BCReview newsletter

March 24, 2008

Meet BCR Partners at PLA

Going to the Public Library Association Conference in Minneapolis this week? If so, stop by and visit some of the people who provide the discounted products and services available through your BCR membership.

BCR staff work hard to negotiate discounts on a wide variety of products and services, and our vendor-partners appreciate hearing that their partnership with BCR has value, not only in cost savings, but in access to information needed and wanted by patrons and students.

    Alexander Street Press — Booth #846. Publisher of scholarly databases in the arts, humanities and social sciences, offering free trials through your BCR membership.

    AWE — Booth #401. The Early Literacy Station education resource is a self-contained workstation for k-2/school and public libraries, complete with 34 educational software packages preloaded. Also available in bilingual version.

    Booklist Online — Booth #1535. A powerful collection development tool offering more than 120,000 recommended-only reviews of adult, youth, media and reference titles, with more than 8,000 new reviews added each year.

    Brainfuse — Booth #1926. HelpNow Homework Help provides on-demand homework assistance from expert tutors in core academic subjects.

    Britannica — Booth # 1718. A full suite of databases for academic, public, K-12 and community college libraries. See demos, take home New Views of the Solar System and enter to win prizes.

    CIVICTechnologies — Booth #1808. Learn about how BusinessDecision and LibraryDecision can help your patrons and community.

    Computype — Booth #546. DVD/CD labels, patron cards, spine label systems.

    CQ Press — Booth #946. Government-related databases for academic, community college and public libraries. Learn more at product demos scheduled for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday (March 27 and 28) and get a free t-shirt.

    Facts On File — Booth #1506. Videos, essays, original maps and charts, colorful images and diagrams, today's news and more, available in core subjects such as history, science, literature, geography and health. Attend their wine and cheese party at 3 p.m. on March 27.

    Greenwood Publishing — Booth #922. Gives schools, colleges and public libraries discounted access to one of the world's leading publishers of reference titles, academic and general interest books, texts, books for librarians and other professionals and electronic resources.

    H.W. Wilson — Booth #1111. Publishes reference books and databases, specializing in indexing and abstracting for community college, K-12, public and academic libraries.

    Interface Electronics — Booth #1757. Potomac Electronic Messaging system gives libraries a unique way of communicating with their target audience.

    McGraw-Hill — booth #1440. Reference databases that span all levels of learning from pre-K to professional development including assessment and instruction tools.

    MyiLibrary — Booth #935. Aggregator of online e-book and e-content resources for academic, public, medical, professional and corporate libraries.

    ProQuest — Booth #1101. Collection organization and information publishing for higher education/academic, 2-year college/community college, corporate/special, public, k-12 and hospital/medical libraries.

    Rosen Publishing — Booth #1707. Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life and more.

BCR offers many other products and services, too numerous to list. Visit the BCR website to see what we can do to help your library generate more people, action and noise in your community.


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