wiser | Mountain View Public Library | 2023 |
| Annette Woods | Stark County District Library | 2023 |
| Elizabeth Wright | Vancouver Island Regional Library | 2023 |