FEDLINK Selects ebrary for Library Purchasing Program; Partnership is Key to ebrary's Entry into the Government Library Market.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- ebrary(R) (www.ebrary.com), a leading information services and technology provider, today announced that it has been chosen to participate in the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) purchasing program. The agreement will enable ebrary to streamline distribution of its Dynamic Content Platform (DCP)(TM) and new government collections into the federal library market, while providing FEDLINK members with the content and technology that make the library research experience richer and more productive. FEDLINK currently has more than 1,000 federal library members.

Under terms of the agreement, FEDLINK members may subscribe to ebrary's DCP at discounted pricing. ebrary's DCP is a hosted content delivery service that combines patent-pending software with full-text books, reports, and other authoritative content from more than 200 leading STM, academic, and professional publishers. Among other benefits, it features the ebrary Reader(TM), which optimizes page-by-page delivery of PDF documents, and InfoTools(TM), which seamlessly links search queries to multiple online databases, as well as information on the Web.

ebrary is announcing new content collections specifically for government and military libraries during the Computers in Libraries event, March 16-18, 2005 in Washington, D.C., booth # 328.

"We are extremely honored that our DCP and Reader have been accepted by FEDLINK," said David Bass, ebrary's Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing. "FEDLINK has long been the leader in serving the needs of federal libraries by offering quality products to its constituency. Our FEDLINK partnership presents a tremendous opportunity for ebrary to bring its products to this very important part of the library market."

About FEDLINK

FEDLINK serves federal libraries and information centers as their purchasing, training and resource-sharing consortium. As the FLICC consortial buying program, customers can tap into the expertise of federal librarians, contracting officers, financial managers, and customer service representatives -- getting the best products and services at the best available prices.

About ebrary

ebrary(R) provides technology solutions and information services that students, employees, patrons, and staff need to be more productive, competitive, and knowledgeable.

The company has pioneered the Dynamic Content Platform (DCP)(TM), a hosted information delivery service that features a growing selection of more than 60,000 titles from more than 200 leading academic, STM, and professional publishers. ebrary's DCP provides simultaneous, multi-user access to customizable databases of full-text books, reports, maps, and other authoritative content in multiple subject areas.

ebrary offers server-based, enterprise software solutions, to easily and cost-effectively create remote collections and virtual content portals, from any PDF documents stored within a hard drive, database, or content management system.

All ebrary products feature the ebrary Reader(TM), which optimizes online viewing through the "real-time" conversion of PDF documents into ebrary's Exchange Data Format(TM) (EDF). EDF serves any PDF file, regardless of size, through any connected Internet browser, one page at a time, making the delivery fast and efficient for the viewer.

InfoTools(TM) is an advanced set of software features within the ebrary Reader that provides much more powerful and efficient research capabilities than editorial-based linking or multiple search queries. By selecting words within a current document, end users can instantly link to relevant information from other EDF or PDF documents, digital databases, and resources on the Web.

Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.