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ebrary's eBook Ordering Platform Now in Beta; New System Makes it Easy for Librarians to Order Perpetual Access eBooks Online

A leading eBook technology and services provider, today announced that it has released the ebrary eBook Ordering Platform (eBOP) version 1.0 Beta. The new, self-service platform enables librarians to easily search through ebrary's perpetual access eBooks, recommend titles for acquisition by selectors, and build a custom database of eBooks online.

ebrary offers perpetual access eBooks under both a simultaneous multi-user and single-user access model that does not require a check-out period. eBOP will also support ebrary's subscription eBook products in future releases.

"ebrary is very excited to offer our customers and partners access to eBOP Beta 1.0," said Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary. "eBOP represents one of many steps ebrary is taking to provide libraries with the tools they need to find, acquire, and manage electronic information more efficiently. With eBOP, customers will be able to create their own collections of electronic information, in some cases, under multiple business models. In this manner we are empowering librarians with flexible tools and access to content to aid and facilitate their electronic collection development."

Key Features and Benefits

--Ability to upgrade purchased titles from a single-user to a multi-user license. ebrary offers usage statistics to help with the decision-making process.

--Browse before buying -- eBOP allows librarians to view eBooks in full-text online before making a purchasing decision.

--Multiple search options including simple, advanced, and Boolean.

--Ability to preview pricing before ordering.

--Recommendations -- eBOP allows librarians to view a listing of others who have recommended a given title. Recommendations are immediately accessible by a library's authorized purchasing agent.

--Ability to control access based on roles and responsibilities or authorization levels.

--Easy access to order histories.

--Immediate availability of purchased titles for existing ebrary customers.

--Ability to determine if the library already owns or subscribes to a given title before ordering.

he company offers libraries a growing selection of eBooks under both a subscription and perpetual access model. For publishers, ebrary provides multiple ways to cost-effectively and efficiently distribute content in industry standard PDF to libraries and other global markets.

ebrary products are delivered via the ebrary Dynamic Content Platform (DCP)(TM), which features patent-pending technology and enables flexible pricing structures and access models. The DCP transforms eBooks or any PDF content into highly interactive databases, where every word, in every document, contextually links to additional information automatically through the ebrary Reader(TM) and InfoTools(TM) software.