PALO ALTO, Calif.--()--ebrary®, a ProQuest business and leading provider of e-books and research technology, made several key announcements last week including:
- A new dedicated app for the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®. Available on the App Store SM, the free new app gives researchers an optimized way to experience authoritative content – both online and offline – from multiple sources.
- The ability for end-users to sign-in to ebrary using their Facebook usernames and passwords.
- The availability of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey and paper by Dr. Allen McKiel, Dean of Library Services at Western Oregon University, which compares the results to a similar 2008 survey at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/surveys.
- Integration with Baker & Taylor’s Title Source™ 3, which makes it easier for libraries to purchase titles using their existing print acquisition workflow.
About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)
ebrary is a leading provider of e-books and research technology to libraries worldwide. Founded in 1999, the company offers more than 273,000 e-books from over 500 trusted publishers under flexible models including subscription, perpetual archive (purchase), patron driven acquisition, and short-term loans. As YBP Library Service's preferred e-book partner, ebrary's titles are available in GOBI™, as well as YBP's Approval and Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) service. ebrary is the only e-book provider that enables customers to upload and integrate their own digital materials right from their computers with DASH!™ (Data Sharing, Fast) technology as well as apply cross-referencing with multiple online resources with InfoTools™ technology. The company also offers a dedicated mobile app for the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®. A ProQuest® business, ebrary is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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