OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS JOINS NETLIBRARY TO OFFER eBOOK TITLES ON THE INTERNET

BOULDER, COLO.-1 DECEMBER 1999-NetLibrary™ (www.NetLibrary.com), the world's premier eBook provider, today announced an agreement with Oxford University Press to offer a selection of the publisher's books digitally over the Internet.

Under the agreement, NetLibrary will use its proprietary technologies to create and manage eBook versions of Oxford University Press academic and reference titles. The eBooks will be made available directly to libraries and their patrons over the Internet.

"We are proud to announce our newly formed relationship with Oxford University Press," said NetLibrary President and CEO Timothy R. Schiewe. "This development further solidifies our commitment to provide scholars, researchers, and library patrons the best resources available online."

NetLibrary will provide select Oxford University Press content to libraries and their patrons through its comprehensive digital library that is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week via the Internet. NetLibrary broadens the scope and functionality of traditional libraries. By expanding library services to the online community, NetLibrary offers a information resources to patrons of its customer libraries, including anytime/anywhere access to electronic information, advanced search capabilities, and the ability to highlight, bookmark, index, and annotate eBook content.

"Many of our customers are scholars and researchers who require access to scholarly content," said Edward W. Barry, president, Oxford University Press Inc. "NetLibrary's cutting-edge technology will help Oxford University Press to reach those customers and provide them with the best service available."

About NetLibrary

NetLibrary (www.NetLibrary.com) integrates the convenience, access, and capabilities of the Internet with the familiarity and depth of content patrons experience at their local or university library. NetLibrary has signed agreements with more than 100 leading publishers of trade, scholarly, academic, and reference books, including Harvard Business Press, ABC-CLIO, Cambridge University Press, Columbia University Press, Marcel Dekker Inc., Houghton-Mifflin, The McGraw-Hill Companies, The MIT Press, O'Reilly and Associates, and now, Oxford University Press. Hundreds of libraries around the world offer their patrons access to NetLibrary eBooks via the Internet.

About Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (www.oup-usa.org) is the world's largest university press. It publishes 3,000 new books a year, has a presence in more than 50 countries, and employs some 3,000 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing program that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, Bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a second language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, journals, and electronic publishing.

Oxford University Press is an integral part of the University of Oxford. It is incorporated by royal charter, and governed under the University Statutes by the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed from the academic staff of the University.

Contact:
Brian Bell
NetLibrary, Inc.
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com