Information Today, Inc. To Distribute Titles Through NetLibrary

NetLibrary and Information Today, Inc. (ITI) have announced that beginning in March 2004 a number of high-demand ITI titles will be available as eBooks through NetLibrary, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

“NetLibrary serves a community of librarians and online users that fits extremely well with the intended audience of our book program. We are very excited about our titles now being available as eBooks and are looking forward to building a strong relationship with NetLibrary,” said Tom Hogan, Jr., marketing director for Information Today, Inc.

March releases will include Building & Running a Successful Research Business; Super Searchers Cover the World: The Online Secrets of International Business Researchers; Assessing Competitive Intelligence Software; Net Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet, and Electronic Democracy: Using the Internet to Transform American Politics.

April releases will include Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet; Business Statistics on the Web: Find Them Fast—At Little or No Cost; The Quintessential Searcher: The Wit and Wisdom of Barbara Quint; The Accidental Webmaster; and The Librarian’s Internet Survival Guide. Planned future releases include The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See; The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook; The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources; Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online; The Accidental Systems Librarian, and other titles to follow throughout the year.

About NetLibrary

NetLibrary is the leading provider of eBooks to the institutional library market and currently supports nearly 9000 libraries worldwide with eBook collections covering a wide range of subject areas. As a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. NetLibrary (www.netlibrary.com) helps academic, public, corporate, and special libraries create a richer, more productive learning environment for their patrons. By combining the time honored traditions of the library system with electronic publishing, NetLibrary offers an easy-to-use information retrieval system for accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books. OCLC (www.oclc.org) is a nonprofit organization and leader in computer-based cataloging, reference, resource-sharing, and preservation services to libraries worldwide.

About Information Today

Information Today, Inc. publishes books for librarians, information professionals, the knowledge management community, and indexers, as well as those whose work involves online searching. In addition to books, ITI publishes numerous periodicals, directories, and online products and is the organizer of Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian, KMWorld & Intranets, and other conferences. For more information about ITI's complete product line, please visit us online at http://www.infotoday.com.