October 25, 2000. Innovative Interfaces, a leading supplier of Web-based library automation systems, announced that the Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy, located in Stockholm, has chosen Millennium as its new library automation system. Millennium will replace the library's existing LIBERTAS system, and the implementation will be completed during Spring 2001.

The Nobel Library was founded in 1901 in order to assist the Swedish Academy in its task of selecting the Nobel laureate in literature. It is a modern research library with more than 200,000 volumes, making it the largest library of its type in Scandinavia. The emphasis is on contemporary literature, mainly in original languages, but also in translations to English, French, German, and Swedish. There is also a great collection of literary criticism and linguistics.

Åke Erlandsson, Library Director, said, "Millennium was chosen because of its quality and rich functionality. The library wanted a fully-integrated and fully-functional system, which at the same time offered flexibility and stability. Millennium responds well to our requirements."

Erlandsson added, "Millennium is a modern library system that will be able to handle not only our Swedish characters, but also the more than 30 languages that are covered in the Nobel Library. The task for the library is to cover the literature of the world--a mission for which Millennium will be an important instrument. It certainly is a challenge both for the Nobel Library and for Millennium."

Charlotte Lindström, Innovative's Library Consultant in Scandinavia, said, "Innovative's European Division supplied the Nobel Library's existing LIBERTAS system and has supported it since early 1994, so we are very pleased to be able to continue our long-standing relationship with this prestigious library. We also look forward to following the library's future development and cooperation with the Nobel e-Museum, where links will be created from the Nobel Library catalog."