«Within ProQuest, Books In Print is used as a key bibliographic component for a variety of services, from Intota Assessment to Syndetic Solutions to building the new ebook platform
for ebrary and EBL.
«With the growing demand for digital content, we are committed to offering content in multiple languages,» said Leslie Lees, vice president of content development
for ebrary, in a press release.
The ProQuest ebooks team will be employing a consultative, step - by - step launch for the new platform, working closely with libraries to ensure a seamless transition
for all ebrary and EBL customers and users.»
Not exact matches
Online (and sometimes downloadable) PDF eBooks are available from a number of different library services (
for example, netLibrary,
ebrary, Ingram MyiLibrary, Dawson, Blackwell).
ebrary will be demonstrating its solution
for government libraries in the ProQuest booth # 600 at SLA, July 15 through 17 in Chicago, IL.
«The patron interface
for ProQuest Ebook Central and the ProQuest Ebook Central Reader ™ will be based on
ebrary's fresh, modern reader.
Ebook provider
ebrary announced this morning that it has now added the Boston Library Consortium to its growing list of library systems that rely on the company to make publishers» titles available
for online reading by its member patrons.
ProQuest's ebooks businesses —
ebrary ® and EBL ™ — are renowned
for their breadth of content and flexible models including subscription, perpetual archive (purchase), demand - driven acquisition, and short - term loans.
EBL is part of ProQuest's ebooks area, which also includes
ebrary, a company renowned
for its inventive acquisition models and robust platform.
I teach our distance learners how to search
for books in the catalog AND
eBrary, even though our catalog contains the
eBrary MARC records.
Academic Complete was recently named Library Journal «s «Best E-Book Database,» among other accolades and awards, and serves its member libraries and institutions by offering a catalog of more than 80,000 titles which are available
for unlimited access by multiple users simultaneously through
ebrary's subscription model.
ebrary offers its platform on apps
for iPhone and iPad, as well as Android powered devices.
With the growth of Android powered devices and the popularity of tablets such as the Kindle Fire and the Nook tablet, whose app marketplaces give Amazon and Barnes and Noble customers a centralized location
for finding apps,
ebrary's response to the Android market is well - timed and the distributor joins an ever - growing list of companies who are working in both the iOS and Android platforms.
Kathy from
ebrary mentioned, «
Ebrary plans to continue maintaining dedicated apps
for iOS and Android in the near future.
This not only entails aggregating vast amounts of content but also packaging it in a way that is digestible and makes sense
for the researcher,» said Leslie Lees,
ebrary's Vice President of Content Development, in a press release.
ebrary has instituted a couple of different options
for schools and individual teachers who are actively looking
for digital content that will align with the standards.
«At this point in time,
ebrary is in investigation
for how to support both ingestion of EPUB3 content and display of this format.
Kathy from
ebrary explained his company's position, «DRM is a high priority
for our market.
ebrary's Android app allows
for online and offline reading, a benefit that more and more companies are working toward in order to give consumers the option of downloading content prior to entering areas of low coverage.
The online
ebrary reader,
for example, is by no means suitable
for tablet browsers in any case: the text can appear rather blurry and you can not highlight or underline any text at all, because when you try, you just move the whole text sideways.
Just months after rolling out its newly redesigned search and discovery platform, ProQuest announced January 6 that it has acquired e-book pioneer
ebrary, setting the stage
for the company's plans to offer greater depth of access to content from a growing variety of sources and media types.
ProQuest and OCLC have announced the launch of a data exchange program that will share metadata across OCLC's Worldcat Local, ProQuest's Summon service, and the full text of ProQuest Central and
ebrary e-books, enriching discoverability
for users of each of these services.
ProQuest affiliate Bowker, ProQuest e-book business
ebrary and Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) uniting to improve the accessibility and utility of Resources
for College Libraries (RCL).
Search syntax
for Quicklaw, Westlaw and CanLII Search syntax
for Hein Online, Irwin
eBrary and Folio View Infobases Search syntax
for court websites Search syntax
for BAILII and AUSTLII
Some of the purveyors of electronic content
for libraries (
ebrary, MyiLibrary, etc.) already offer individual chapters
for sale.