OCLC to offer all Springer Science+Business Media journals

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA,  13 April 2006—NetLibrary, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., and a leading provider of full-text digital content to libraries worldwide, has signed a distribution agreement that will make all Springer Science+Business Media journal titles available through the Electronic Collections Online service.

The Springer Journal collection will include more than 1,200 peer-reviewed journals, with topics spanning biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, business and economics.  Springer Science+Business Media is the second largest science, technology and medicine (STM) publisher in the world, publishing 1,450 journals and more than 5,000 new books every year, many of which are also available as NetLibrary eBooks.

"We are very excited to add all our journals to the growing body of Springer electronic resources already being distributed by NetLibrary," said Kim Zwollo, Global Director of Special Licensing & Rights, Springer Science+Business Media.  "Together, we are now able to provide libraries worldwide with even more resources to support research and education in the fields of science, technology and medicine."

The Electronic Collections Online service offers Web access to a growing collection of more than 6,000 journals from leading publishers of academic and professional journals.  With the new agreement, scientists, researchers, students, educators and other library users will be able to access an additional 600,000 documents spanning critical STM subject areas and up-to-date research.

"Springer Science+Business Media is one of the world's preeminent publishers of STM content," said Rich Rosy, Vice President of Content Management, OCLC.  "The addition of more than 1,200 journal titles to the Electronic Collections Online service will significantly enhance our ability to provide libraries with both the eBook and eJournal content they need to serve a growing and diverse online patron base."

In addition to distributing the new Springer Journal collection content through the Electronic Collections Online service, NetLibrary also offers an extensive collection of more than 3,500 Springer eBook titles through the NetLibrary eContent platform.  With a growing collection of more than 100,000 titles, the NetLibrary catalog includes the latest information technology titles, reference essentials, business and economics resources, best-selling fiction titles and more.

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

For more information about Springer Science+Business Media titles available through NetLibrary, contact a NetLibrary representative by sending an e-mail to sales@netlibrary.com.

About Springer Science+Business Media
Springer is one of the leading international scientific publishing companies and was founded in 1842.  It is the second largest science, technology and medicine (STM) publisher in the world and publishes on behalf of more than 300 academic associations and professional societies worldwide.  Springer is part of the specialist publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, which owns 70 publishing companies in 19 countries throughout the world and employs some 5,000 people.  It publishes 1,450 journals and over 5,000 new books every year.  For more information about Springer, visit www.springer.com.

About OCLC
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit organization that has provided computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation services to 54,000 libraries in 109 countries and territories.  For more information, visit www.oclc.org.

The NetLibrary division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. <www.netlibrary.org> helps academic, public, corporate and special libraries create a richer, more productive learning environment for their users.  By combining the time-honored traditions of the library system with electronic publishing, NetLibrary offers an easy-to-use information retrieval system for accessing the full text of reference, scholarly and professional books, journals, audiobooks and other eContent.

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