Conference Exhibitors

  • ABC-CLIO/Gale Group
  • Baker & Taylor
    A leading full-line distributor of books, videos & music products to libraries, the Internet & traditional retailers. Representing 66,000+ book publishers & 7,500 video & music suppliers, B&T provides its customers with many value-added products & services.
  • Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR)
    BCR, a nonprofit library network, provides training, including distance learning; OCLC products & services; resource sharing; electronic database publishing; custom cataloging; reference database, e-book & software discounts; & free technical support.
  • Book Wholesalers, Inc
    Book Wholesalers, Inc. is a full service vendor specializing in children's & young adult materials. BWI is dedicated exclusively to meet the needs of public libraries nationwide.
  • Books on Tape, Inc and Listening Library
    Unabridged audio books in CD & cassette format including both children's & adult titles.
  • Bound To Stay Bound
    Prebound juvenile library books with full processing & automation support available.
  • Bowker
    Bowker's electronic resources include booksinprint.com, globalbooksinprint.com, ulrichsweb.com & the NEW Ulrich's Serials Analysis System. With this system, library professionals can evaluate, understand & create reports on serial holdings.
  • Brodart Company
    Products & services include books, book products & services, cataloging & processing, audio books, & book leasing & purchase plans.
  • Buckstaff Company
    Buckstaff has been handcrafting quality wood furniture for over 150 years. From the planning stage to final installation, Buckstaff will work with you to provide a showcase library.
  • Capstone Press
    Easy to read non-fiction for beginning readers. Also high interest topics for young readers to age 14. An exciting range of titles to encourage the most relunctant reader.
  • Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Checkpoint's Intelligent Library System (ILS) protects your collections from theft, automates book check-out & check-in, & frees your staff for other functions. Check it out!
  • Child's World
    Juvenile non-fiction, fiction & phonics. Check out our New Sound Box, Wonder Books, Our Presidents, Journey to Freedom, and NASCAR books.
  • Christian Science Committee on Publication
    Stop by and pick up a complementary copy of "Science Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
  • E*vanced Solutions, Inc
    Web based productivity solutions for libraries including: Event management with online sign-up, Meeting room reservations, Summer Reading Program management, automatic email, & much more. We help automate those every day management tasks.
  • EBSCO Information Services
    Paper & electronic journal subscriptions & electronic journal databases.
  • Follett Media Distribution
    Providing libraries with one-stop services for all audiovisual formats, including: timely supply of products from thousands of media producers & labels, web-based ordering & collection development, customized cataloging & processing & free shipping.
  • Gaylord Information Systems
    Polaris integrated library system enhances service with a portal PAC & productivity with linked subsystems. Polaris is built on the latest in EDI standards, XML, thin client & wireless technologies.
  • Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
    GACPC has been in business for 35 years. We publish about 150 new books every year focusing on NW regional titles, cookbooks, children's books, travel, history, biography, & photo essays.
  • Highline College Library Technician Program
    35 years of providing library training for certificates, degrees, endorsements & continuing education. Workshops, campus classes & distance courses worldwide at resident rates.
  • Highsmith Contract Sales Group, A Division of Highsmith, Inc
    A complete offering of library furniture, supplies, & equipment including planning & design assistance.
  • Hoopoe Books/ISHK
    Hoopoe/ISHK offers ancient "teaching-stories" from Afghanistan & Central Asia. Teachers & parents use them to develop language & thinking abilities in the young & to promote cultural awareness of the region.
  • Information School of the University of Washington
    The Information School offers a variety of educational opportunities including: Master of Library and Information Science (day, evening & distance degrees), an Informatics bachelors degree, a Master's in Information Management, & a Ph.D. in Information Science.
  • Ingram Library Services Inc.
    A full-service distributor that combines 750,000+ titles with collection developments programs, cataloging, & processing, audiovisual product, & periodicals for youth & adults.
  • Kilimanjaro Imports
    Baskets, artifacts, jewelry & musical instruments.
  • Learning Access Institute
    Demonstrations of innovative low-cost technology implementations, training, digitization, Inter Library Loan & automation tools.
  • Lerner Publishing Group
    Lerner Publishing has a 50 year tradition of publishing high quality non-fiction books & picture books for grades K-12. 218 new titles are offered this year including some featuring the Pacific Northwest.
  • Library Systems, Inc.
    MJ Industries Library Bookstacks & library furniture.
  • Marshall Cavendish
    Marshall Cavendish produces high quality reference materials, non-fiction, fiction & online databases.
  • National Network of Libraries of Medicine
    MEDLINEplus: free access to high-quality health information for all, on the web at http://medineplus.gov . Health librarians want to partner to help patrons locate answers to health & wellness questions. Stop by our booth for a chat & demo of NLM resources.
  • Midwest Tape
    Video, DVD, used video, processing, standing orders, MARC records, DVD security, catalogs, website, DVD repair, and collection development tools.
  • Multilingual Books
    Audio language learning courses available on CD & cassettes. The world's best Spanish course - Platiquemos! Children's books in Korean, Spanish, Japanese & English. Call 1-800-218-2737
  • Nancy Stewart/Friends Street Music
    Children's Programming &endash; concerts & recordings for children & families; music workshops for librarians.
  • OCLC
    Visit our booth & discover the power of library cooperation at work for you. As a nonprofit, membership, computer library service & research organization, OCLC helps libraries locate, acquire, catalog, access & lend library materials.
  • ProQuest Company
    A premier provider of information databases available on CD-ROM, in microform, online, & in print to libraries, businesses, educational institutions, & individuals around the world. For more information call 800-521-066 or stop by our booth.
  • Quality Books Inc.
    Quality Books Inc offers "The Best of America's Independent Presses" along with special interest videos, audios, dvds, cdroms & more!
  • Recorded Books, LLC
    Professionally narrated, unabridged audiobooks for all ages.
  • Rosen Publishing Group/Powers Kid Press
    Books for K-12 & adult including primary sources, Spanish, bilingual & high interest low vocabulary. Rosen Publishing offers over 380 new titles this year.
  • Scholastic and Grolier, Children's Press and Franklin Watts
    Publishing quality reference materials, online databases & individual fiction & non-fiction books for schools & public libraries.
  • Serials Solutions
    Serials Solutions delivers complete e-journal management solutions, including A-Z lists, full MARC records, management tools, & comprehensive linking capabilities for journals available through your aggregated databases & other resources.
  • Siris Corporation
    Providing real solutions, Siris serves libraries through powerful technologies. Realize your vision using our expertise. Invest in your library. Define how knowledge will be shared & presented on demand. How will you shape the future?
  • Technical Furniture Systems, Inc.
    We are the representative for Worden wood-furniture & Estey steel shelving.
  • The Library Corporation &endash; TLC
    Library Solution is a turnkey, fully integrated library automation system designed for libraries of all sizes. It is rich in features, high in efficiency & low in maintenance.
  • 3M Library Systems
    Our products & services help you streamline the flow of your library materials, making everything faster & more efficient by eliminating steps, reducing handling & improving security.
  • Tutor.com
    Live Homework Help is an innovative after-school program that connects young patrons (grade 4-12) to expert tutors for live help in math English, science & social studies.
  • Washington Coalition Against Censorship
    Several T-shirts with original anti-censorship designs, brochures, neat buttons, bookbags & other educational materials.
  • Washington State Library
    Come learn about services provided by the Washington State Library &endash; including State Wide Database Licensing, Virtual Reference, children's initiatives, technology consulting, & training. Check out our filtering demo.
  • World Book
    Quality reference material both in print & the award winning World Book Online. High-low supplemental & accelerated reader non-fiction titles.
  • YBP Library Services
    The premier supplier of scholarly materials & collection management services to academic & research libraries worldwide.


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