Thursday, March 1, 2007

Gibson Library Connections presentation

The UBC Library will be hosting a presentation by Gary Gibson, of Gibson Library connections, along with his counterparts from Alexander Street Press, ebrary and Paratext. The presentation will take place on Thursday, April 19, just prior to the opening of the BCLA Conference, and is open to library staff from other COPPUL institutions.

Eileen Lawrence, Vice President Sales & Marketing for Alexander Street Press will be sharing the latest news and demonstrating many of the newly released products from this publisher of collections in the humanities and social sciences.

Gina McCue, Vice President North American Sales for ebrary will talk about recent developments from this eContent services & technology provider and supply information about plans for 2007 relating to new functionality and content.

Eric Calaluca, President of Paratext will be presenting their three databases: 19th Century Masterfile, an index to periodicals, books, patents, newspapers, and government documents for that period; Reference Universe, a resource integrating print reference sources with online databases; and Public Documents Masterfile, an electronic guide to U.S. and international public documents covering over 200 years.

Gary Gibson will wrap up with information about some of the other publishers he represents, including Xrefer and InteLex Past Masters.

To register, go to: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/booking/description.cfm?sessionid=3806

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