ebrary Launches Government Complete with DASH!

April 12, 2010

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PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ebrary®, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced the availability of the first e-book collection for government agencies, institutes, and centers that also allows authorized administrators to quickly and easily upload, integrate, and distribute reports, presentations, and other electronic documents right from their computers.

With more than 47,000 e-books and other titles from over 425 leading publishers including AMACOM, McGraw-Hill, MIT Press, Oxford University Press, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley, ebrary’s Government Complete subscription database spans a vast range of topics relating to government functions including Business & Economics, Computers & IT, Education, Engineering & Technology, Environmental Studies, Health Care & Medicine, Life & Physical Sciences, Military Science, Political Science, Social Sciences, and more. The collection may be previewed at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/govcomplete.

Additionally, agencies and other organizations that subscribe to Government Complete may use DASH! (Data Sharing, Fast) to upload existing PDF documents, or any information that can be converted into PDF, and transform them into a searchable, highly interactive database for internal use. Customers may also use ebrary’s Software as a Service (SaaS) for external information distribution and other capabilities. All documents submitted through DASH! and SaaS integrate seamlessly with Government Complete and other ebrary collections.

“By subscribing to Government Complete with DASH!, government agencies, institutes, and centers can enable their employees to quickly and efficiently find and use the information they need through a comprehensive, integrated database of premium, high-value e-books as well as their own internal documents,” said Kevin Sayar, President of ebrary. “We look forward to extending our product offerings for government organizations to further help them and the people they serve.”

Additional features and benefits of Government Complete include the following:

• Simultaneous multi-user access – anytime, anywhere

• Continued growth throughout the subscription term

• 24/7 training with a live person

• Supplement with subscription databases and individual title purchases in engineering, business, and other subject areas

• Multiple options for searching, navigating, and browsing

• ebrary InfoTools™, which turns every word into a portal to additional information on the web

• Notes and highlights

• Ability to copy/paste and print text with automatic citations and URL hyperlinks back to the source

• Personal bookshelves with moveable folders that can be emailed to others

• Comprehensive usage statistics

• No Reader required with QuickView™

ebrary is showcasing Government Complete with DASH! at Computers in Libraries, April 12-14 in Arlington, VA (booth #817). Government agencies, institutes, and centers may also request a demonstration by emailing ebtrain@ebrary.com.

About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)

ebrary helps libraries, corporations, publishers, and consumers get the most out of their digital content. The company offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 digital books, handbooks, reports, maps, journals and other valuable content from over 425 of the world’s leading publishers under flexible subscription, purchase, and usage-based models. Additionally, ebrary offers content services—DASH! (do-it-yourself), Software as a Service (SaaS) and licensed—for customers to cost-effectively distribute their own PDF content online.

All ebrary products and services can be integrated and delivered via a single easy-to-use interface that includes powerful tools for finding, discovering, and managing information. With ebrary InfoTools™, every word in the ebrary system is a network to other online resources of the customer’s choice, extending content value while increasing end-user knowledge and efficiencies.

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