Bowker's Global Books In Print(TM) Named Database of Record for Microsoft's Live Search Books Online Search Service.Company to Provide Data that Will Enhance Descriptive Information about Books Digitized in Ambitious Microsoft Project (product) Microsoft Project - A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools. http://microsoft.com/office/project/. NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced that its Global Books In Print database has been selected by Microsoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) to provide the basic and value-added data that will enhance descriptions of books incorporated in the new Live Search Books This article or section contains information about computer software currently in development. The content may change as the software development progresses. search service from Microsoft. Live Search Books, which was released in beta form by Microsoft in December, is part of an ambitious project by Microsoft to scan millions of books and index them for online searching. The search engine allows users to search the full-texts of scanned books and is currently restricted to out-of-copyright books scanned from the collections of leading libraries such as The British Library, the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). and the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . In a later release, Microsoft will also add copyright works that publishers have given permission to include in the project. Bowker's Global Books In Print provides complete bibliographic details on more than 14 million books that are organized in its global database according to 30 powerful criteria. As part of the content licensing agreement with Microsoft, Bowker is also making available its "Publisher Authority" database, which contains company and contact information for more than 200,000 publishers worldwide, and a wide range of other value-added data modules that offer detailed descriptions of books, author biographies, award citations, book review citations, cover images, tables of contents and lists of bestsellers dating back to 1920. "We're delighted that Microsoft selected us to be their content partner for this important project and look forward to working with them to provide objective data that enhances the rich information they will be delivering to users of the Live Search Books search service," said Angela D'Agostino, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Bowker. "Bowker's overall mission is to integrate our data into everyday work flow tools. We're very excited about Microsoft's vision of integrating search more fully into the end user's day to day work flow and are pleased that our data will play an integral part in the execution of that strategy." "This deal provides us with trusted, authoritative information that will help us improve the relevance and presentation of our book search results," said Clifford Guren, Director of Publisher Evangelism for Live Search Books at Microsoft Corp. "This will be a great relationship." The Live Search Books database is now searchable from the book search engine's home page (http://books.live.com). About Bowker Bowker is the world's leading source for bibliographic information. The company provides searching, analytical, promotional, and ordering services to publishers, booksellers, libraries, and patrons through national and international brands, including: Books In Print[R], Global Books In Print[R], Books In Print IntelliMarket[TM], Syndetic syn·det·ic adj. 1. Serving to connect, as a conjunction; copulative or conjunctive. 2. Connected by a conjunction. [Greek sundetikos, from sundetos, Solutions[TM], Pubnet[R], PubEasy[TM], Simba Information[TM], and more. In the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Bowker is also the ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m and SAN Agency and a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) A method of applying a persistent name to documents, publications and other resources on the Internet rather than using a URL, which can change over time. registration agency for the publishing industry. Bowker is headquartered in New Providence, New Jersey New Providence is a borough on the northwestern edge of Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on the Passaic River, which forms the county boundary with Morris County. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 11,907. , with operations in East Grinstead, England, and Port Melbourne, Australia. For more company details, please visit www.Bowker.com. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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