netLibrary Enters Strategic Distribution Alliance With Baker & Taylor; netLibrary eBooks Now Available Through Leading Library Distributors Baker & Taylor and YBP Library Services.Business Editors & Technology Writers BOULDER Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001 netLibrary(TM), the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content/collection management services, today announced a new eBook distribution alliance with Baker & Taylor. Baker & Taylor, together with its subsidiary YBP YBP Yankee Book Peddler (Contoocook, New Hampshire) YBP Years Before Present YBP Young Black Professionals YBP Yellow Bike Project YBP Yellow Bird Project (Montreal, Canada) YBP Yoga for Busy People Library Services (YBP), is the leading supplier of book products and services to public and academic libraries. "This alliance between two industry leaders underscores the growing interest in netLibrary eBooks and netLibrary's commitment to support the way libraries conduct business today," said Rob Kaufman, Chief Executive Officer and President of netLibrary. "This distribution relationship will support current and prospective netLibrary customers by streamlining their eBook collection development and acquisitions processes, allowing them to effectively consolidate their ordering requirements with an established, leading library supplier." This agreement will broaden Baker & Taylor's product line and extend netLibrary's reach into public and academic libraries across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Libraries will benefit from increased efficiencies in collection development and acquisitions by consolidating eBook orders into their existing accounts with Baker & Taylor and YBP, allowing them to have one point of contact for their print and eBook orders. "Baker & Taylor's partnership with netLibrary adds to the comprehensive and sophisticated range of technology products and services that we currently offer to libraries," said George Coe, President of Baker & Taylor Institutional. "This partnership shows our commitment to pursuing and developing new business ventures that are up to date with today's technology and cements our position as the industry's one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for paper, and now electronic, books for libraries," Coe added. Gary Shirk Gary Lee Shirk (born February 23, 1950 in Columbus, Ohio) is a former professional American football tight end. He played with the New York Giants of the National Football League for seven seasons. , President of YBP, commented: "eBooks are rapidly becoming an essential component for research and academic library collections. We are delighted to be able to offer netLibrary's eBook solution to our customers and we intend to offer netLibrary's eBook solution as a fully integrated part of our collection management services very soon." eBooks are full-text electronic versions of published books that library patrons can search, borrow, read, and return via the Internet. With netLibrary eBooks, users can access library resources anywhere, anytime, and perform full-text searches A search that compares every word in a document, as opposed to searching an abstract or a set of keywords associated with the document. Word processors and text editors contain full-text search functions that let you find a word or phrase anywhere in the document. across hundreds of books or within a specific book to speed research and reference projects. These books can be viewed online from a library, office, home, or remote location using an Internet browser See Web browser. , or can be downloaded to a laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer . Added benefits include an embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. dictionary in each book with accompanying visuals and verbal pronunciation pronunciation: see phonetics; phonology. Pronunciation - In this dictionary slashes (/../) bracket phonetic pronunciations of words not found in a standard English dictionary. , as well as hyperlinks from both the table of contents and index. eBooks are available for varying checkout periods and are automatically checked back into the library collection when the checkout period expires. About netLibrary netLibrary (www.netLibrary.com) is the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services for the institutional library market. netLibary develops, archives, hosts, and maintains eBook collections for academic, corporate, public, and school libraries. Thousands of libraries throughout the United States and internationally are currently providing netLibrary eBooks to their patrons. In addition, the MetaText division of netLibrary creates web-based digital textbooks The Digital Textbook program was announced by the Education Ministry of South Korea on March 8th 2007, the program intends to provide for all Korean schools by 2011. History that provide instructors and students with a full range of interactive learning tools. About Baker & Taylor In business over 170 years, Baker & Taylor, Inc., is a global information and entertainment services company that offers books, videos, music and services to traditional and Internet retailers, libraries and educational institutions. In 2000, Baker & Taylor acquired YBP, a leading academic library supplier, and became the world's largest library supplier. Baker & Taylor is based in Charlotte, NC. For more information visit www.btol.com. YBP is based in Contoocook, NH, with a subsidiary, Lindsay & Howes, located in Godalming, England (www.ybp.com). |
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