Exhibitor Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor
Description

ReferenceUSA from Infogroup offers verified details on 14 million US businesses and 210 million US residents. We bring that information directly to library patrons, making it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more. www.ReferenceUSA.com / 800.808.1113

Rutgers University – New Brunswick School of Communication and Information, a founding iSchool member, offers nationally top-ranked library and information science programs with flexible online, on-campus and hybrid option. The Master of Information (MI) program is ranked #1 for School Library Media, #6 for Digital Librarianship, #8 for Information Systems, #6 for Services for Children and Youth, and #7 overall. The MI program was recently awarded full reaccreditation through fall 2025 from the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation (ALA/COA), continuing SC&I’s long-held status.

Capira Technologies is committed to building partnerships with customers. Our professionals have decades of experience library environments and are primed to help you research and implement the best software and workflows for your needs.

In this ever changing digital world, libraries need much more than an online presence to properly serve their patrons. The goal? To make library service personal again, to reach the patron in new and ever changing ways and truly give them the “patron experience” they deserve. The question we want to ask our patrons is “have you experienced your local library today?” We aren’t merely about providing the access, we surround the patron with knowledge and understanding through technology. Our applications offer that personal look and feel, even better, that patron first experience, that we are all eager to provide. Likewise, our staff applications offer exactly what’s necessary to get the job done, faster, easier and more efficient than ever. If you aren’t serving your patron through Capira, then you aren’t really serving your patrons.

For more information, call (631) 317-1338 or email sales@capiratech.com

Gold Sponsor
Description

Understanding libraries is the key to their proper planning.

These critical public facilities must serve the complex needs of the patrons as well as the staff. They must do so while accommodating a potentially infinite collection and an ever-changing technology. Though their building programs are somewhat similar, we have found that each library has unique needs and services.

Through the numerous planning and design projects executed by Arcari & Iovino Architects, P.C., we have gained the indispensable understanding necessary to create an efficient and effective library. We are great listeners and always rely on the intuitive knowledge of the staff and director of each facility to comprehend their needs. Our solutions are a collaboration of these key persons and the firm’s experienced and skilled professionals who possess the passion for architecture and the art of library design.

Edward Arcari, RA, PP
Anthony Iovino, AIA, PP

Buell Kratzer Powell is a nationally recognized expert in the design of public libraries, able to synthesize art and science and operations with consistently exceptional results.

Buell Kratzer Powell confidently advocates practicality in equal measure with creativity. We think the most memorable architecture results from partnerships – between creative designers, trusted consultants, and most importantly, our clients.

Buell Kratzer Powell takes the time to learn about our clients’ requirements and expectations. We actively engage them as participants throughout the entire design and construction process. We encourage questions and we seek answers together.

Buell Kratzer Powell creates architecture that is both useful and timeless. We establish memorable places that are visually striking, in harmony with their sites, fulfill their program requirements, and become sources of public pride.

Buell Kratzer Powell
Architecture with Purpose

Direct Flooring is your leading provider of carpet and flooring services for the entire state of New Jersey.  Our services start from design and planning to project management and installation.  We take much pride in ensuring your project is completed on time and budget, taking in to consideration that your unique details are done beyond your expectations.  Our experience foes far past the floor.  We know how to handle all aspects that a Public Library has for stack and book moves to dealing with keeping your customers safe through the entire project.

As a nationally recognized Library Planning and Consulting Company, we continue to blend both the strategy and the implementation of our knowledge to the “Science of the Libraries”. We combine our design expertise and furniture procurement process to create a unique and specialized Library Furniture Design Dealership.

Our reputation is referred to by others as one that provides a vision through every aspect of Library Planning. Technology and Community needs are driving our very Public Libraries to be the host for 21st Century destinations for ‘meet and greets’, family activities, classes and a viable list of other public needs.

The final design and well planned results for the interior working spaces reflect the individuality of the Community while providing a fresh take on moving our Libraries into the open world.

WE LOVE OUR LIBRARIES
52 Watchung Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043 (973) 783-7032
Bridget Soyka-Smith / President | E-mail: Bridget@soykasmith.com

Silver Sponsor
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Weingarten Associates is dedicated to the financial well-being of others. We provide personalized financial planning, investment management, and tax preparations services to individuals, couples, and families. We understand the personal financial planning needs of librarians and those who work in the library community. Weingarten Associates is located in Lawrenceville, NJ and can be reached at 609-620-1770 or www.weingartenassociates.com.

Celebrating 100 years of Architecture and 40+ years of designing Libraries, FVHD Architects-Planners, is a full-service architecture, planning, interior design & roofing design firm with expertise specializing in new construction, complex, phased occupied alterations, additions and sustainable building projects.

Libraries serve as a gateway to a wide variety of information and materials that help fulfill the educational, informational, recreational and cultural needs of its residents. 

Building designs need to provide opportunities for flexible use of space such as transforming meeting spaces into conference space, lecture areas or even social gathering spaces. Organizing spaces to allow for public use or common areas after normal library operating hours of operations can also be explored for maximum municipal use.

leading edge design based on traditional values

FLEXIBLE   •   LIVABLE   •   ADAPTABLE

www.fvhdpc.com

Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) instills the knowledge and skills necessary for our students to lead and innovate across industries in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Our highly-ranked, newly-revised Master of Science in Library and Information Science program — founded in 1892 — is one of the oldest continuously running library science programs in the nation, with a long history of technological innovation in academics. Learn more at drexel.edu/cci

Since 1965, HMR Architects has been a firm committed to providing clients with the highest quality architectural services for libraries, institutions, and residences. In addition, the firm’s notable expertise in historic preservation has garnered a wide-ranging reputation for excellence in preservation and rehabilitation of historic structures and landscapes. The firm’s team shares a passion for individual and social needs, is sensitive to existing natural surroundings, and insists on a clear and thorough understanding of the context to which each project contributes. HMR’s design solutions are created synergistically and within the ever-present limitations of budget and time. Working collaboratively with the client is a hallmark of HMR’s successful design process.

TLC - The Library Corporation description: Since 1974, The Library Corporation's singular focus has been to provide outstanding and unparalleled service to its customers. TLC's solutions are trusted by more than 5,500 locations worldwide who rely on TLC's tradition of pioneering technology products backed by industry-leading support. In addition to TLC's library automation software and hardware solutions, TLC now offers SmartTECH, a curated single source for libraries' STEM and audio/visual needs. TLC is headquartered in Inwood, West Virginia, with offices in Denver, Colorado, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Singapore.

Built upon over seventy-five years of combined team experience, Settembrino Architects is the leader in providing cost effective and innovative library design services and solutions to public sector clients throughout New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Founded by Principal Kevin Settembrino, Settembrino Architects is a full-service Architecture and Interior Design firm located in downtown Red Bank, New Jersey. For more information, call 732-741-4900 or visit our website at www.settembrino.com.

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Bronze Sponsor
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CWA represents 700,000 workers in private and public sector employment in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico in 1,200 chartered CWA local unions. In 10,000 communities across the United States, CWA members work in telecommunications and information technology, the airline industry, news media, broadcast and cable television, education, health care and public service, law enforcement, manufacturing and other fields. Local 1031 is located in Monmouth Junction, NJ.