When at ALA, Bev Obert, RPLS Director worked the exhibit hall. There are always new products to be found. Here are a few of the new or interesting companies from the 2008 ALA Exhibit hall.

p4A antiques reference is an antique reference database containing detailed descriptive and pricing information on items sold at regional auctions throughout the U.S. Many entries have pictures. This is a very reasonably priced product for libraries that have patrons interested in antiques, collectibles, fine art and historic Americana. The web address is: http://info.p4aantiquesreference.com

RPLS academic librarians probably know of this review source written for them. The title is “Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries” a publication of ACRL. There is an online version also. For info go to http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/choice/home.cfm 

Scheduline is an online scheduling product. Designed for use with employees and volunteers; full and part-time workers. With Scheduline, you can schedule work, vacation, overtime, etc. and workers can view their schedule or availability from anywhere. They say it works for companies with 5-5,000 personnel. The web address is http://www.scheduline.com/index.html

essential Accessibility is a group that helps organizations and libraries make their website accessible to everyone. I am not clear just how it works, since I am not the techie here on staff, but it looks very interesting. They state, “Out turn-key, software-based service makes online environments fully accessible to individuals with physical disabilities. Check them out at http://www.essentialaccessibility.com/

A FREE genealogy site! Any library that has patrons interested in family history should know about this website. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp  Yes this is from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but they have one of the largest collection or worldwide genealogy resources from over 100 countries..