More Scenes From Around the Exhibit Hall

ITI Bloggers June 18th, 2009

The last morning before the exhibit hall closed, I had fun just cruising the aisles to catch some of the exhibitors I’d missed. In the process, I snapped some photos to capture a bit of the diversity.

The Hoover’s robot was busy chatting up anyone who wandered by. He was quite an engaging fellow. He also entertained during the opening reception.

There was more to the exhibit hall than digital products. There was fun apparel and accessories. Stop Falling Productions (www.stopfalling.com) was selling shirts, t-shirts, jackets, socks, pins, earrings, and more. I liked the “talk books to me” shirt and also “Librariantini.” Clever and eye-catching!

New product news is great, but the chance to have a tarot card reading-now that’s unique! A long line formed to take advantage-and then got to hear about a new directory while waiting. The Leadership Directories, Inc. (www.leadershipdirectories.com) publishes fourteen Yellow Books, each a specialized directory, available in print and as an integrated database known as The Leadership Library. At SLA, the company was introducing its newest online product called Leadership Companies. The business development tool includes contact data for over 100,000 executives and board members at 3,000 of the largest U.S. and global public corporations (plus the largest U.S.-based private companies and high-growth corporations). It will be available on June 22.

Book signings were a popular event in the SLA Marketplace in the exhibit hall. Here, one of the closing panelists, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, signs his book, while a long line of attendees awaits a turn.