Our Sponsors and Exhibitors

Archambault Institutional and corporate services. Your one-stop shopping, for French-language cultural products. Visit our exclusive site, designed specifically for institutional customers.

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Baker & Taylor is a global company offering print and digital books, entertainment products and value-added services to libraries, institutions and retailers. Baker & Taylor distributes more than 37,000 book publishers, more than 6,500 music and video production companies, and has a database of more than 6.5 million title listings.

Carr McLean is a family owned, proudly Canadian company. We have provided library supplies, furniture and shelving to libraries, schools and offices for over half a century. Canadian museums and archives depend on Carr McLean for preservation and conservation products. We offer friendly, personalized service-Our well trained (and bilingual) Customer Service team is eager to help. Our 2011 Library Supplies, Kids' Stuff and Archival catalogues feature many new products, the majority of which have been recommended by you, our valued clients. See our website www.carrmclean.ca or contact us by phone 1 800 268 2123. We'd love to hear from you.

CriticalControl Solutions Inc. is the leading supplier of Microfilm Reader/Scanners and Publication Scanners across Canada. In addition, CriticalControl Solutions provides complete on or off site conversion services to assist libraries in converting their collections to digital format for improved public access. These services include paper to digital, bound materials to digital, microfilm to digital and digital to microfilm among others.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is Canada's largest union. With around 600,000 members across Canada, CUPE represents workers in health care, education, municipalities, libraries, universities, social services, public utilities, transportation, emergency services and airlines. A strong and democratic union, CUPE is committed to improving the quality of life for workers in Canada. Women and men working together to form local unions built CUPE. They did so to have a stronger voice - a collective voice - in their workplace and in society as a whole.

CVS Midwest Tape is the industry leader in providing audiovisual materials including DVDs, Music CDs, Audiobooks and Playaways to Public Libraries. Value added services include digital VIP processing, OCLC MARC records, opening day collection services, customised standing orders, ILS integration and free website designed exclusively for Public Libraries.

EBSCO is a full service information provider of print journals, e-journals/packages, print journals, e-books and over 400 bibliographic and fulltext databases. EBSCO also provides access and management tools such as electronic resource management systems and linkresolving.

CEDROM-SNi is a Canadian owned news and business information services company. The core product for government and private sector organizations is Eureka.cc, a subscription based information management and retrieval platform, which delivers and manages highly customized and constantly updated feeds of information from over 4,000 international sources (leading newspapers, journals, company profiles, etc) to the client based on its unique business information needs. CEDROM-SNi also offers a custom-designed version of Eureka.cc for organisations. Find out more about this exceptional search tool at: www.eureka.cc.

Gale, part of Cengage Learning, is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.

Gibson Library Connections is a full-service distributor and sales agency serving the Canadian library market. Representing a select number of international publishers including Alexander Street Press, Credo Reference, CLCD, & Informit, we provide Canadian libraries with a trusted local source for selection and acquisition of valuable electronic resources, as well as after-sale technical support. GLC is also the publisher of The Canadian Electronic Library delivered on the ebrary platform.

Grey House Publishing Canada is a well established reference and database publisher, with seven specialized annual publications in print and electronic forms distributed world wide. We are the leading information resource for Canada providing content solutions to the Library, Academic, Government and Corporate markets. Our titles include the Canadian Almanac & Directory, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Associations Canada, Financial Services Canada, Governments Canada, Libraries Canada and the Canadian Environmental Resource Guide.

Library Services Centre (LSC) is one of Canada's largest wholesaler providing Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Processing, Branch Building, Collection Development, Automatic Release Plans (ARPs), E-books and Leasing services, for print and non-print English material, French and multilingual material for public and school libraries. Libraries may acquire the material "as is" or processed. For more information, please contact our Marketing Department at 1-800-265-3360, ext. 632. Our web site address is www.lsc.on.ca.

Micromedia ProQuest and parent organization ProQuest are leaders in the collecting, organizing and distributing information worldwide to library patrons, researchers, faculty and students. As well as being known for strength in business, economics, general reference, humanities, STM and K-12 content, the company enjoys being a trusted source for value-added Canadian reference information.

The New Brunswick Public Library Service (NBPLS) provides access to a provincial collection of more than two million items, as well as to programs and services designed to respond to the educational, informational, cultural and recreational needs of residents of the province. The library system supports economic and social development and promotes self-reliance by providing opportunities for New Brunswickers to enhance their knowledge and their creative capabilities. NBPLS is comprised of 63 libraries and three bookmobiles, divided into five regions.

Visit OCLC at APLA to see solutions like OCLC's new Web-scale Management Services for cloud-computing efficiencies, and WorldCat Local for discovery and delivery of your print, electronic and digital collections. Also, see CONTENTdm for digital collections, the new WorldCat knowledge base, and OCLC cataloging and resource sharing services.

Preservation Technologies developed the Bookkeeper deacidification process and sprays. We work with National Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Academic and Research Libraries throughout the world providing services to extend the life of paper based collections. The MediaPreserve, our audio/visual laboratory, provides high quality digital reformatting and metadata for all legacy formats of audio media, video media, and film.

Come discover one of the oldest cities in North America. A city unlike any other. Cradled in a harbour carved from 500 million year old rock. Surrounded by hills running down to the ocean. Quaint side streets of a thousand colours. Friendly faces wait to greet you. Where old and new, city and nature, live as neighbours. Come take a journey to the City of Legends.

SirsiDynix connects people with knowledge at more than 20,000 libraries around the world. Through library management technology and search and discovery tools, libraries using SirsiDynix technology bring relevant resources and the power of knowledge to their users and communities. SirsiDynix technology is architected to be open, scalable and robust, offering a complete solution out-of-the-box, and unparalleled flexibility through APIs and web services. Complemented by the most experienced training, consulting and support staff in the industry, SirsiDynix helps libraries create tomorrow's libraries, today.

Swets is the world's leading Information Services company. Our extensive portfolio simplifies the acquisition, access and management of print and e-resources including over 1,000,000 eBooks. Save time and money by customizing our integrated platform with the solutions that best suit your needs and budget. Our core solution, SwetsWise Subscriptions, supports your entire subscriptions cycle. Increase the value of your collection with your choice of additional modular solutions, including SwetsWise Selection Support, which substantiates your development decisions through usage statistics. Visit www.swets.com to view our full portfolio and learn how Swets can take your library to new heights today.

Ven-Rez Products Ltd. is an Atlantic Canadian based manufacturer of steel & wood library shelving that has been in business for over 60 years. Other products we manufacture include library furniture such as book trucks, reading tables, computer tables, chairs, merchandising shelves, circ desks, children's furniture, etc. Known in the industry for providing long lasting, durable furniture; we also offer consultative, layout/design and installation services. Ven-Rez is a member of the Shaw Group of Companies, which has been selected one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for seven (7) years running.

Whitehots offers diverse services to meet the needs of public libraries across Canada. From our classic Hotlists to the most recent innovations in our comprehensive on-line ordering systems, Whitehots makes your collection-building process efficient and cost-effective.

YBP is a supplier of electronic and print monographs, collection management and technical service solutions to research libraries and consortia. YBP offers rapid fulfillment, extensive title inventory, and GOBI, the premier bibliographic information database for managing print and electronic acquisitions.

The University Library is a multi-branch facility that offers services to both the University Community and the general public.

The branches: Queen Elizabeth II in St. John's; Health Sciences Library; Ferris Hodgett Library at the Grenfell Campus; Dr. C.R. Barrett Library at the Marine Institute; Curriculum Materials Centre; Music Resource Centre; and the Harlow Campus Library; together with the specialized collections and services have a combined collection equivalent to 2.5 million volumes and more than 26,000 current journal subscriptions.

Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries (NLPL) has been an integral part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador since it's inception in 1935.

Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries work to ensure that library materials, free access to the Internet and programs are available to meet the needs of the Province's people.

This is provided through a network of 96 public libraries in communities large and small throughout the Province. These libraries are organized into four divisions - Western Newfoundland & Labrador Division, Central Division, Eastern Division and Provincial Resource Division (St John's Public Libraries). Provincial Administration's headquarters are located in Stephenville, NL.

The library network in Fisheries and Oceans Canada consists of 11 libraries located in the departmental offices and research establishments across Canada. Together, our libraries contain one of the world's most comprehensive collections of information on fisheries, aquatic sciences and nautical sciences.