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WLA Conference 2005
April 20 - 23
Red Lion Hotel at the Park
Spokane, WA

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Exhibitors at the 2005 WLA Conference


Visit and enjoy as many exhibits as you can (at least 32!) and enter to win great prizes graciously donated by various vendors.

This year's Grand Prize, provided by Alaska Airlines, is two (2) round trip tickets anywhere they fly on the West Coast and Alaska!

3M Library Systems
Please come by the booth to see 3Ms new self-check platform featuring the unique V-series Self-Check, RFID, & Security Equipment. Enter for a chance to win a discount on 3M products. Live demos of the 3M products will be available at the booth.

ABC-CLIO
Reference materials, databases and eBooks

Baker & Taylor
Based in Charlotte, N.C., Baker & Taylor is a global information and entertainment services company that offers books, videos, music and related services to libraries, educational institutions and retailers.

Bibliographic Center for Research (BCR)

Blackstone Audiobooks
Featuring 2600+ unabridged titles in 28 catagories. Cassettes, CDs & MP3-CDs, you choose the titles! Eye-catching, durable packaging – Ultra flexible library Discount Plans, 20-40% off. Free replacements and shipping. Free title of your choice! 100% guaranteed.

Books In Motion Audiobooks
Books In Motion publishes unabridged audiobooks including mystery, romance, Christian, fantasy/science fiction, classics & non-fiction in cassette, CD & MP3 formats. We have the largest collection of Americana/western audiobooks in the nation.

Bound To Stay Bound Books
BTSB provides pre-bound juvenile library books with full processing and automation support available.

Bowker
NEW from Bowker in 2005: Ulrich’s Resource Linker, an affordable link resolver. Also, the Bowker Book Analysis System – enables librarians to improve their collections by subject, clean the data in their catalog and generate reports on their holdings.

BWI
A full service vendor offering Collection Development, Cataloging and Processing services for Audiovisual, Children, Young Adult and eBooks. BWI is dedicated to delivering Five Star Service to meet the individual needs of public libraries nationwide.

Capstone Press / Picture Window Books / Compass Point
High interest non-fiction books for beginners to fluent young adult readers.

Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
Checkpoint’s Intelligent Library System (ILS) protects your collection from theft and automates book check-out and check-in to free your staff for other functions.

The Child’s World
Juvenile and easy non-fiction and phonics.

Davidson Titles, Inc.
Davidson Titles offers videos and books in a variety of bindings to libraries. Davidson offers complete cataloging, processing & collection development.

Dynix
The global leader in new-name sales of library management systems, Dynix has the largest installed customer base of any library technology vendor. A committed advocate of the library community for more than 20 years, Dynix serves libraries in more than 40 countries.

Eastern Washington University Press
EWU Press publishes award winning children's books, fine fiction and poetry from across the nation, as well as books on the history, culture and public policy of this broad region.

EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO provides integrated information management through print and electronic subscription services, reference database development and production & online multi-database access.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica Online features FOUR encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica Student, Elementary and Concise Encyclopedia. New products include Britannica Discovery Library, Compton's 2005 Encyclopedia, Britannica 2005 and original Source Online.

Friends of Washington State Library
Advocating for and promoting the services & resources of the Washington State Library.

GIS Information Systems
It's easy to turn your library into a wireless hotspot with Polaris Wireless Access Manager! Talk to us about your wireless plans and learn why the Polaris integrated library system is #1 in customer support.

Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
Includes books for children, cookbooks, travel books and books on regional topics.

Grolier/Children’s Press/ Franklin Watts
Reference books & online databases, children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction.

Infineon Technologies/Bibliotheca
Infineon Technologies/Bibliotheca provides a complete RFID Library System (Bibliochip ™). It is modular, providing self-check, automatic book-return, patented CD/DVD security, inventory-wand and very fast label conversion.

Information School of the University of Washington
The Information School offers a Master of Library and Information Science (on-campus and distance), a Bachelor in Informatics, a PhD in Information Science and a Master of Science in Information Management (day and Executive).

Ingram Library Services Inc.
A full-service distributer combining a titlebase of over 750,000 titles and 44 million volumes with speedy delivery, collection development services, cataloging and processing. Also includes music, video, periodicals and Spanish language books for youth and adults.

Innovative Interfaces Inc.
Innovative Interfaces Inc. is the world's leading provider of Web powered, Java-based library management systems. Innovative's systems are installed in thousands of libraries in 42 countries worldwide.

Kilimanjaro Imports
Come see our wide selection of musical instruments, baskets, jewelry and banana pictures.

League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund
The State We're In: Washington Your Guide to State, Tribal and Local Government is a bold new book that describes how our government works. It's the first civics book to include details of tribal governance and its interaction with other types of government. Fully illustrated, with a compelling text, it is useful for students of all ages.

Lerner Publishing Group
Lerner Publishing Group is an independent publisher of top quality K-12 books since 1959. Millbrook Press and Twenty-First Century Books have recently been added to the company offerings.

Library Technician Program-Highline College
Offering training for library workers through both on-campus and online courses. Courses may be used as continuing education or toward a certificate or degree. Current employees may qualify for a discount as apprentices.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Find answers to health and medical questions using the National Library of Medicine’s FREE web-based resources: Medline Plus, PubMed and more! Partner with local medical librarians to provide health information in your community.

OCLC Western Service Center
Visit the OCLC Western Service Center booth to see the latest services: eResources through Cooperative Purchasing Power, QuestionPoint – now with 24/7 Reference, NetLibrary and WorldCat eContent, and Contentdm for Digital Collection Management.

Pelican Publishing Company
Located in Gretna, LA Pelican Publishing Company produces travel guides, art and architecture books; Christmas stories; local and international cookbooks; motivational and inspirational works; and children’s books. Visit our Web site for more information.

ProQuest
ProQuest is a leading provider of value-added information and content to libraries, educational institutions and businesses, offering access to products from eLibrary, Pro’quest, SIRS, UMI and Chadwyck-Headley. For more information stop by our booth or call 800-521-0600.

Quality Books Inc.
Quality Books Inc offers the best of America’s small presses along with special interest videos, audios, DVDs, CD Roms and more!

Rainbow Book Company
Rainbow Book Company is a full service distributor offering "one stop shopping" for non-fiction books. Featuring the newest copyright titles and Accelerated Reader titles, our inventory includes the most current English, Spanish and bilingual titles. Our customer service is the finest in the industry.

Random House Large Print/Books on Tape/Listening Library
Oxford University Press
Random House has your favorite authors in large print format as well as the most popular adult and children’s audio books in print. Oxford is a world famous publisher providing the very best in reference material.

Recorded Books
Recorded Books produces and markets unabridged audiobooks direct to public and university libraries. The company also publishes Large Print books and distributes DVD films, music, and disc repair equipment.

Road Tunes Media
Award-winning Alaskan author Sharon Bushell promotes her new book, “The Trouble with Bernie,” a middle reader fiction about 10 year-old Bernie Jones who lives in the 1950s. Also learn about Bushell’s lively and educational elementary school assembly.

Rosen/Powerkids
Rosen and Powerkids Press publishes a broad selection of non-fiction titles for children and young adults.

Serials Solutions
Founded by a librarian for librarians, Serials Solutions help librarians and patrons find and use electronic content through the E-Journal Access and Management Suite (E-Journal A.M.S.), Full MARC Records service for e-serials, Article Linker(tm) - Serials Solutions' comprehensive OpenURL link resolver and Central Search - a federated search solution.

Sisters in Stitches
We provide great felt board sets, puppets, children's book, puzzles and sign language materials.

Swets Information Services

Technical Furniture Systems, Inc.
Technical Furniture Systems represents ESTEY steel shelving, WORDEN Furniture Systems, Midlands Wood Furnishings and Kingsley bookdrops.

Territory Titles
Representing 80 smaller publishers with regional non-fiction, multicultural, children’s, bilingual, Native American, Hispanic and Spanish language books.

The Library Corporation – TLC
TLC has been the leader in new name integrated automation system sales in the U.S. for the past 5 years! Thousands of libraries choose TLC.

Thomas Gale
Thomas Gale, a business unit of The Thomson Corporation, is a world leader in e-information publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.

Unique Books Inc.

Washington Coalition Against Censorship
WCAC supports the diversity and freedom of a pluralistic society, advocates the freedom to learn and to express ideas not always supported by the majority.

Washington Coalition for Open Government
The Washington Coalition for Open Government is a broad-based non-partisan organization intent on preserving and protecting Washington’s Open Government Laws – Open Records and Open Meetings.

Washington State Library
WSL holds unique historical & government collections for Washingtonians. We provide training, statewide programs and grants for all types of libraries in the state. Current initiatives include marketing, connecting and preservation.

Washington Talking Book and Braille Library
WTBBL provides books in large print, in Braille and on cassette for people within Washington State who are unable to read standard print because of a visual, physical or learning disability.


Exhibitors still have time to sign up.  Download a pdf of the exhibitor letter, fact sheet and registration form.  If you have question about exhibits please contact Lynn Red, Exhibits Chair.

You can register online here.

These pages will be updated as more information is available.  Please check back often or contact the conference committee with any specific questions.


 

Updated April 13, 2005