USACO to Distribute ebrary Book Database Products to Libraries throughout Japan.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- ebrary(R) (www.ebrary.com), a leading information services See Information Systems. and technology provider, today announced that it has partnered with USACO USACO United States of America Computing Olympiad Corporation, a leading Japanese distributor of information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. for the academic and educational marketplace, to distribute its book database products to libraries throughout Japan. With more than 100 library customers, USACO will help ebrary efficiently penetrate the Japanese library market, building upon its existing customer base of more than 600 libraries in 75 different countries, serving more than five million patrons. At the same time, USACO will assist ebrary with aggregating content from leading Japanese publishers and help localize lo·cal·ize v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. 2. the ebrary interface in the Japanese language Japanese language Language spoken by about 125 million people on the islands of Japan, including the Ryukyus. The only other language of the Japanese archipelago is Ainu (see Ainu), now spoken by only a handful of people on Hokkaido, though once much more widespread. . "The time for online books has come to the Japanese educational and academic markets," said Yutaka Masuda, General Manager, Vice President Marketing and Sales for USACO. "With ebrary, Japanese libraries now have an affordable way to provide students with access to thousands of full-text, online books from the world's leading international publishers. Additionally, ebrary offers several flexible licensing models and the most unique research software on the market today. We are very pleased to offer ebrary's products to libraries in Japan." "USACO has been serving the Japanese academic and educational communities since 1934 and is well recognized for its excellence in providing quality products and services," said David Bass David Bass is an American fiddler specializing in old-time music. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Bass is a founding member of the Freight Hoppers. He now performs with the North Carolina-based old-time band The Forge Mountain Diggers. , ebrary's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "ebrary is very pleased to partner with such an esteemed organization as USACO, and we are confident they will enable us to build a brand for our products in the Japanese library marketplace. At the same time, we look forward to working with USACO to build partnerships with Japanese publishers and translate our interface into the Japanese language." Under terms of the agreement, USACO will distribute ebrary's book databases to Japanese libraries under several different licensing models: --Subscription Databases - Libraries may choose Academic Complete, ebrary's Growing Collection that currently includes more than 23,000 titles and continues to expand at no extra cost throughout the subscription term. In 2004, Academic Complete grew by more than 60%. Libraries may also subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; Fixed Collections in single subject areas such as Business & Economics, Computers, Engineering & Applied Science, and Science, Medicine & Allied Health, or create their own Custom Collection. All ebrary subscription databases are delivered under a simultaneous, multi-user access model. --Perpetual Access Databases - Libraries may create and own databases of full-text books under a simultaneous, multi-user or single-user access model. Unlike most eBook products, ebrary's online books do not require check-out or check-in. When a book becomes available, the end user is immediately notified as they continue doing research in ebrary. All ebrary databases are delivered via the ebrary Dynamic Content Platform (DCP DCP - definitional constraint programming )(TM), which features the ebrary Reader(TM) and InfoTools(TM) software. The ebrary Reader optimizes page-by-page delivery of PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. documents, eliminating cumbersome document downloads and ensuring that any end user - regardless of bandwidth or connectivity limitations - can use the ebrary system. InfoTools provides every ebrary document with word-level interaction. Just by selecting a word or phase of interest, students and patrons can instantly link to other resources in the library, the DCP, or on the Web without losing their place of reference. Additional key features and benefits include the following: --Personal Bookshelves that automatically archive highlights, notes, and bookmarks. --Copying and Printing text with customizable, automatic citations. --Automatic, Customizable Citations that include a URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. hyperlink to the exact page from which the information was gathered. --Multiple Search Options including simple, advanced, full-text, key word, Boolean, and proximity. --Integration with ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. system and other subscription databases. --Free MARC Records provided. --Hosted Service eliminates overhead costs overhead costs see fixed costs. . --Reporting Tools show how content is being used while protecting end user privacy. About USACO Since 1934, USACO has imported materials from abroad to distribute to researchers, scholars, universities, government offices and agencies, research centers and other industries throughout Japan. With the advent of the Internet and increasing demand for digital resources, USACO is changing its function from a subscription agent to intermediary for online contents, providing system integration services, technical support, and seminars that address new trends in this industry. 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 (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. , and professional publishers. ebrary license authoritative content such as full-text books, reports, maps, and other authoritative documents under both a simultaneous, multi-user subscription and perpetual access Perpetual access refers to the right to ongoing access to electronic materials. In situations where digital materials are licensed, access to these materials is often lost after the licensing agreement has expired. model. Additionally, ebrary offers server-based 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) software, which optimizes online viewing through the "real-time" conversion of PDF documents into ebrary's Exchange Data Format (EDF (algorithm) EDF - earliest deadline first. )(TM). 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) software 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. |
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