SLAQ 2008 Online Trade Exhibition
Last updated 10 August 2008
Also we have large show to View Interactive Whiteboards and Projectors etc
Canon Australia was established in Australia in 1978 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US$32 billion Canon Inc. group. Headquartered in North Ryde, Sydney, Canon Australia currently employs more than 1,150 people and has offices in all mainland capital cities.
An industry leader in professional and consumer imaging solutions, Canon's comprehensive product line includes: digital video cameras, digital compact and SLR cameras, printers, scanners, fax machines and networked multifunction devices.
Canon Australia also operates its own lease finance service, Canon Finance Australia, which facilitates "one stop" shopping for customers wanting to lease or finance their equipment solutions.
Canon consistently invests more than 10 percent of sales income in research and development. In 1990 Canon Inc. and Canon Australia established a jointly-owned research centre, Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CISRA), as part of an international network of research facilities. CISRA develops customised solutions for local customers, and exports digital imaging technologies for use in Canon products worldwide. Canon has ranked among the top-three US patent recipients for the past 13 years.
In Australia, as in all parts of the world, Canon believes in the philosophy of kyosei, or living and working together for the common good. Canon Australia returns the benefits of its success to the community through its sponsorships, charity and environmental programmes.
ClickView is Australia's leading digital video delivery system for schools, with over 1000 Australian schools now licensed (215 schools licensed in Queensland). ClickView brings educational digital video, audio, documents and images efficiently to the student/staff desktop, allowing them to play video and other media as required. All ClickView library items are totally portable, allowing "take home" flexibility and usage.
On show at SLAQ this year will be ClickView's excellent 24/7 recording solution - the leading recording solution for ditigal TV.
ClickView - Australia's Leading Digital Video Education Solution.
Concord AIMS2.0™ is a library management solution for 21st century schools.
With its visually appealing web PicPAC for students of all ages, and its suite of modern collaborative Web 2.0 tools, including blogs and wikis, AIMS2.0 places the school library at the centre of a school’s online learning and information practices.
AIMS2.0 integrates cataloguing, circulation, OPAC, acquisitions and periodicals with digital resource management, enabling you to metatag and structure quality digital resources for your students, parents, teachers and administrators in connected online information communities and digital learning environments.
Encyclopædia Britannica has a larger and more diverse line of products than ever before. Our outlook is shaped by our tradition of excellence and an understanding of what knowledge seekers need in the digital age. Our line of products has grown, the media of publication have changed, but Britannica’s basic mission has not. It’s the same as it was in 1768: to be the worldwide leader in reference, education, and learning. Britannica is also expanding its line of printed products. We continue to publish the 32-volume Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest reference work in the English language.
Britannica Online -- The most comprehensive K-12 reference and learning resource.
Gale, Cengage Learning - Australia and New Zealand
Gale, Cengage Learning is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accruate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organisation of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform. Major online products for schools include Gale's award-winning Resource Centres: Biography Resource Center, History Resource Center, Literature Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Science Resource Center and Student Resource Center.
Kookaburra Educational Resources is a 100% Australian owned and operated company that was created by a teacher in 1989, who saw a need to provide a dedicated and reliable supplier to the education market. The key to Kookaburra's success is having a network of agents located throughout Australia that own and operate their business. The combined purchasing power of these agents and the personal interest they have in your welfare is a powerful combination.
Kookaburra has a sales and marketing team that focus entirely on sourcing educational resources. We pride ourselves on being able to provide the most comprehensive range and quality of products applicable to education.
The advantages of dealing with Kookaburra Educational Resources are:
- Competitive pricing on quality products.
- A sales team that specialises in education and finding solutions to your needs.
- Demonstrations of the latest products in your school environment.
- Your agent is a part owner in the business and therefore has a vested interest in your school and the local community.
- We are committed to your school through our continued sponsorship and support of your state, regional and district conferences.
LibCode Library Systems is a company specialising in Library and Resource Management Software. We have been working in the education and resource management industry for over 20 years.
At LibCode Library Systems, we specialise in simple to use, feature packed and cost effective software. We are focused on providing the highest level of customer support.
Our software and online applications, LibCode Suite, Text Tracker Suite, CMEWeb and SAMWeb are presently used by over 620 schools and organisations in Queensland, Northern Territory and New South Wales.
As software developers we:
- Request feedback from clients and work towards a solution...
- Recognise that needs are constantly changing and provide regular updates to meet these needs
- Believe accessible and personal support is what keeps the LibCode client group loyal and enthusiastic
- Education is our passion and all of our software has been built with a focus on concept development and learning theory.
Library Webs present an online educational learning tool providing an Internet Library approximately 50,000 carefully selected links. The resources are arranged in subject order with individual topics divided into sections. Users can search the database by keyword search or advanced search, by browsing the topic list, or by going straight into the subject categories. Topics have been chosen to relate directly to curricula and assignments in Australian secondary schools and colleges.
Teacher-Librarians using Library Webs will not have to spend hours searching for sites and creating webpages. By subscribing to Library Webs Teacher-Librarians will have more time to do what they do best – assisting students and teachers to find the right information at the right time.
Library Webs resources can be used as a support to study units or as the central focus to a unit of work. Because of the division of each topic into sections, Library Webs provide a unique set of resources for group work, and offer a scaffolding tool for in-depth study.
Students using Library Webs have immediate access to authorative Internet resources and are able to stay focused on their learning outcomes, without the distraction of all the extraneous material which clutters up the Internet.
Macmillan Education Australia (MEA) is one of the leading educational publishers in Australia, with a vigorous publishing program catering to the needs of primary and secondary schools by producing a quality range of Library, Literacy, Text and Teacher Resource Books. In 2007, Macmillan Education Australia was voted by our customers and the publishing industry as Publisher of the Year for both Primary and Secondary.
Palgrave Macmillan, is responsible for the publishing of academic trade and text, as well as scientific, technical, medical, professional and reference titles.
Contact E-mail: General enquiries:marketing@macmillan.com.au
Qld contact: sonia.evans@macmillan.com.au
Marcom Projects Pty Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of the Australian Scholarships Group Friendly Society Limited (ASG). Marcom Projects is a leader in technology through marketing and distribution of educational audio visual content to schools, colleges, universities and public libraries via DVD, CD-ROM, web-based learning modules.
Marcom Projects was founded in 1983, and was initially established as an organisation selling maps and visuals to Queensland schools. Since 1989, it has expanded its business to include a comprehensive range of educational, specialist and entertainment audio-visual content.
In 2001, ASG acquired Marcom Projects.
Since 2001 Marcom Projects has continued to build its exclusive educational catalogue and now includes more than 8,000 DVD and CDROM exclusive programs to support the learning curriculum.
Marcom Projects is the exclusive distributor for SBS Television (Australia), ABC Television, Meridian Educational Corporation, RM Associates, Magic Lantern Company and others.
About Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) -- ASG is Australia's leading Friendly Society specialising in educational benefits that help parents plan to meet the costs of their children’s secondary and post-secondary education.
ASG supports education through initiatives such as its NEiTA Foundation Community Merit and Excellence in Teaching Awards and education journals, Junior Horizons and Education Horizons; contributes to parent education through information resources, such as the Scholastic magazine, Parent Briefings and KidsLife Foundation; and helps children develop emotional resilience through its program, You Can Do It!
ASG helps parents to meet the costs of providing a complete education for their children since 1974. It offers programs that focus on children’s education, including tertiary scholarships and secondary schooling benefits.
ASG manages the education savings of more than $1.3 billion for more than 270,000 parent members.
Penguin Group Australia was established in a tin shed in South Melbourne, Victoria in 1946. For many years it was simply a distribution branch of Penguin UK. The first Australian Penguin titles - To the Islands by Randolph Stow, Kangaroo Tales, edited by Rosemary Wighton and Three Australian Plays edited by Alan Seymour - were published in 1963. The late 50s and early 60s saw publication of writers such as Martin Boyd, Randolph Stow and Joan Lindsay, whose Picnic at Hanging Rock was eventually made into a successful film and remains one of Penguin Australia's bestselling titles, while Donald Horne's The Lucky Country brought a new phrase into the language. From a tiny tin shed in 1946 Penguin Australia has grown into an established and influential publishing company. Today Penguin is home to some of Australia’s bestselling and award-winning writers and illustrators: Maggie Alderson, Stephanie Alexander, Pamela Allen, Graeme Base, Geoffrey Blainey, Isobelle Carmody, Kaz Cooke, Bryce Courtenay, Robert Drewe, Nick Earls, Mem Fox, Morris Gleitzman, Sonya Hartnett, Ian Irvine, Paul Jennings, Kylie Kwong, Michael Leunig, Melina Marchetta, Monica McInerney and Rachael Treasure are household names.
Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd is an Australian publisher that has been operating for 12 years. We are the publishers of WebLinks Online, LinksPlus MARC and ReadPlus Online, currently supplying services to over a thousand schools worldwide.
WebLinks Online contains thousands of websites relevant to student research. Records are annotated and organised using subject headings, key words and learning areas. It includes a free research service and the ability to input of a school’s own records. It is updated monthly.
LinksPlus MARC contains all the records in WebLinks but can be loaded into a school library catalogue.
ReadPlus contains thousands of book and film titles organised under themes. Author sites, reviews and lesson plan links are also available. Special features include Read similar authors and Read similar books and a printable bookmark.
We also publish books of fiction titles organised under themes, games and other titles suitable for school libraries.
The products are offered via school-wide site licences and for home use.
RefWorks is dedicated to providing high quality web-based research discovery, management, writing and collaborative tools for the academic, government and corporate research communities. RefWorks is used daily by over a million researchers in over 900 organizations globally. For further information on Ref Works go to the RefWorks website. RefWorks is a business unit of ProQuest, LLc.
With over 40 years experience in library supplies, Raeco® have an enviable reputation for participation and knowledge in the industry.
Serving the industry with product, design and consulting services, Raeco® covers almost every conceivable need for libraries Australia wide. Raeco’s diverse range from book covering to furniture and shelving, ensures the right products are available to suit any library’s specific system or design needs. Products can be selected ‘off the shelf” or custom designed to suit.
Raeco® understands your vision for a better library, providing complete solutions for your library needs big or small. Raeco® is active in communication and links project partners together. Working with library staff, architects, builders, designers and more, have Raeco’s knowledge and experience work for you.
Random House Australia (RHA) is part of the Random House Group, one of the largest publishing houses in the world, owned by the German media company Bertelsmann AG. Carl Bertelsmann established his company in 1835, and early publications included the poems of Lord Byron, hymnals and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Random House Inc was founded in 1925 in the US and was acquired by Bertelsmann AG in 1998. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious publishing companies in the world, as well as being the world's largest English-language trade publishing house. Books published by Random House are sold in almost every country in the world.
As one of Australia's leading publishers, Random House Australia carries on this proud publishing history. It boasts an impressive list of imprints including Arrow, Bantam, Century, Chatto & Windus, Corgi, Doubleday, Ebury, Hutchinson, Jonathan Cape, Knopf, Vintage, William Heinemann and Woolshed Press.
Today, Australian readers of Random House books can enjoy a wealth of titles that span the mass market, illustrated, literary and children's areas.
An award-winning publisher
Random House Australia has a reputation for excellence, commitment and service. Random House Australia has been awarded the coveted 'Publisher of the Year' award four times and 'Distributor of the Year' twice.
Numerous books published by Random House have won major literary prizes, including the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize and the Man Booker Prize. Our authors enjoy considerable success on national bestseller lists and are the recipients of major Australian literary prizes.
RMIT Publishing launches Informit Media (TVNews & RequestTV)
RMIT Publishing has a long standing reputation for delivering authoritative Australasian online databases to the education market.
Our latest release Informit Media which currently comprises TVNews and RequestTV, paves the way in which schools who are Screenright Sample Members can search TV news programs and all other free-to-air broadcast programs via an online environment.
Visit our stand for a demonstration
Scholastic Book Fairs is a highly dedicated team that provides families and educators with products and services to help children become lifelong learners. Committed to putting books in the hands of Australian children for the last 22 years, Scholastic Book Fairs have helped schools host over 100 000 Book Fairs, and last year alone gave back over $3.5 million in commission to Australian schools.
Scholastic Book Fairs work in partnership with your school to offer special book events that will excite students about reading. With the latest books and educational materials, a Scholastic Book Fair enables you to acquire the much-needed resources your school needs to better your students’ education.
A Scholastic Book Fair is a lively and fun event that enables children, parents, teachers and community members to purchase quality books and classroom materials at reasonable prices, while raising funds for schools.
A Scholastic Book Fair is a unique and rewarding experience and is the best way to support your school reading program and acquire much-needed resources for your school. Students, parents and teachers love Book Fairs for many reasons, including:
- A Book Fair brings children into contact with affordable, quality books
- Book Fairs encourage a love of reading and help build school, classroom and home libraries
- They provides access to exclusive editions, the newest titles and award-winning books
- A Book Fair is one of the easiest ways to raise funds for the school.
- A Scholastic Book Fair requires no financial investment from your school and you are provided with all products, promotional material and support needed to make your Book Fair a highly successful event — at no cost to your school.
- We give you everything you need!
SDS is the undisputed leader in education supply in Queensland, but we never take that for granted. We are forever motivated by our sincere commitment to education, and ensuring Queensland educators always get the very best products and services.
When you use SDS, you don’t just get quality products at the best possible price. You support local and Australian suppliers, trusted brand names, and keep your dollars in Queensland. You are also assured of service by a company that cares about its deeper purpose within government and as part of the community – working to protect the environment, calm the market and ensure that teachers can get on with the job.
Since 1983 Softlink, a Brisbane based company has made its mission to enhance the contribution of the school library to the educational objectives of school teachers, teacher-librarians and students with advanced library management software solutions & services.
Softlink’s Oliver is a reliable, easy-to-use web based library system that empowers library staff and users with the efficient delivery of information. Oliver is packaged to cater for students of all ages, information needs, literacy levels, learning strengths and cultural backgrounds. Web access and email integration features appeal to an ‘Internet gen’ of students who demand fast, easy access to a wide variety of resources to enhance information seeking and learning.
Rise above the rest: take flight with Oliver!
Welcome to The Book House
Our website has undergone a major renovation. We have added a number of new features, and enhanced many other areas of the site. We have spent considerable effort to ensure that your searches are executed as quickly and accurately as possible. Some of the new features include:
- Australia's most up-to-date information on millions of titles published locally and overseas
- Electronic Order Information in Marc Format
- Enhanced search capabilities
- EDI order support
“Specialists in curriculum related library books”
For the last 30 years the booklegger has been supporting school librarians with curriculum related library books. Each term our mailers feature hundreds of curriculum-related resources across all secondary school subject areas. Contact Rick or Darren:
phone: 03 9898 9528 fax: 03 9899 4065
email: sales@booklegger.com.au
The UQL Cyberschool provides teachers and students in Queensland schools with access to quality electronic resources for effective teaching and learning.
This gateway site provides access to appropriate and reliable electronic information through:
- Negotiated discounted purchase prices for school access to e-journals and online databases.
- Free UQL Cyberschool Database of Internet sites for each of the key learning areas of the curriculum
- Internet sites relating to each of the key learning areas in the curriculum have been identified and selected.
- Virtual Reference Collection - Links to freely available government legislation, statistics, dictionaries and encyclopedias, atlases, information about educational institutions, and business and employment directories.
- University of Queensland Schools programs and information about study at UQ.
- Links to other free, quality information resources
- The UQ Library Online Catalogue
- The AskIT website which contains Frequently Asked Questions about software applications like Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
- Advice, support and solutions for technical problems
- Training and regular updates for teachers, teacher-libarians and students
- Tours and guidance in the use of relevant information resources and an introduction to the University and its school programs.
For over 90 years, World Book has been the leader in producing general reference works. Schools and Libraries around the world consider World Book products to be a vital resource, providing valuable, accurate, and up-to-date reference information in all communication mediums: print and online.
The World Book Web is a one-stop online resource that meets the needs of students of all ages, reading levels and learning styles and includes all the features one would expect from a major online reference tool.
WORLD BOOK KIDS
Based on the award winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia, World Book Kids is designed specifically for younger users, English-language learners, and reluctant readers. The site offers simple navigation, easy-to-read content, bright colours, and a graphical design. Colourful illustrations, diagrams, and maps enrich thousands of articles selected for appeal and curriculum relevance. Teacher guides and student activities provide instructions and stimulating ways to use the content in the classroom setting.
WORLD BOOK REFERENCE CENTER – the famous World Book Encyclopaedia now online
Containing over 40,000 encyclopaedia and reference articles with content correlated to QLD state curriculum criteria.
WORLD BOOK ADVANCED
World Book Advanced harnesses the latest in technological advances to combine access to both encyclopaedic and tens of thousands of primary source documents. World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopaedia, multimedia, e-books, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.
- Tailored for the needs and skills of students in grades 7 and up, World Book Advanced includes a customisable interface, a streamlined design, and personalised homepage content features.
- World Book Advanced’s powerful search engine provides optimised search results. Search refinements and relevancy weighting direct users to their content with maximum efficiency.
- Research tools, including dictionary, atlas, and local and country research guides, help users compile the data and information they need to complete their assignments and background research.
- Individual accounts within the site offer users the ability to create and save their own content features, including research results from World Book and external sources, timelines, and citations.
NEW ENCYCLOPEDIE DECOUVERTE an ideal addition for foreign language learners. This new French edition provides both monolingual and bilingual versions combined with captivating visuals and activities to assist in French language instruction.
Visit the World Book stand for a FREE one month trial of the World Book Web.
EBSCO Publishing is the leading provider of reference database resources for Australian Schools serving the library industry for more than 60 years. By placing customers at the core of our business, we have tapped their ingenuity to assist us in developing the high quality products and services for which EBSCO is known. EBSCO’s Australia New Zealand Reference Center database provides leading full text Australian/New Zealand content for hundreds of titles to libraries and schools throughout Australia. Other resources like the Science Reference Center, History Reference Center, and Literary Reference Center provide libraries with comprehensive resources to fulfill the needs of students and teachers alike.
ProQuest Information and Learning is a global leader in the collection, organisation and distribution of value-added information to researchers, faculty and students in libraries, government institutions, universities and schools world-wide.
Since 1938 when benefactor Eugene Power, concerned about the imminent World War, approached the British Government with an offer to microfilm the precious holdings of the British Library and Museum, ProQuest has set the standard for the preservation of and access to scholarship, culture and history, by proudly providing global access to one of the biggest online content repositories & the largest commercially available microform vault collections in the world.
Renowned for the seamless provision of electronic and microfilm information, ProQuest offers instant access to a vast range of content: current and historical periodicals; newspapers; dissertations; out-of-print books and scholarly information. Our archive includes more than 5.5 billion pages of information, spanning 500 years of scholarship, in formats that range from print to microform and digital. Subject coverage extends across business and economics; science, technology and medicine; general reference; humanities and social sciences.
Last updated 30 July 2008