Trade Fair Participants
Angus & Robertson | Access-It Softward Ltd | Amlib - InfoVision Technology | ASLA Inc. | AV Media Systems | Blake Education | Catholic Education - Rockhampton | ClickView | Colour Presentations | Concord | Coretech AV | EBSCO Publishing | Grolier Online | Kookaburra Educational Resources | LibCode Library Systems | Louis Braille Audio | Marcom Projects | Newsbank | Pascal Press | Queensland Library Supplies | Queensland Teachers Union Health | Raeco International Pty Ltd | Scholastic Australia | SDS Online | SLAQ Inc. | Softlink International Ltd | 3M | UQL Cyberschool |
120 years after its founding, Angus & Robertson is proudly Australian owned and Australia's largest bookseller. There are company owned and franchised bookstores situated in every state and mainland territory of Australia; with more than 170 bookstores Angus & Robertson is more than twice the size of its nearest competitor. The Angus & Robertson name has a proud and long heritage in bookselling and Australian literature, and is one of the most recognised retail brands in the country. Angus & Robertson is committed to continuing its long heritage of excellence in Australian bookselling, and is now proud to introduce it's new Corporate & Academic Accounts Service.
Access-It Software Ltd has been developing library management software for over 12 years. It has a large client base including sites in 9 different countries.
The success of Access-It Library is based on a combination of very well written software that provides the functionality required by schools; a dedication to excellence; and a customer focus that leads to our clients becoming our greatest advocates.
Access-It Library is available on Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms.
In addition, Access-It Library is also available for OPAC use via a standard web browser. This makes use of the underlying web server functionality built into the heart of Access-It Library.
As a library and information resource management tool, Access-It Library is also able to cater for all the many and varied resources within a school, including a full range of media, teacher resource kits, digital cameras, and even electronic files.
Amlib is a comprehensive web based library management system installed in libraries throughout the world and developed in Australia by InfoVision Technology. Amlib's flexible design enables Amlib to be installed in a variety of school libraries, as well as public, joint use and corporate libraries.
Customisation is a key feature of Amlib with the ability to select required features from easy to use parameter menus, as well as providing the ability to extensively customise each screen with your own text, colours, logos, and help messages.
With a wide range of modules including Catalogue, Circulation, OPAC, Z39.50, ILL, Self Service, Orders, Serials and Bookings, Amlib provides libraries with a robust and proven LMS solution employing an easy to use & intuitive interface.
Other key features include integrated Z39.50 searching, hourly/daily/term/semester/annual loan periods, import/update student data, global date due change, mass renewal by class, bulk loans, print notices by class, link items (book boxes), multiple web opac interfaces (e.g. Junior & Senior school), integration with electronic resources, automatic notice generation and Student self service.
Excellence in customer support is a core focus of InfoVision Technology, and the superior installation, training, consulting and data migration services provided by InfoVision ensures that Amlib will be implemented in a prompt and professional manner.
The Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) is a national authority, a peak forum in the field of teacher librarianship and school library resource services. Its aim is to maximise opportunities for students to obtain independent lifelong learning and decision making skills through ASLA's commitment to:
High professional standards
Awareness of advantages and changes in technology and the competence and ability to teach and use it
Effective, cooperative use of school resource services by the whole school community
Qualified teacher-librarians with an image of excellence
Optimum use of the dual skills of teaching and librarianship
AV Media Systems makes sophisticated audio visual technology easy to use. We are a dedicated team of professionals whose customer focus, expertise and purchasing power result insubstantial value for our customers.
We build confidence and trust because our business is strong, our solutions practical. With our expert guidance and patience, we will offer you the best audio visual solution at the best value to meet your needs.
We are the Sole Importer of Plus DLP Projectors and also the AV Media Board which is a Interactive Touch Whiteboard into Australia.
Blake Education (a sister company of Pascal Press) publishes quality literacy materials, as well as outstanding teacher resources for both Primary and Secondary schools covering most faculties.The high quality our our resources, our quick response to the professional needs of teachers Australia-wide and our outstanding customer service continues to make the Blake name synonymous with "excellence in educational publishing".
For further information contact our National Major Accounts Manager - Marion Smith (Mobile: 0419233508).
Our primary purpose in our search for Meaning for Life is to serve lifelong learners in the Diocese of Rockhampton and we hope that by our efforts we are Making a Difference in our schools, parishes and the wider community.
ClickView is Australia's leading digital video delivery platform with over 500 licensed schools using the system. Whether from a Windows PC, Mac or TV, ClickView allows any number of students to view digital video, at any time, at their own pace, using a schools existing computer and network infrastructure.
The ClickView system can be powerfully customized by any school through its capability to capture free to air TV programs, internet podcasts and images for inclusion in the digital video library. With the capability to create hyperlinks to all videos and video sub chapters, the system can also work powerfully in conjunction with a school's existing learning management systems or intranet solutions.
The ClickView system is available for schools to trial (free and fully functioning) for up to 60 days.
We have the World’s first book covering machine, and are offering delegates the opportunity to have this machine on a free loan basis. The Colibri saves your precious resources - no more cutting, measuring and sticking – this machine does it all in 30 seconds!! Secure one for your organisation now!
Are you interested in getting you presentations into the 21st century? We have Sanyo, NEC and Sony Data Projectors for any situation. For information on Sales and Hire please come and see us or call our office.
As schools are immersed into the information age, and the world of teaching and learning becomes increasingly more digital, Concord has emerged as the leader in providing reliable, adaptable and flexible information management software solutions to support schools and online education programs.
AIMS is recognised as the leading product for managing traditional school library collections of paper-based resources in modern Australian schools. Masterfile, either as a module of AIMS or as in independent system, is emerging as the most comprehensive system for managing digital objects and online education programs available for schools today.
Coretech are suppliers and integrators of a broad range of information technology and audio visual solutions. CoretechAV is a division of Coretech dedicated to the provision of quality Audio Visual equipment and services. Our team has over 15 years experience in the Audio Visual industry and we continually strive to extend the expectations of our most important critics, our customers.
EBSCO Publishing
Unmatched content, usability and service make EBSCOhost® databases the most-used online information resources for millions of researchers in thousands of institutions worldwide.
EBSCO welcomes you to explore our wide range of available services at www.epnet.com.
Grolier Online offers the features students and educators need to make research fast and productive”.
Just one look is all it takes to see age appropriate home pages making students research time easier and less complicated. A one-stop-shop for encyclopaedic articles with over 700 magazines and thousands of educational web sites all linked directly to a students learning and interest ability.
Build your Grolier Online subscription from five different databases
Grolier Online: the single reference collection simple enough for beginning researchers and comprehensive enough for advanced researchers.
Kookaburra Educational Resources is a 100% Australian owned and operated company. We are a specialist educational supplier. Our product range includes:
- Audio Visual
- Presentation Equipment
- Office machines
- Stationery
- Textbooks
- Library resources
- Interactive White boards, wireless tablets and personal response systems.
LibCode Library Systems has been serving education since 1989. It began with the motto of "Putting Education before Automation". That has remained our aim, though our software system is as comprehensive as any, and more robust than most. We provide an exciting web-based "OPAC" to stimulate teachers and learners. This web-based catalogue can provide access to data from LibCode and several other library systems.
In line with our motto, We have devoted thousands of hours cross-referencing and classifying standard subject headings as a resource for students, teachers and library personnel. This resource can enhance any school or college library system.
LBA - Australian Unabridged Audio -- Giving Voice to great Australian Writing Specialists in Australian unabridged audio books. Our range features books by leading Australian writers for children and young adults, books which you will want to introduce to your readers and students.
We also have a range of reading kits -- which combine the unabridged audio reading with a print copy. These kits are designed to be used in support and literacy programmes.
The books are narrated by professional actors and come in sturdy attractive packaging designed for multiple use.
Marcom Digital™ is a revolutionary digital web-based education tool providing Australian and New Zealand teachers and their students with access to 4500 education videos, a library of 45,000 topic specific video clips, 25,000 royalty-free images and a range of additional interactive education tools. The Australian-customised Marcom Digital™ , incorporating the award winning unitedstreaming™ video-on-demand application is currently in use in more than 43,000 schools in North America and allows students and teachers to download multimedia and interactive materials for every subject from Preschool to Year 12.
Independent scientific evaluations in the United States showed that unitedstreaming™ increased student achievement by an average of 12.6 %, making Marcom Digital™ must-have teaching and learning tool.
Marcom Digital™ builds on Marcom Projects' successful educational resource catalogue supplying quality videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs and other multmedia education tools to schools, colleges, universities, libraries, businesses, community organisations and government departments during the past 20 years.
Marcom Digital™ paves the way for the future of student-centred learning, bringing every subject alive in an education environment.
Australia's Newspapers -- A unique, web-based resource providing full-text newspaper coverage from Australian states and territories. Designed specifically for newspaper research in libraries, Australia's Newspapers contains content from over 120 newspapers from all over Australia. Customers can nominate a particular set of titles for their subscription. Coverage is current back to 1998 to provide current and historical perspectives. A full bibliographic citation accompanies the full text of each article, and an intuitive interface allows users to search an individual newspaper, multiple titles or sections of newspapers. Members of the school community can access this resource throughout the whole school and also from home. Image e-Edition Newspapers -- A web-based collection of digital replicas of popular newspapers from around the globe. Each e-Edition looks exactly like its print counterpart showing every news article including all photographs, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, stock quotes, puzzles, cartoons and other content. Image e-Edition Newspapers are delivered daily online including both English and non-English newspapers. Use Image e-Edition newspapers to eliminate the problems of distribution, limited copies, storage, archiving and damaged copies.
Visit Newsbank and select School Libraries, Australian Schools.
Pascal Press, the largest Independent Australian Educational Publisher produces quality Primary and Secondary textbooks for all Australian markets, as well as Study Guides for most levels of schooling. Our Early Skills, Basic Skills and Essential Skills ranges under the Excel brand help many students succeed at any level of their primary and secondary education. For further information contact our National Major Accounts Manager - Marion Smith (Mobile: 0419233508).
QLS Group - We are an Australian, privately owned and operated 30 year old library supplies company based in Brisbane, with offices or agents in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin and Perth. Specialising in the niche market of libraries only, we are able to design, manufacture, deliver and even install all the components that libraries may ever need.
We are happy to deal with all libraries in the Commercial, Public, Government and Educational and Private sectors.
We operate our own cabinet making and steel fabrication shops, which allows us the unique opportunity to provide not only standard options but customised furnishings and fittings to each and every unique library, because we all know ...
"NO TWO LIBRARIES THE SAME"
Teachers' Union Health (TUH) is the number one health fund for union members in Queensland. It was proudly established in 1972 by the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) as a fund exclusively focused on providing quality health insurance for members of the QTU and QIEU. In 2000, TUH opened its eligibility to include union members of the ASU Services, ASU Clerical and Administration, QPSU and CPSU through their affiliation with another union-based organisation, Union Shopper. Grounded strongly in a union philosophy the fund is committee to the provision of high benefits for ancillary and hospital cover at an affordable price and with a high level of customer service. With almost 20,000 members today, the fund has become a strong organisation that aims to be the fund of choice for union members long into the future.
your link to the library of tomorrow
Raeco® is dedicated to creating quality information and learning centers of the future. Raeco® understands your vision for a better library, providing complete solutions for your library needs. Raeco® links the right products with a complete design and supply service for your library to create the look and feel you envisage.
Scholastic Australia has been bringing the best of children's publishing to Australian children for over 35 years.
It is fully committed to developing in children a lifelong love of reading by making available to students and schools not only books published by Scholastic but also books published by many other Australian and international publishers.
Its Educational resources include Grolier Online Encyclopaedias and The Lexile Framework both which will be the subject of workshops and exhibited at the SLAQ Conference.
SDS is the commercialised business unit of the Department of Public Works. We are the leading supplier of office products and furniture to Queensland Government. We offer an extensive selection of 15,000 products which are available for viewing through our website.
School Library Association of Queensland (SLAQ) ... supporting members in fostering lifelong learning
SLAQ is an acronym for the School Library Association of Queensland. It was founded in 1969 to provide opportunities for its members to work cooperatively within their educational setting through commitment to the development of students as lifelong learners.
SLAQ is committed to:
- Advocacy. Advocate the critical role of teacher-librarians in schools in Queensland.
- Communication. Provide information to members.
- Professional development. Facilitate professional development for teacher-librarians in Queensland.
- Partnerships. Foster and strengthen relationships with other professional associations and relevant community groups.
Softlink is one of the world's most well respected integrated library and information management companies. Since the company's inception in Australia in 1983, over 10,000 libraries in more than 100 countries have installed one of Softlink's suite of library management products.
Softlink’s focus is the development of technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of school library operations. Our leading school library and information management solutions, Softlink Oliver and Softlink Alice are designed by Librarians to meet the demands of today and into the future. Visit our stand for a demonstration on how we can help you revolutionise your library!
3M is a diversified technology company with over thirty-five years experience in the library industry. 3M provides security and library materials handling solutions.
The University of Queensland Library's award winning UQL Cyberschool is unique in Australia as a free educational community outreach program for secondary schools, teachers, principals, teacher-librarians, and parents. It provides, through its website, access to quality electronic resources for effective teaching and learning. This program helps school students develop their skills in information literacy to prepare them for learning at university and in life. The service is facilitated by qualified and experienced teacher-librarians who may be contacted at cyberschool@library.uq.edu.au
Last updated 4 September 2006