Conference Sponsors 2010

Platinum Sponsor

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. We are a leading provider of information, trading and post-trade connectivity, decision making support tools, along with software that supports business automation within the financial markets. We also provide comprehensive and timely global information and news services directly to consumers through Reuters-branded digital services online, mobile and IPTV platforms. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information visit www.thomsonreuters.com

Gold Sponsor

ProQuest creates specialised information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog® and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.

Silver Sponsors

EBSCO is the world’s leading information agent providing consultative services and cutting-edge technology for managing and accessing your library’s core content; including print and e-journals, e-packages, bibliographic and full text research databases, e-books, discovery search services and more. We are delighted to support the 2010 BLA Annual Conference and welcome the opportunity to meet with you at our stand.

Emerald is one of the world’s principal independent internationally recognised publishers of high quality research in 23 subject areas, with a portfolio of 230 scholarly journals in business and management, library and information science, education, engineering and materials science. In 2008 Emerald added text books and eBook series to complement current collections and meet research requirements in new emerging subjects.

Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Known for our accurate and authoritative reference content and our intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, we create and maintain more than 600 online resources. These include The TLS Historical Archive 1902 – 2005, Financial Times Historical Archive 1888 – 2006, The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003, State Papers Online 1509-1714,Part 1 & 2 Gale Virtual Reference Library and Academic OneFile, as well as reference resources in print. Please visit our stand or www.gale.cengage.co.uk for further information.

LexisNexis is renowned in the UK for providing universities with the necessary research tools to help them maximise their student’s learning potential and set them on the road to professional success. Key products include: Nexis® - The single most powerful global news and business information service Company Dossier® - The innovative online tool that consolidates information from Nexis to provide information on companies, their competitors, their industry sector and then instantly translates the results into first-class reports. For more information please visit the LexisNexis stand.

Bronze Sponsors

Publishing Sales Solutions represents ABC-Clio / Praeger business eBooks. For BLA members we have an excellent offer on all titles, come to our stand for more details. Academic Rights Press – instant access to eBook collections. Powered by the IG Publishing’s unique platform, entire collections of works from publishers such as the American Management Association, Princeton University Press, Kogan Page and many more are now available online.

• Bureau Van Dijk information products include the renowned UK database, Fame
• Flexible searching and analysis
• Detailed information
• UK and international products
• Easy to use for student access
• Reputable business tools – ideal for academic research and teaching
• Athens and Shibboleth compliant
• JISC pricing structure

Deployed at many of the world’s top universities, Capital IQ is a web-based information and research platform for students who are pursuing their graduate degrees. Capital IQ helps students reduce time spent on coursework and interview-related research and analysis and broadens their universe of potential career opportunities. Used by over 3,000 leading financial institutions, advisory firms, and corporations, Capital IQ is highly relevant for students who are interested in investment banking, private equity, investment management, consulting, or corporate/business development.

Datamonitor`s Research For Libraries is a one stop information resource for academic and public libraries around the world. We bring together business and market intelligence from the world's leading market analysis companies to give your students and users an instant supply of up-to-the minute online information.

Euromonitor International is a world-leading provider of global business intelligence for the library community. Passport GMID our award-winning flagship information system provides business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. It offers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. No other database offers the breadth and depth of international coverage. We research 206 countries, with extended coverage of 80.

Hemscott Company Guru is an on-line research service that gives you access to extensive company financials and in-depth board governance data. If you would like to explore ways that Company Guru can help you maximise your research budget, while also enhancing the quality and level of data available to your students and staff, please visit us at the event today.

Key Note is one of the UK’s leading market information providers. With thousands of detailed market analysis reports encompassing 30 market sectors, each publication combines secondary and exclusive primary research gathered from our own in-house experts and data from nationally recognised sources. We also have a range of Business Ratio Reports that compare, contrast and analyse the financial performance of the leading companies in each market place enabling users to easily identify the financial strengths and weaknesses of companies in terms of profitability, liquidity, gearing, sales growth, employee performance and efficiency.

Mintel is an independent award-winning provider of world-leading market intelligence, delivering robust information, analysis and critical recommendations. Mintel's trusted portfolio of proprietary industry solutions and products has been supporting high profile clients in key sectors such as FMCG, financial services, media, retail, leisure and education for over 38 years. With office locations in London, Chicago, New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney our global presence continues to grow.