Sagwanan: The University Library Book and E-Fair 2024

UP Press is the official publishing house of the UP System. As it is, the press aligns its endeavors to promoting literacy by encouraging publications on scholarly, creative and scientific works. The UP Press is recognized by the Manila Critics Circle and National Academy of Science and Technology. The UP Press intends to be the leading academic publishing house.

CE-Logic, Inc. joined e-learning and e-business in 2007. It continues to provide the academic community with digital resources, research and library solutions, and information analytics to support academic libraries in modernizing their programs and services. Part of their products are concentrated in databases, e-books, and e-journals. To keep current, they establish partnerships with international publishers and providers and offer solutions for libraries to modernize their library and information services.  

C&E Publishing, Inc. Established in 1993 to engage primarily in the business of reprinting and distributing foreign medical and science books, the C&E’s publications expanded to provide local titles and then to reprinting titles for basic and higher education apart from importing books from reputable international publishers. Because of their initiatives, C&E positioned the Philippine book industry at the fore.

EBSCO Information Services provides research databases, e-journals, and e-package subscription management to university libraries. In 1987, it grew to be EBSCO Information Services from being a small subscription business. It offers libraries, healthcare institutions, and agencies both private and public access to content and resources to address the information needs of its patrons. 

ELSEVIER supports the academic community to produce better outcomes in research and science. Through its data-driven initiatives, it has published articles and shared their contents through subscription-based and transactional methods of access that are suitable for the institution it serves. Elsevier has open-access journals and articles reached higher education institutions globally. With over a million electronic materials available worldwide, it has established partnerships with universities across the world through its presence on the online network.

Forefront  Book Co., Inc. has been a distributor of academic library materials for about 10 years or so, establishing partnerships with fellow book distributors and libraries in the Philippines. It proposes reasonable pricing schemes to suit the needs of its patrons. Staying true to its brand name, it is the go-to distributor of quality reference materials.

LibTech Source Philippines, Inc. is known as a provider of electronic subscriptions consisting of abstracts & full-text databases, electronic journals, and e-books. They have content for the following subjects: science, technology & engineering; medical, multidisciplinary, computers & IT, digital literacy (K12), learning & educational tools, economics & business management, social science & humanity, research & innovation solutions, and library management solutions. As part of the iGroup Philippines, the company has been a leader in distributing not only online databases but also as a provider of information technology equipment for over 20 years.

MegaTEXTS Phil. Inc. started in the book distribution business but developed to include in their portfolio of products several online databases, e-journals, e-books, and library security systems. Its market includes schools, colleges and universities, and several private and public institutions. It caters to the publications of MIT Press, University of California Press, and University of Chicago Press, among others.

Turnitin was created by a small group of academics more than 20 years ago. Since then, the needs and experiences of both the educators and the learners became their priority. With the introduction of artificial intelligence, Turnitin has been of help in detecting academic misconduct through AI paraphrasing and authoring, helping students get immediate feedback on their grammar, citations, and texts in effect enabling revisions of one’s writing output before submitting.