NetLibrary to distribute CRC Press titles as eBooks to libraries

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 19 May 2006 — NetLibrary, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., and a leading provider of full-text digital content to libraries worldwide, is pleased to announce the availability of new science, technology and medicine titles from CRC Press.  CRC Press is a preeminent publisher of works in the fields of life sciences, medicine, pharmaceutical science, food science, environmental and forensic science, engineering, business, technology, mathematics and statistics.

With a long an prestigious history in scientific publishing, CRC Press is well-known and highly respected for its broad range of textbooks and reference works for scientific, medical and technical professionals.  Today, CRC press is part of the Taylor & Francis Group, a leading international academic publisher devoted to disseminating scholarly information of the highest quality. 

"CRC Press has a long history of serving academics and researchers with high quality scientific resources, and our partnership with NetLibrary expands on that tradition," said Dennis Weiss, Senior Vice President of Sales, CRC Press.  "We have been impressed with NetLibrary's commitment to the library community, the platform and technical capabilities their service provides, and we share in their vision for expanding the availability of high quality electronic resources to libraries and patrons worldwide." 

NetLibrary also currently offers more than 12,000 Taylor & Francis Group titles on its site, with more than 3,000 new Taylor & Francis titles added to its eContent catalog annually.  This new agreement with CRC Press extends that relationship, and will result in an additional 1,000 science, technology and medicine (STM) titles being added to the NetLibrary catalog each year. 

"We are extremely pleased to add CRC Press to our list of publishing partners.  Their content is known and respected worldwide, and their contributions to the fields of science, technology and medicine are many," said Rich Rosy, Vice President of Content Management, OCLC.  "There is growing demand for this type of content, and we are excited to work with CRC Press to make a solid selection of their content available in eBook form."

The full NetLibrary eContent catalog includes the latest information technology titles, reference essentials, business and economics resources, best-selling fiction titles and more.  NetLibrary continually adds different types of eContent to its catalog to further its objective of helping libraries meet the digital demands of their users. 

A complete list of NetLibrary Publisher Partners is available at: http://www.netlibrary.com/Company/PublisherPartners.aspx.

For more information about CRC Press titles available through NetLibrary, contact a NetLibrary representative by sending an e-mail to sales@netlibrary.com.

About CRC Press
CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business.  Informa is a leading international provider of specialist information for the academic, professional and business communities.  Informa is a UK public company with over 121 offices in 43 countries and employs almost 7,000 people.

About OCLC
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