Posted Friday, February 10, 2012
College Publishing Comes of Age: Highlights of the BISG Higher Education Conference
"I showed up bright and early at 8 AM for this year's Book Industry Study Group (BISG) half-day annual conference on Making Information Pay in Higher Education. It was held at the Yale Club in New York City on Feb. 8.
I was not disappointed. BISG has learned how to pack enriched expert presentations into a 3-and-a-half-hour session that provides useful perspectives, allows for productive networking and a savory luncheon, and for the rest of the day to catch up on business.
Pitched to the theme of 'Innovation in the New Reality,' the meeting brought together on neutral ground and in equal standing publisher, distributor and vendor stakeholders in the college sector to consider matters of mutual interest to their business development. Len Vlahos, recently installed as the BISG executive director, characterized its unique blend of multi-sector membership as 'The Switzerland of the Industry...'"
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I was not disappointed. BISG has learned how to pack enriched expert presentations into a 3-and-a-half-hour session that provides useful perspectives, allows for productive networking and a savory luncheon, and for the rest of the day to catch up on business.
Pitched to the theme of 'Innovation in the New Reality,' the meeting brought together on neutral ground and in equal standing publisher, distributor and vendor stakeholders in the college sector to consider matters of mutual interest to their business development. Len Vlahos, recently installed as the BISG executive director, characterized its unique blend of multi-sector membership as 'The Switzerland of the Industry...'"
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