Come See Us at PLA!

Next week we’ll be at the PLA 2018 Conference in Philadelphia, and we’d love to see you there! You can find us at Booth #837 from March 20-24. Here’s what you can expect when you come by our booth.

Golden Ticket Giveaway

Free candy AND a chance to win…who can resist? Stop by our booth anytime to pick up a chocolate bar and a chance to win a great prize! This offer is only good while supplies last, so come early to make sure you don’t miss out.

Author Signings

Three popular authors will be making appearances at our booth. Visit our booth during the times listed below to get a book signed, and spread the word about their incredible work to your patrons!

Wednesday, March 21

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

LAURIE MORRISON

Co-author of the middle-grade novel Every Shiny Thing

Thursday, March 22

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

CLAIRE LEGRAND

Author of the YA fantasy novel Furyborn

Thursday, March 22

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

BEATRIZ WILLIAMS

Author of the historical novel The Summer Wives

Champagne Toast

We’re looking forward to celebrating hoopla’s five-year anniversary with our library partners. We’ll be hosting a champagne toast at our booth on Thursday, March 22, at 3:00 p.m. Join us!

Alexa, Meet hoopla!

We’re excited to announce a cool new bit of hoopla functionality—integration with Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa! We’ll have a number of devices at our booth, so be sure to come get a full demonstration of all the ways Alexa will allow patrons to interact with hoopla just with their voice.

Come by our booth for any or all of these events, or to learn more about all the ways Midwest Tape and hoopla can benefit your library. We hope to see you there!

Midwest Tape Exhibit; Debuts hoopla at PLA 2012

Last week librarians from all over the country descended upon Philadelphia for the Public Libraries Association conference held at the convention center. More than 8,700 library staff, supporters, exhibitors, authors, and guests from across the country gathered to attend workshops, share experiences, and visit with vendors, including Midwest Tape at our brand new booth.

Sneak Peek of hoopla
During the conference, we offered attendees a first-look at hoopla, our new digital media platform designed specifically for libraries. Featuring a clean, user-friendly interface, the platform will provide an exceptional experience for patrons of all abilities. When implemented, patrons will be pleased to see how closely it resembles the physical library experience. Users will be able to borrow, use, and return the cloud-based stored digital content at any time from their computer or mobile devices. 

Delivering the Exceptional
In addition to debuting hoopla, we also unveiled our new booth. Our open and inviting design allowed attendees to easily take in all we have to offer. Complete with numerous TVs, our tech-savvy booth allowed us to display multiple messages, which empowered our sales team to talk with attendees about all our exciting products and services.

We’ve Gone Social and Digital
Supporting our modern booth, we also let customers know that we’ve expanded even further into the online realm. We’ve joined Facebook and Twitter and now offer our Weekly mailers digitally.


What did you think of PLA? What were your favorite workshops and trade show moments? What did you think of hoopla and our new booth?

See more photos of us at the show here.

Sneak Peek hoopla at PLA 2012

MARCH 14-16
PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER

Will you be at PLA 2012? Don't miss this special sneak peek as well as our brand new booth. Visit us at booth #1600.

Midwest Tape at 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting

The 2012 ALA Midwinter Conference took place at the Dallas Convention Center 19–23 January in Dallas, Texas. Being that Texas sure beats Ohio in January, Midwest Tape was once again proud to exhibit at the show. This show not only gave us an additional chance to meet with customers, but it was also the last time we used our current booth. That’s right. Our booth has run its course, which means there will be something very spectacular to behold at PLA. Will you be there?

During ALA Midwinter, attendees could enter to win a $2500 shopping spree at MidwestTapes.com. We received 91 entries for the grand prize, and after the shop wrapped up, we drew a winner. A big congratulations to Alice Neve, Public Services Manager for the Rondo Community Outreach Center Library in St. Paul, Minnesota. Be sure to drop her a congratulatory line in our comments section!

Did you attend ALA Midwinter? What did you enjoy most at the show?