Seminar Sponsors 2026

Many thanks to all the companies that have sponsored this year’s seminar. If you are attending the event, please take the time to visit the Sponsors' Showcase in The Grange.

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Askews

Askews, founded in 7872 has witnessed fascinating social change, including the rise in literacy, the development of the print and publishing industry and the establishment of libraries, catering for the ever-growing appetite for reading and the embrace of new technology. Our present-day status as a world-class library supplier is rooted in that history. Operating from our Lancashire premises, we are innovative, dynamic, and focused. Askews are committed to providing a full range of specialist supply and fulfilment services for both public and corporate library providers. Our solutions ensure our customers continue to meet and exceed their library users' expectations.

 

Axiell

Axiell provides software and services for Libraries, Archives and Museums. Our solutions help our community of customers to manage their collections, encourage reading, preserve cultural heritage, improve learning and increase engagement with the public.

Come and speak to us about your Library Management requirements and to see our modern cloud based LMS. Working out of our UK offices in Nottingham and Manchester, our teams are local, accessible and have a personal approach.

Our business is all about ensuring the long-term sustainability of the sectors we serve. Our solutions help our customers to excel in an increasingly digital environment. We stay close to our customers to ensure we understand their changing needs and can adapt as a partner for now and the future.

 

Bibliotheca - powering the future of libraries

We provide innovative library solutions that simplify operations, enhance user experiences, and help libraries connect with their communities. From smart lending systems to interactive digital tools, Bibliotheca delivers technology that makes libraries smarter, faster, and more engaging.

 

Bolinda UK Ltd.

Bolinda is a world-leading audiobook and technology company. We publish the greatest books you’ll ever hear and are the creators of BorrowBox, your library in one app.

As publishers, we are unsurpassed experts in the audiobook category, combining brilliant authors, talented narrators, and superb production to create mind-blowing audio experiences.

As technology providers, we go where no library has gone before with BorrowBox. A ground-breaking digital content solution, BorrowBox is the market leading provider of eContent to libraries across the Commonwealth, and instantly brings eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers together in one app for libraries’ digital shelves.

Our mission is to inspire people to live their best lives through the power of storytelling.

Anywhere, everywhere; we never stop.

 

BookingsPlus

BookingsPlus is the online room hire platform trusted by Library Services to deliver an optimal user experience that generates more revenue and saves your staff time. From Devon to Newcastle, BookingsPlus ensures your community spaces produce vital income to supplement dwindling budgets whilst reducing associated costs. 

Virtual Tours are a useful tool to both market spaces and provide an on-demand accessibility resource, allowing library users to familiarise themselves with new spaces and build confidence to visit. Over 200 library branches have invested in our Virtual Tours since 2023.

Visit our stand for a brief demonstration of BookingsPlus and Virtual Tours and to pick up a free multi-adaptor charging cable.

 

D-tech

 

FG Library Products Ltd

FG Library is one of the UK’s leading specialist designers, manufacturers, and suppliers of library interiors, shelving, and furniture. With over 25 years’ experience, our team brings a deep understanding of library design, consistently delivering outstanding solutions for projects of every size and complexity across the UK and internationally.

We take a forwardthinking, usercentred approach, recognising the evolving expectations of the modern library. Our interiors are thoughtfully designed to create versatile, futureproofed spaces that sit at the heart of their communities. Every project is developed with careful consideration for its environmental, social, and economic impact.

With innovation, craftsmanship, and insight at our core, we transform library spaces into places that inspire every visitor who walks through the door.

 

Insight Media

Insight Media is a leading library technology partner in the UK for the provision of PC booking, print management, Wi-Fi printing, Wi-Fi authentication, and self-service kiosk software services.

Our products integrate with all the UK Library Management Systems as well as the main RFID self-service kiosk providers, enabling us to provide a seamless self-service print payment and release experience for your library visitors.

We have extensive experience in the public sector and support customers to provide IT and self-service solutions. We are continuously monitoring customer and market demands and working to deliver new and improved solutions, offering customers a wider range of library services and operational efficiencies.

Contact us to find out more.

Tel: 0844 335 6350

Email: info@insight-media.co.uk

Website: www.insight-media.co.uk

 

Interleaf Technology

Interleaf Technology provides technology solutions for libraries and information services of all sizes, and specialise in Open Source, cloud-based services and solutions to all sectors with our local support team. 

We partner with many leading industry providers on a range of projects and solutions as well as developing our own products to provide the perfect solution for you. 

Interleaf addresses all your technology needs including Library Management Systems, PC Booking (including room/desk booking), Print Solutions, Wi-Fi solutions, eBooks, MARC Records, and also provides consultancy services in these areas to help you build the optimum solution for your organisation.

 

Lorensbergs

Lorensbergs works closely with libraries to improve access to services and resources. Our market-leading solution, Netloan PC booking provides a comprehensive session management system for greater control and accessibility to library PCs, together with self-service print payment and release. Netloan Wi-Fi print gives library users the opportunity to print from their smartphones, tablets and laptops in the library and from home.

The Netloan portfolio gives you the technology and data to manage resources with ease. With our integrated solutions, library policies and administration can be managed holistically. Administrative tasks are achieved with centralised web-based access, allowing library staff greater freedom to ensure their libraries operate smoothly and efficiently.

Netloan integration on self-service payment kiosks achieves a number of further benefits. It provides library users with the ability to make PC bookings and self-service print or PC payments at the same point as carrying out book-related transactions on Bibliotheca kiosks. This relieves pressure on staff and can even support longer opening hours. It also helps save on valuable floorspace in the library.

Email: enquiries@lorensbergs.co.uk

www.lorensbergs.co.uk

 

Lyngsoe Systems Ltd

Lyngsoe Systems has been a world leader in the field of cutting-edge electronic logistics control for over 40 years. Lyngsoe Systems Library Solutions help libraries work smarter and save time on material handling with smart library solutions. We are experts and trusted by libraries in providing:

  • AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SOLUTIONS
  • SELF-SERVICE EQUIPMENT
  • INTELLIGENT MATERIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM™

Our solutions are standards compliant as well as practical, affordable, and innovative. We have our own nationwide network of engineers and consultants dedicated to libraries worldwide.

With a proven record of accomplishment with 20,000 installations in over 60 countries, the Lyngsoe Systems Library Solutions team demonstrate extensive experience in customer process, solution design, software development, integration, service, and maintenance. Our ambition is to always offer a market-leading range of products fulfilling our guiding star: “Working for Smarter Libraries”.

To find out more, visit www.lyngsoesystems.com 

 

OCLC

OCLC is a global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, pioneers, leaders, and learners. With thousands of library members in more than 100 countries, we come together as OCLC to make information more accessible and more useful.

 

Open Fifth

Open Fifth are the UK’s open source library solutions experts. Like libraries, open source is about community and sharing. With no licence fees, easy integrations, a fast pace of development, and a global community supporting and enhancing the software, it’s clear to see why so many libraries choose Koha library management system and Aspen Discovery.

When libraries and archives join us, they don’t purchase software, they gain the expertise of developers, trainers, data migration experts and former librarians throughout the team, freeing the library to focus on what they do best. Our customers receive free annual updates, hosted on servers with green credentials, and our ISO/IEC 27001-certified processes to fulfill your data protection and security requirements.

We proudly work with customers across all UK library sectors, including public, academic, health, governmental, museum, law and special libraries, and archives. Find out more about what we do at www.openfifth.co.uk.

 

OverDrive

 

Solus

 

Ulverscroft Ltd.

Ulverscroft is the leading provider of accessible reading, offering large print, audiobooks and the uLibrary digital platform to libraries worldwide. Supported by the charitable Ulverscroft Foundation, we champion inclusive access to reading and help libraries serve every reader regardless of their need.