Emeryville, CA—Innovative Interfaces, the leading supplier of Web-based library systems, announced the appointment of Hye Ok Park as Director of Korean Operations. She will be based in Seoul, Korea.
"I am thrilled to be representing Innovative in my native country because I believe Innovative's Millennium is the best library system currently available, backed by the most stable library automation anywhere. I look forward to working with my library colleagues in Korea through this opportunity,” said Park.
Park has many years of professional experience with libraries. Before coming to Innovative, she was Executive Director of Digital Campus at California State University, Fresno. Prior to that, her extensive library career included Library Systems Coordinator at CSU Fresno; Director of Management Information Systems at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut; Library Systems Director at the Brooklyn College Library City University of New York in Brooklyn, New York; and Associate Dean for Technical and Automation at Adelphi University Library in Garden City, New York. Park holds a history degree from Yonsei University in Seoul and a library degree from Texas A&M.
“In every respect, Hye Ok is a great addition to Innovative's management team,” said Leslie Straus, Innovative's Vice President of Worldwide Sales. “Her depth of experience will be of immeasurable help in bringing Innovative into Korean libraries.”