netLibrary Enters eBook Distribution Agreement with Majors Scientific Books; Alliance Expands Distribution of netLibrary eBooks in Health Sciences Marketplace.Business Editors 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)--May 27, 2001 netLibrary(TM), the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content/collection management services, announced a new alliance with Majors Scientific Books to meet increased demand for eBooks in the health sciences marketplace. The agreement, announced today during the Medical Library Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., will make netLibrary's eBook solutions available for purchase through Majors' ordering systems and services. "netLibrary is pleased to announce this agreement with Majors Scientific Books," said Rob Kaufman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president, netLibrary, Inc. "This alliance extends netLibrary's reach into a prominent segment of the corporate and library marketplace while meeting the growing demand for digital content functionality from Majors' customers." Majors Scientific Books is the foremost book distributor serving corporate, special and academic health science libraries. Through the integration of netLibrary eBooks into online ordering systems and approval plans used for the sales and support of print books, Majors will offer customers the ability to make digital collection development decisions concurrent with their print selections. "We are delighted that we can now offer eBooks through netLibrary to our health science libraries," said Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Thompson Thompson, city, Canada Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. , vice president of library services at Majors Scientific Books. "This is a complementary partnership providing the best of health science print and electronic material available today." 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. Hundreds of publishers of academic, professional, reference, and scholarly books have adopted netLibrary's digital rights management infrastructure. netLibrary develops, archives, hosts, and securely distributes eBooks and print-ready files through a variety of channels, including academic, corporate, public, and school libraries. netLibrary eBooks are full-text searchable and available for use on personal computers in online and offline formats. About Majors Scientific Books Majors Scientific Books (www.majors.com) is the largest distributor of medical, scientific and technical books to the medical and special library marketplace. With an inventory of over 135,000 titles, Majors offers special services for the library such as online ordering, updates to the Brandon-Hill list, approval plans, continuations and management reports. In business since 1909, Majors has distribution centers in Dallas and Atlanta. |
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