2012-07-24

July 9, 2012 – Palo Alto, CA, USA – To assist corporate libraries with strategic e-book acquisition, ebrary, a ProQuest business, now offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources hand-selected by its on-staff librarians. The new databases – and over 20 others – enable corporate libraries to affordably expand access to a critical mass of e-books to researchers and employees around the world with unlimited, multiuser access and offset any hosting fees for titles acquired under other models.

“The new subscription products will enhance our approach to strategic e-book acquisition in which diversifying models is a key ingredient,” said Leslie Lees, ebrary's Vice President of Content Development. “We believe libraries can achieve the greatest return on their e-book investment by combining subscription products with additional models such as patron driven acquisition, where libraries can offer access to hundreds of thousands of titles and only purchase if they are used, and perpetual archive, where critical titles can be purchased outright.”

ebrary's new corporate subscriptions in Employee Development and Human Resources serve as essential tools for supporting career skills and growth. The Employee Development database covers topics such as business communication, strategic thinking, and creativity, while the Human Resources collection encompasses recruitment, retention & remuneration, training & development, and corporate culture & diversity.

Additional benefits of acquiring e-books with a subscription through ebrary include the following:

Continued collection growth

Dedicated apps for the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Android

DASH! (Data Sharing, Fast) for fully searchable digital repositories

ebrary InfoTools turns words into portals to additional knowledge

COUNTER-compliant usage statistics

Multiple search and navigation options

Chapter ranking of search results

Personal bookshelves

Highlighting and annotating

Text-to-hyperlinks

Text-to-speech

Automatic citations

RefWorks and EndNote integration

Meet ebrary at SLA ebrary will be demonstrating its solution for corporate libraries in the ProQuest booth #600 at SLA, July 15 through 17 in Chicago, IL.

About ebrary (www.ebrary.com) ebrary helps customers acquire e-books strategically through a three step approach: Transition, Diversify and Streamline. The company believes that by challenging the e-book status quo, organizations can effectively serve the diverse and growing needs of researchers and maximize their budgets. Founded in 1999, long before e-books were popular, ebrary is a ProQuest business located in Palo Alto, CA, USA.