Sponsor Showcase

Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format. Our mission is to increase the productivity of scientific research.

making excellence a habit™

The British Standards Institution (BSI) is the leading national standards organization helping organizations to successfully implement best practice, manage business critical decisions and achieve excellence through the development and publication of standards and related information products.

British Standards Online (BSOL) is BSI’s flagship database of standards. Updated daily, this user-friendly resource is the most comprehensive and authoritative source of British, adopted European and international standards on the market. Delivering information directly to your desktop (24/7), this growing resource contains bibliographic details of over 55,000 publications and allows you to download the full-text of any standard. For further information visit www.bsigroup.com/bsol

Eduserv is a not for profit IT services provider. Our services include:

Single sign-on access to protected online resources. Ideal for medical/academic libraries & used by over 4 million people worldwide.

Licence Negotiation: our Chest Agreements are valued by publishers and over 700 universities, colleges and other education providers in the UK & Ireland.

Cengage Learning is a leading provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets worldwide. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, serves the world’s information and education needs through its vast and dynamic content pools, which are used by students and consumers in their libraries, schools and on the Internet. It is best known for its accuracy, breadth and convenience of its data, addressing all types of information needs – from homework help to health questions to business profiles – in a variety of formats.

RSC Publishing is a not-for-profit publisher, wholly owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry. It is one of the world's leading scientific publishers, offering an exceptional range of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, books, databases and publishing services to the chemical sciences community. This is all in keeping with the RSC’s greater vision to be the leading voice and trusted partner for science and humanity.

BMJ Group is a global provider of trusted independent medical information and services for healthcare professionals.

• world-leading medical journals including the BMJ (British Medical Journal)
• evidence-based clinical decision support tools for the point-of-care
• assessment, learning, CPD resources

group.bmj.com - Better information for doctors, better outcomes for patients

Enquire: improving and proving your value

Come and see Enquire, which is our new enquiry system designed to improve and prove your value to your organisation by helping you record, re-use, monitor and manage your enquiries and keep track of costs. Statistical management reports will show how you are meeting performance targets and SLAs or simply prove how much time you spend helping your users and what type of enquiries you handle.

CiteMaker.com is the best in class solution for teaching and formatting assignment referencing. CiteMaker.com automatically formats, punctuates, previews, and lists citations for published, internet, and experiential sources. CiteMaker.com can be configured to match library web pages and display institutional referencing guides. Available anywhere-anytime-online, CiteMaker.com is iPad and Android tablet friendly.

EBSCO is the leading provider of print and electronic subscriptions, e-resource management and databases. We help information professionals to better serve their users and provide the best content by offering systems and support with our fully integrated solutions. Contact EBSCO today for information on how to benefit your library: mailuk@ebsco.com.

RightsDirect, a wholly owned subsidiary of not-for-profit Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), provides licensing and content solutions that make copyright compliance easy, allowing companies to re-use and share the most relevant digital content across borders. Together, CCC and RightsDirect serve more than 35,000 companies around the globe. For more information, visit

lorensbergs offers market-leading software solutions with expert advice to match. For the past twelve years, we've worked closely with libraries to develop PC booking and internet session management services, including print and Wi-Fi. Our range of customisable solutions, netloan and connect2, have been designed to improve self-service, enhance access to resources, and free up the librarian from administrative tasks.

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the UK’s leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. CILIP is also a registered charity. Our vision is a fair and economically prosperous society underpinned by literacy, access to information and the transfer of knowledge. 

CILIP is extremely proud to be Association Sponsor of Internet Librarian International 2012.

New books from CILIP's book publishing business Facet Publishing include: The Library Marketing Toolkit, THE TECH SET 2, User Studies for Digital Library Development, Information 2.0, Digital Libraries and Information Access and The New Professional’s Toolkit.

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) (www.sla.org.) is a nonprofit global organisation for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. It promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy and networking initiatives.  SLA Europe, founded in 1972, is a thriving network for information professionals in the UK and across Europe.

The Multimedia Information and Technology Group is a lively group which unites CILIP members and standalone members of our Group who are engaged in, or interested in, multimedia information and technology developments in library & information science as well as arts, education and museums across all sectors from schools to public and special libraries, museums and galleries.

UKeiG is a well-established and active group for information professionals, users and developers of electronic information resources, offering a wide range of practical workshops, seminars and forums. Updates and information on UKeiG activities are available via many platforms including their website, blog, email discussion list, RSS feeds and Twitter.

CILIP Update is designed with the needs of individual CILIP members in mind. It brings you industry news, comment and debate on the big issues of the day where they impact on the library and information scene. It will keep you up to date on everything that affects the library and information profession, whatever your interest. CILIP Update covers everything from policy issues, the political landscape or changes in technology to what you need to know for your personal professional development.

Computers in Libraries is a monthly magazine that serves as a showcase.and forum for library tech professionals to share their technological projects and success stories with one another. The magazine’s reader-friendly features and columns focus on practical applications of technology in public, school, academic, corporate, and special libraries. CIL is the librarian’s only independent, peer-to-peer resource on library systems and automation technology. It’s all tech, all the time.

FreePint supports the value of information in the enterprise. We do this by publishing practical articles and in-depth reports on information practice, content and strategy. A FreePint Subscription provides access to everything we publish, and subscribers can share individual items freely with anyone in their organisations.

Information Today (IT), a monthly news publication, keeps information professionals “in the know” about news and industry trends that shape our world. IT offers hard-hitting features that provide insight and analysis into the world of information technology, while delivering updates about the latest innovative services and products. IT tackles the news from all angles to keep our readers informed on all fronts.

Information Today Europe provides news, facts and figures, strategic thinking, and informed comment on the trends shaping the global information space.

Information Today Europe focuses on innovation, technology and strategies for success in a wide range of information settings from corporate environments to academic and public libraries. Topics covered include knowledge and information management, e-resources, search and discovery, professional development, e-publishing news, technology updates, social media in action, and digital library strategies from across Europe. www.infotoday.eu

The best of ONLINE and Searcher join forces to create the definitive voice for information professionals. Online Searcher features articles written by practitioner experts as well as columns by information professionals well-known throughout the information industry. Marydee Ojala is the Editor-in-Chief and Barbara Quint is Senior Editor.

To complement our newsletters, blogs and forums, Capita produces a free library-focused quarterly magazine called Panlibus. Panlibus brings you the latest news from the library sector. Features include thought-leadership articles from prominent figures in the library industry, reports on projects currently being undertaken by libraries and other library-focused industries, and reviews of events.