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NetLibrary, Springer-Verlag Sign Agreement to Distribute STM eBooks
NetLibrary now offers titles from top five STM publishers
BOULDER, COLO. — October 13, 2003 — NetLibrary, the leading provider of eBooks to the institutional
library market, today announced it would begin distribution of eBooks from Springer-Verlag, one of the
world's most prestigious scientific publishers. More than 100 current titles in key scientific, technical
and medical (STM) subject areas will be available before the end of the year, and can be pre-ordered now.
"Our arrangement with netlibrary continues our online evolution for eBooks, and provides greater
flexibility for our customers." Said Syed Hasan, Director, Business Development, Springer-Verlag
New York Inc. "We are confident that this arrangement will complement the prestigious book titles
from Springer and enhance the research experience for NetLibrary users."
With the agreement to distribute Springer titles, NetLibrary has now established strategic relationships
with the world's top five publishers of STM content. Springer, the third largest book publisher in Germany
and one of the world's largest scientific publishers, joins a roster of STM publishers that includes Elsevier
Science, Kluwer, John Wiley & Sons, and Marcel Dekker, Inc.
"We are extremely pleased to be entering into a relationship with Springer-Verlag," said Rich
Rosy, NetLibrary's Corporate Vice President. "Our goal is to constantly enhance our catalog with the
most respected and most up-to-date scientific eBooks. The addition of Springer titles ensures that
we will be able to meet our commitment of providing the world's most extensive catalog of STM eBooks
to libraries and their patrons."
Springer offers an extensive catalog of books covering medicine and life sciences, mathematics, engineering,
economics, law and other fields of scientific research. Springer now counts 126 Nobel Prize winners among
its authors.
NetLibrary's eBooks provide users with access to library resources anywhere, anytime. Patrons can conduct full
text searches across hundreds of books or within a specific book to speed research and reference projects. eBooks
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.
Throughout the medical and scientific world, Springer (springeronline.com) has an
established reputation as a publisher of outstanding books and journals. Since 1842, Springer
has been actively involved in the international marketplace. Each year Springer and its
publishing subsidiaries produce over 2,500 new books, 60 percent of them in English. Today, Springer
has a worldwide network of offices including Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Paris, Tokyo and London. This
network of cooperation ensures that wherever scientific advances are being made, Springer is nearby
to report them.
The NetLibrary division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (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 Online Computer
Library Center, Inc. (www.oclc.org) is a nonprofit organization and leader in computer-based
cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation service to libraries worldwide.
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