KOREA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICE FORMS NETLIBRARY EBOOKS CONSORTIUM

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, Jan. 27, 2003 - The Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) has formed a consortium of more than 70 universities to share access to more than 8,000 eBook titles from NetLibrary. It is the first NetLibrary eBooks consortium formed in Korea.

"OCLC has had the privilege of working with KERIS since 1999 to provide online cataloging, interlibrary loan, and OCLC FirstSearch services to university students, faculty members and researchers in Korea," said Andrew H. Wang, executive director, OCLC Asia Pacific.

"The formation of this eBooks consortium further expands the information service that KERIS provides through OCLC."

KERIS, which operates as part of the Republic of Korea Ministry of Education, is responsible for providing electronic information service in support of education and research in the country.

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