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ELSEVIER LAUNCHES eBOOK PROGRAM
Alliance with NetLibrary will create electronic versions of STM books
AMSTERDAM -- 24 January 2002: Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
(STM) information products and services, announced today that it is launching an eBook program. Through an
alliance with NetLibrary, Elsevier will make more than 300 titles available during 2003 in eBook versions
that library patrons can access via NetLibrary.
"Elsevier is well known and respected as an innovative information provider, publishing more than 1,800 journals
and 2,200 new books per year," said Philip Shaw, Elsevier's Managing Director for Science and Technology Books.
"Partnering with NetLibrary to provide Elsevier book titles in an electronic format is a logical extension of
our strategic vision."
NetLibrary will host Elsevier eBooks, which will be available to any institution with a NetLibrary account.
Titles will come initially from the Science and Technology division within Elsevier, covering high-demand subject
areas such as Computer Science, Life Science, Economics, Business, and Management, Engineering, and Environmental
Sciences.
"We are extremely pleased to be able to add Elsevier titles to our growing catalog of electronic content", said
Rich Rosy, Corporate Vice President, NetLibrary. "We continually strive to provide libraries with high quality
eBook content, and Elsevier's titles represent some of the most frequently requested subject areas. Their works
are a strong fit with our goals and objectives for serving the needs of all types of library communities with
the highest quality content."
NetLibrary's eBooks are noted for their ability to provide users with access to library resources anywhere,
anytime. Full-text searches can be conducted across hundreds of books or within a specific book to speed
research and reference projects. The books can be viewed online from a library, office, home, or remote location
using an Internet browser, or can be downloaded to a laptop. eBooks are available for varying checkout periods
and are automatically checked back into the library collection when the checkout period expires.
Elsevier is a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working
in partnership with the global science and health communities, the company publishes more than 1,800 journals and
2,200 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect,
http://www.sciencedirect.com, and MDConsult,
http://www.mdconsult.com, bibliographic databases,
online reference works and subject specific portals.
Elsevier (www.elsevier.com) is headquartered in Amsterdam, with
offices worldwide. The company is part of the Reed Elsevier Group plc
(www.reedelsevier.com), an innovative information provider.
Operating in the science and medical, legal, education, and business information sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality
and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's
ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), and RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Founded in August 1998, NetLibrary is located in Boulder, Colorado. As the world's premier provider of electronic books (eBooks),
NetLibrary 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 and retrieval system for accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books.
NetLibrary is a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit organization and leader in computer-based
cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation service to libraries worldwide.
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