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showcase presentations
New for
2005 was a series of Showcase Presentations made by leading supplier
companies in a dedicated area situated alongside the Information
Lounge on the ground floor of the Renold Building. The aim
was to enable delegates to see the very latest technology in action
and to discuss their requirements with the vendors.
Each presentation
lasted 15 minutes and entry wasfree to delegates with seating on
a first-come first-served basis. The following companies made
their presentations on Friday 1 July 2005. All sessions were
received well and attendance almost reached maximum capacity on
all 5 sessions. Details of those companies who took part are
listed below.
- Civica - is a leading supplier
of library automation solutions with more than two decades of
experience. Its Spydus software provides a total information
management solution in a single product.
- Ovid Technologies - is
a leading provider of information solutions for the medical, scientific
and academic communities.
- ProQuest
- providers of high-quality information services in electronic,
microform and print-on-demand formats to academic institutions,
public and government libraries and schools
- Talis - provides software to
track the borrowing history of 8m UK students and citizens, through
libraries with 9,000 staff users and 1.8m web users, stocking
58m books, each year issuing 118m items, and acquiring £56m
worth of new books
Timetable
of Showcase Presentations
| Time |
Company |
Session Title |
Summary |
| 10.55 |
CILIP Consultancy Services |
The Business Case for Libraries |
CCS (CILIP Consultancy Services) will be giving
a presentation on developing the business case for library and
information services. Often a new role for the LIS profession
the issue of information value is coming under greater scrutiny
by business managers and public services. CCS considers
how you can quantify the value of your service. |
| 12.45 |
Ovid Technologies |
Into the Future: Products and
services on show at Umbrella |
Ovid Technologies announce a raft of new services
and products for 2005. New services include SearchSolver (our
federated search solution), unique OpenURL linking functions,
and enhancements to both the Ovid and SilverPlatter search interfaces.
Exclusive products include Social Policy and Practice, EMBiology
and IBSS . Find us on Stand 18 to talk about
these new developments. |
| 13.15 |
ProQuest
Christina
Blanco Sancha, Strategic Marketing Manager
|
The Solutions Provider |
Today's library users have big expectations
- a single query, a single familiar interface, instant full
text. They don't mind how it's catalogued or where it comes
from; they simply want it now. ProQuest is the answer. We've
joined forces with Serials Solutions and together we offer all
this in a total solution package. Together, ProQuest and Serials
Solutions create the richest possible research experience for
the end user. |
| 13.45 |
Talis
Ken
Chad,
Executive
Director
|
New Web technologies and their impact on libraries |
The
web is developing its own solutions to problems like online
searching, metadata and taxonomies that are bypassing the
well established standards and technologies of our domain.
How should we react? Do we embrace them? Ken Chad
will talk about some of the research projects and proof of
concepts that Talis has been engaged to explore these new
technologies and their application in libraries. |
| 14.15 |
Civica
Chris
Thewlis |
Spydus - improving standards and achieving
efficiencies |
More people than ever before are using libraries.
SPYDUS integrated library systems help Library Managers
improve public library service standards while addressing government
challenges to achieve efficiency gains and meet e-government
expectations. D rawing on its deep insight and long experience
of delivering SPYDUS library solutions for 25 years, Civica
explores how a flexible service-led approach to modern technology
can help libraries to provide cost effectively an increasing
range of comprehensive and efficient services. |
Details
of further companies making Showcase presentations will be published
upon request. Please continue to check the website for the
most up to date information.
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