Emeryville, CA—Innovative announced today that the Dokuz Eylül University, Hacettepe University, and Middle East Technical University (METU) have each selected Millennium as its integrated library technology platform.

Dokuz Eylül University draws together almost twenty academic institutes and offers a broad array of degree and vocational programs in multiple areas including law, architecture, business, medicine, and fine arts. The Library and Documentation Center at the University holds over 250,000 volumes and will replace an internally developed system with Millennium.

Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey was founded by the Turkish Government in 1967 and has about 30,000 students. Beytepe Library holds over 160,000 volumes and will replace a Bilkent University System (BLISS) with Millennium.

METU is the largest University in Turkey, hosting over 20,000 students. The METU library holds over 350,000 print volumes, 13,000 periodical subscriptions, as well as 53 research databases. Millennium will replace a library system provided by VTLS.

"We are so pleased that these fine institutions have selected Millennium," says Maryvonne Enjolras, Vice President of Sales for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. "We are proud to extend our partnership with university libraries in this region." With these new libraries, Innovative's presence in Turkey grows to nine sites.

About Dokuz

The Mission of the Dokuz Eylül University is to provide research-oriented, creative, and student-based education that teaches students how to find information and value teamwork. The University strives to create a powerful society composed of individuals who protect the Turkish Republic, support a secularist and social state devoted to rule of law, and are conscious of rational and scientific outlooks.

About Hacettepe University

Hacettepe University has always endeavored to train enlightened, research-minded, scientifically oriented people of integrity and good character. The University was chartered by the Turkish Parliament on July 8, 1967. Today, it has grown to nine degree-granting schools (including economics, medicine, and engineering), fifteen vocational schools, twenty institutes, and 24 research centers.

About The Middle East Technical University

The Middle East Technical University (METU) was founded in 1957 to contribute to the development of Turkey and Middle Eastern countries and to prepare citizens for careers in the fields of natural and social sciences. By introducing new methods and innovations to the Turkish higher-education system, METU has proven itself as a pioneer of modern education worldwide. METU received its initial support from the United Nations, UNESCO, CENTO, and the governments of the United States and Great Britain.

About Innovative Interfaces

For over 25 years, Innovative Interfaces has dedicated its energies to meeting the needs of libraries and the challenges of library automation. Core to this mission are trusted products including the Millennium integrated library technology platform, INN-Reach next-generation resource sharing, the Symposia digital repository, and Electronic Resource Management. Today, thousands of libraries of all types in over 40 countries rely on Innovative's products, services, and support. The company is located in Emeryville, California with offices around the world.