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NetLibrary and SOLINET Provide eBooks
to Libraries in Southeastern United States
BOULDER, COLO. - January 4, 2001 - NetLibrary
(www.NetLibrary.com), the leading provider of eBooks and
Internet-based content management services, today announced
a shared eBook resources agreement with SOLINET, a
membership-based network serving more than 1,500 libraries in
the Southeast.
As the largest regional library consortium in the United
States, SOLINET serves academic, research, public, school,
corporate, medical, law, and special libraries in 10
southeastern states and the Caribbean. SOLINET is offering
member libraries perpetual access to more than 15,000
NetLibrary eBooks initially and will continue to add new eBooks in the coming months.
"By offering access to NetLibrary eBooks, SOLINET is
fulfilling its mission of providing cost-effective and
content-rich products and services to member libraries,"
said SOLINET Executive Director Kate Nevins.
In addition to being invited to participate in the shared
resource collection, SOLINET member libraries may voluntarily
elect to obtain individual library collections through
NetLibrary. SOLINET and NetLibrary have worked closely over
the past few months to build an initial shared eBook resources
collection of titles appropriate to all member libraries.
"As a result of NetLibrary's new agreement with SOLINET,
library patrons across the Southeast now have anytime/anywhere
access to a growing collection of eBooks," said NetLibrary
Executive Vice President Rich Rosy. "We look forward to
working with SOLINET to build the collection and continue to
provide eBook management services to member libraries."
NetLibrary eBooks are available on the Internet 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. Patrons may search, preview, check
out, and read eBooks at terminals in library branches or from
any Net-connected computer. eBooks benefit libraries by adding
significantly to their resources without creating a
requirement for new physical facilities. NetLibrary's eBook
infrastructure helps librarians acquire, organize, and manage
their eBook collections.
SOLINET, the Southeastern Library Network Inc. is a
not-for-profit library cooperative providing resource sharing
for the educational, cultural, and economic advancement of the
southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) and the Caribbean. Founded in
1973 by 99 visionary libraries, SOLINET now has a membership
of more than 1,500 libraries of all sizes as well as all
types: academic, research, public, school, corporate,
medical, law and special. SOLINET is the largest regional
library network in the United States.
NetLibrary (www.NetLibrary.com) is the leading provider of
eBooks and Internet-based content management services.
Hundreds of publishers of academic, professional, reference,
and scholarly books have adopted NetLibrary's digital rights
management infrastructure. NetLibrary develops, archives,
hosts, and securely distributes eBooks through a variety of
channels, including academic, corporate, public, and school
libraries. NetLibrary eBooks are full-text searchable and
available for use on personal computers in online and offline
formats.
Contact:
Brian Bell
NetLibrary, Inc.
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com
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