ebrary Inks Deals With Top International Publishers.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. -- --Oxford University Press, Brill Academic Publishers, Manchester University Press, SAGE Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , and Artech House to Distribute Online Books to Libraries Worldwide via the ebrary Dynamic Content Platform (DCP DCP - definitional constraint programming )(TM) Solution ebrary(R) (www.ebrary.com), a leading information services See Information Systems. and technology provider, today announced that it has partnered with five new international publishers to make hundreds of full-text books and other authoritative content available through its Dynamic Content Platform (DCP), which combines patent-pending research software with databases of authoritative content from leading publishers. The partnerships benefit libraries by providing an affordable way to provide students with valuable content and unique technology that make the research experience easier and more productive, while providing new revenue streams for ebrary's publishing partners. "We are pleased to distribute our content online through a company as innovative as ebrary," said Steve Dane, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Brill Academic Publishers. "ebrary's sophisticated research tools and broad international reach support our goal of making outstanding scholarship more widely available through a product that accommodates each individual's learning style and needs." "ebrary continues to grow our catalog of authoritative content from top international publishers. We realize that aggregating the highest quality content, offered under a variety of resale or licensing options, delivers the greatest value to both our publishing partners and our library customers around the world," noted Chris Palma Palma or Palma de Mallorca (päl`mä thā mälyôr`kä), city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. , ebrary's Vice President of Content. "Through these expanded distribution relationships, customers worldwide will continually have access to the most current content from many of the world's leading global publishers." More than 200 of the world's 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 distribute content through ebrary under one or more of the following licensing models: 1. Subscription -- Libraries may 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"; databases of authoritative content in multiple subject areas under a simultaneous, multi-user access model. ebrary offers Growing, Fixed, and Custom subscription databases. 2. 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. -- Libraries may create and own their own databases of content under a simultaneous, multi-user or single-user access model. Unlike eBooks, no downloading or check-out period is required. All ebrary products are delivered via the ebrary DCP, which features the ebrary Reader(TM) and InfoTools 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. About ebrary's Publishing Partners Oxford University Press Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP OUP (in Northern Ireland) Official Unionist Party USA) publishes works that further Oxford University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. OUP USA is by far the largest American university American University, at Washington, D.C.; United Methodist; founded by Bishop J. F. Hurst, chartered 1893, opened in 1914. It was at first a graduate school; an undergraduate college was opened in 1925. Programs provide for student research at many government institutions. press and perhaps the most diverse publisher of its type. The press produces approximately 500 titles each year, has 3,300 scholarly books in print, and stocks another 8,700 imports from other OUP offices around the world. OUP content will greatly enhance ebrary's Academic Complete database and perpetual access offering with titles from a broad range of academic disciplines, with a strong emphasis on history and the social sciences. The selection includes titles from prize-winning authors such as James McPherson James McPherson is the name of several people:
Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930) is an American professor and prominent literary and cultural critic. Bloom defended 19th-century Romantic poets at a time when their reputations stood at a low ebb, has constructed controversial theories of poetic influence, and , Kathleen Hall Jamieson Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1946 - ) is Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, which runs FactCheck, a nonprofit devoted to examining the factual accuracy of US political campaign advertisements. , Derrick A. Bell, and Jan Morris. Brill Academic Publishers Brill Academic Publishers maintains a strong international focus. The main subject areas of Brill's are history, religion, Islamic studies, Asian studies and classical studies as well as specialist scientific fields. Brill's mainly English language publications include book series, individual monographs and encyclopedias and journals. Under terms of the agreement, Brill Academic Publishers will make authoritative content available through both ebrary's Academic Complete subscription database and perpetual access offering. Manchester University Press Manchester University Press is the third largest University Press in the U.K. and publishes titles used by academics teaching in higher education, students and the interested general reader. Currently publishing 120 new titles a year, Manchester University Press serves the international academic community and promotes outstanding works of learning and scholarship that both reflect and enhance The University's authority and reputation. With such esteemed titles as Understanding US/UK Government and Politics: A Comparative Guide, Duncan Watts, 2003, and Munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. of the Mind: A History of Propaganda, Philip M. Taylor, 2003, Manchester University Press will greatly enhance ebrary's Academic Complete subscription database as well as its perpetual access offering. SAGE Publications SAGE Publications is a leading publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for scholarly, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE (www.sagepublications.com) has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars Noun 1. community of scholars - the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees profession - the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists" , practitioners, researchers, and students. SAGE content will enhance ebrary's Academic Complete and Government Complete subscription databases with current titles in subject areas such as business & economics, communications, education, health policy & research, politics, psychology, and sociology. Sample titles include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Mental Health Care, Grant, Alec, 2004, and Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, Pilcher, Jane, 2004. Artech House Artech House is at the forefront in publishing high quality professional books for engineers and managers in some of today's hottest technologies. Highly regarded for its list of both classic and cutting edge titles in communications technology, computer security, microwave engineering, radar, antennas, and related areas, Artech's newest releases include titles in nanotechnology, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. ), and biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering An interdisciplinary field in which the principles, laws, and techniques of engineering, physics, chemistry, and other physical sciences are applied to facilitate progress in medicine, biology, and other life sciences. . With titles such as Essentials of Modern Telecommunications Systems, Kularatna and Dias, 2004, and Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures, Alexei Nabok, 2005, Artech House will add significant value to ebrary's Academic Complete subscription database as well as its perpetual access products. 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), 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 licenses authoritative content such as full-text books, reports, maps, and other authoritative documents under both a simultaneous, multi-user subscription and perpetual access 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(TM) (EDF (algorithm) EDF - earliest deadline first. ). 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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