The term eBook applies to published materials, such as
reference books, scholarly monographs, and business books
that have been converted into digital format for electronic
distribution. NetLibrary eBooks are available twenty-four
hours a day, seven days a week – from any location in the
world, with additional features such as a dictionary, index,
and easy keyword searchability.
The Corporate Division is serving Corporate libraries within Global 2000 companies as
well as corporate universities, corporate training departments,
and human resource departments within those companies. The
Corporate Division also supports federal, state and local
government agencies and for-profit universities.
Our process for converting content and ensuring the
security of that content
Our relationship with 300+ publishers, which represent
a key component of our business model and ensures access
to relevant and recent content
The depth and breadth of our content today and the rate
at which we are adding titles
Our strategic partnerships with distributors as well as
publishers
Our versatile platform for accessing eBooks
Our commitment to support our customers as they roll
out an electronic library within their organizations,
including training, collaborative collections development,
and marketing services
We are happy to answer any question that you may have and work
with you to develop a collection of eBooks that meets your
needs. You can call us at 1-800-413-4557, or e-mail us at
sales@netlibrary.com
There are currently more than 5,500 libraries accessing NetLibrary
eBooks. Our customers include corporations, government agencies,
universities, colleges, and research institutions, as
well as leading community colleges and virtual universities.
NetLibrary eBooks provide a new way of interacting with books
while maintaining what is already valued. With NetLibrary
eBooks, your staff and employees can access library resources
anywhere, anytime, with the ability to perform full-text
searching across hundreds of books or within a specific
book to speed research and reference projects. These books
can be viewed online in your library, from office, home, or
remote location using an Internet browser, or can be downloaded
to a laptop. Added benefits also include an embedded dictionary
in each book with accompanying visuals and verbal pronunciation,
as well as hyperlinks from both the table of contents and index.
How will a collection of NetLibrary eBooks benefit my organization?
With a collection of eBooks, you can add thousands of titles
to your collection, with all the same rights of ownership as
print books, without having to build any additional shelves or
storage facilities, without investing in additional hardware or
software.
Other benefits include no re-shelving, no lost, stolen, or
overdue books.
What's more, you will have access to the Library Extranet,
which allows you to track usage of eBooks in your library.
These reports provide you with valuable data to help you grow
and shape your collection to meet the needs of employees.
eBooks are a perfect solution to the problem of providing
distance learners with access to a full library of books.
eBooks can be accessed anytime, anywhere with the same
circulation model that traditional libraries offer: one user
accessing books for a designated check-out time.
You purchase a collection of titles just as you would printed
titles. NetLibrary handles all of the technology and hosts your
eBooks from our servers. You determine the authentication
strategy-employees can find your eBooks through MARC records
in your OPAC search engine, or from your library website. As
with printed books, only one employee at a time may access each
copy of an eBook. You set the length of checkout time for each
eBook through our secure Library Resource Center. The Library Resource Center
also allows you to see usage and collection development reports.
We currently have over 40,000 eBooks available, with more
being added every day. Thousands of titles ABC-CLIO, IDG Books
Worldwide, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, NTC/Contemporary,
O’Reilly and Associates, Oxford University Press, Rosen
Publishing, and The Millbrook Press. You'll find concentrations
of titles in areas including business, technology, management,
finance, engineering, aerospace, economics, telecommunication,
leadership, computers, education, government and law, human resources,
health, and science.
Libraries can select from collection sets or individual
titles to create a custom collection. Prices are based on
publishers' list prices, with discounts for volume. There is
also a management service fee which covers maintenance and
updates to your virtual library. Remember, NetLibrary is not a
subscription service. You own the eBooks.
You can select from collection sets or individual
titles to create a custom collection. Prices are based on
publishers' list prices, with discounts for volume. There is
also a management service fee which covers maintenance and
updates to your virtual library. Remember, NetLibrary is not a
subscription service. You own the eBooks.
After locating an eBook in your collection, employees users
have the option of viewing or borrowing the eBook. By borrowing
an eBook, users will have exclusive access to the book during
the check-out period. eBooks are automatically checked back in
to the NetLibrary collection when the check-out period expires.
Can more than one person at a time check out the same book?
At this time, NetLibrary's patent-pending technology ensures that only one person can
use one eBook copy at a time. If a library or organization has purchased ten copies
of one title, then only ten people at a time may view that title. In addition,
NetLibrary is currently reviewing different access models that meet both library
demands and publisher needs.
Can I print a hard copy version of an eBook or pages from an eBook?
NetLibrary has developed mechanisms for limiting the copying
and printing of eBooks from the Internet. Visitors can copy or
print single pages, just as people can photocopy single pages
of a printed book.
NetLibrary receives new titles from a publisher in electronic or print format. The
electronic file or print book is then converted. Non-text pictures, diagrams, and illustrations are
then integrated into the converted document. Enhancements to the eBook include live
links from the Table of Contents and Index and an embedded version of The American
Heritage™ Dictionary of the English Language.
All finished eBooks are meticulously compared with the original to ensure accuracy.
Each eBook emulates its print counterpart, maintaining the books copyright and making
viewing familiar and easy.
NetLibrary provides a wide range of reference, professional
and scholarly titles from many of the world's leading
commercial publishers and university presses. When you
purchase an eBook collection, employees also have
access to nearly 3500+ classics from our public collection.
NetLibrary supports the American Library Association's Code of Ethics. We believe
that ensuring the privacy of library users is both an ethical obligation and
critical to the ongoing success of the Internet.
