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Nylink Information Showcase
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Press Release
Nylink Information Showcase
September 26, 2000
The Theater at Madison Square Garden
New York City
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Meet with leading vendors and information providers in an atmosphere where
the focus is finding the information that professionals need! Join other
librarians and information professionals at the second annual Nylink
Information Showcase to be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2000, at the
Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Highlights of the Showcase include Speaker Sessions (half-hour demos and
presentations by exhibitors outlined below), a location in the heart of New
York City, door prize drawings, refreshments for attendees and, of course,
it's free!
The following exhibitors are scheduled to appear at this time: Books24x7,
Congressional Information Service Inc., Docutek Information Systems, Earth
Web Inc., ebrary, EBSCO, Facts On File, Inc., Groves Dictionaries, HW
Wilson, Illiad, INSPEC, ISI, Johns Hopkins University Press/Project Muse,
MCB University Press, McGraw-Hill, METRO, netLibrary, OCLC, OCLC/WLN, OVID,
Oxford University Press, PBS Video, Preservation Resources, SilverPlatter
Information, The Library Corporation, theLibraryPlace.com, and WebFeat.
Exhibitors will be listed on the Nylink Web site as they are added to the
program.
Visit the Nylink Web site (http://nylink.suny.edu) to register and for
up-to-date information on the Information Showcase, including a current list
of exhibitors (with links to their Web sites). The Showcase runs from 9:00
a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2000. It was originally
scheduled for September 28th at the Terrace, but was rescheduled in order to
accommodate the space needs associated with Madison Square Garden concerts
on the 27th and 28th.
Please feel free to contact Carol Donato or Meredith Case at Nylink with any
questions. They can be reached by phone at 518-443-5444 or 800-342-3353.
Speaker Sessions
9:15 OCLC/WLN 9:30 Books24x7.com
10:00 INSPEC 10:15 H.W. Wilson
10:45 The Library Corporation 11:00 SilverPlatter
11:30 PBS Video 11:45 theLibraryplace.com
12:15 ISI 12:30 WebFeat
1:00 MCB University Press 1:15 McGraw-Hill
1:45 Grove's Dictionaries 2:00 Facts on File
2:30 OCLC 2:45 netLibrary
3:15 OCLC 3:30 ebrary
Nylink (http://nylink.suny.edu) is a not-for-profit membership supported
organization providing technology-related products, services, training and
support for libraries throughout New York State and surrounding areas.
Nylink is one of 16 national OCLC (http://oclc.org) affiliated Networks and
is administered through the Provost's Office of the State University of New
York.
Nylink, State University of New York, SUNY Plaza, Albany, NY 12246
Fax: 518-432-4346/Phone: 518-443-5444/800-342-3353
