YBP Library Services, the world's leading provider of materials to
the academic library community, and ebrary(R), a leading provider of
eContent services and technology, today announced the availability of
ebrary titles through YBP's GOBI(R) online database. The two companies
have integrated ebrary's platform and its growing selection of eBooks
with the GOBI system, providing an easy and efficient way for
libraries to preview, order, and manage ebrary titles along with their
other print and digital holdings.
YBP customers who order ebrary titles through GOBI benefit from
all of the unique features of the ebrary platform, including the
ability to seamlessly integrate every title with their catalog, other
library resources, and information on the web through ebrary's unique
InfoTools(TM) software. ebrary also provides sophisticated research
tools such as personal bookshelves, multiple search and navigation
options, and automatic, customizable citations with a URL hyperlink
back to the source when text is copied and pasted or printed.
ebrary's eBooks and other valuable content spans all academic
subject areas. More than 260 of the world's leading publishers
contribute to the selection including McGraw-Hill, Springer, Elsevier,
and Taylor & Francis, and many university presses such as Yale
University Press, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University
Press.
About YBP Library Services
YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor company, provides books and
supporting collection management and technical services to academic,
research, and special libraries in North America and around the world.
GOBI(R), YBP's online, interactive bibliographic information service,
provides access to 2.0 million titles in an English-language database.
YBP's corporate headquarters are in Contoocook, New Hampshire, USA.
Further information about the company is available on their web site,
www.ybp.com.
About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)
ebrary(R) is a leading provider of eContent 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 eContent platform. ebrary
customers may purchase or subscribe to eBooks and other content under
a variety of pricing and access models, they may license the ebrary
platform to distribute, sell, and market their own content online.
ebrary currently offers a growing selection of more than 120,000
eBooks and other titles from more than 260 leading publishers and
aggregators.
