RSSebrary Chosen to Present QuickView, Other Technologies at ALA Midwinter
Nov 10
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ebrary®, a leading provider of e-content software and services, announced that it is one of 10 vendors chosen to present Monday, January 26, 2009, at the American Library Association’s Technology Showcase, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado. In addition to new technologies in development, ebrary will showcase its new ebrary QuickView™ , which enables end-users to instantly view documents in many of the leading web browsers on Windows and Linux operating systems, and even works on the iPhone. No software downloads or installations are needed.
Currently offered in conjunction with ebrary’s new Java-based Reader™, ebrary QuickView is ideal for quickly accessing and exploring documents in the ebrary system such as e-books, maps, journals, reports, and other authoritative information. For a richer and more productive research experience, an end-user can also choose to use ebrary’s Java-based Reader, which provides added functionality such as printing, copying and pasting, highlighting, note taking, and ebrary InfoTools™.
“ebrary has had a very busy year on the technology front, primarily based on requests and input from our customers, partners, and the library community,” said Kevin Sayar, President of ebrary. “It is always an honor to be selected by the American Library Association to participate in the Technology Showcase, and we look forward to showing the industry how we are striving to address its needs.”
In addition to ALA’s Technology Showcase, ebrary will be showcasing its new technologies as well as its existing e-book products and e-publishing system at ALA Booth #2404. Anyone interested in scheduling a one-on-one meeting may email marketing@ebrary.com.
About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)
ebrary® is a leading provider of e-content services and technology. The company helps libraries, publishers, and other organizations disseminate valuable information to end-users, while improving end-user research and document interaction.
The company has developed a flexible e-content platform, which customers may use in a number of different, integrated capacities: ebrary customers may purchase or subscribe to e-books and other content under a variety of pricing and access models, and they may license the ebrary platform to distribute, sell, and market their own content online. All options are delivered using a customizable interface and include the ebrary Reader™ with InfoTools™ software, which enable integration with other resources to provide an economical and efficient way to utilize information. ebrary offers several viewing options including its new Java-based Reader with QuickView™ and ActiveX Reader.
ebrary currently offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 e-books and other titles from more than 300 leading publishers and aggregators.
Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Contact:
Wagner Communications
Tish Wagner, +1-707-963-8935
tish.wagner@ebrary.com
Source: ebrary