ABSTRACT In June 2017, the Business Reference & Services Section of the Reference & User Services Association organized and hosted an event known as the Publishers' Forum during the annual American Library Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The Publishers' Forum is a professional development event that brings together business librarians and publishers of business information to engage in a discussion about business information products. The theme of the 2017 Publishers' Forum was private equity and venture capital data and information, and three different publishers were invited to speak and showcase their information products. This article will provide an overview of the Publishers' Forum, discuss the selection of private equity and venture capital as the theme, and highlight the importance of private equity and venture capital to business librarianship. Finally, this article will include a discussion of each of the publishers who presented at the Publishers' Forum and the information products they showcased.

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私募股权和风险投资数据和信息的基础知识

摘要 2017 年 6 月，参考与用户服务协会的商业参考与服务部门在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行的美国图书馆协会年度会议期间组织并主办了一个名为出版商论坛的活动。出版商论坛是一个专业发展活动，汇集了商业图书馆员和商业信息出版商，共同讨论商业信息产品。2017出版商论坛的主题是私募和创投数据与信息，邀请了3家不同的出版商发言并展示了他们的信息产品。本文将概述出版商论坛，讨论选择私募股权和风险投资为主题，并强调私募股权和风险投资对商业图书馆的重要性。最后，本文将讨论在出版商论坛上发表演讲的每个出版商及其展示的信息产品。