Here's an account of Dawson Day by Elaine Lee and Kasia Strojwas from WSPC's London office:

"Overall this was a good opportunity to speak to librarians on an informal level. We had produced a special selection flyer for libraries and placed them into the delegate bags. There was lot of interest in the Anatomy Workbook set and was remarked by one librarian that one of the key features of Dawson Day was the opportunity to see the physical product and consider a book they may not have done otherwise.

Topics in discussion were e-books. A catalog of e-books was requested several times. Although we had the e-resources pack which contained the e-books flyer, the librarians wanted a catalog of the actual titles. Librarians were also asked who the decision-makers were at their institutions. All responded that it was mainly the professors who made suggestions to the subject librarians who then placed the order.

“Prior to the conference, a postcard featuring World Scientific e-Resources was created and sent to all pre-registered attendees. The postcard featured the new Nobel Lecture series and highlighted the chance to win a $25 American Express Gift.

The exhibit hall was open for 2 full days and two ½ days and a number of other publishing companies were present. Those who took part included Wiley, McGraw-Hill, Springer, Sage, Oxford University Press, and Elsevier.

Our presence at this conference is so important for us in terms of branding and making librarians aware of our products. Also of importance at this years’ conference was our sponsorship of the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Division’s Physics Roundtable for the second year in a row.

In addition, I attended the roundtable where World Scientific was again thanked for its support. I hope to continue our sponsorship of this event and will look into sponsoring other events as well. I noticed a definite increase in the number of librarians interested in our e-book information this year and I believe this will continue, as budgets get tighter.