ebrary Signs State-Wide E-book Licensing Agreement in Wyoming

Business Wire, April 22, 2008

All Higher Education Institutions in Wyoming Now Have Access to a Growing Selection of E-books From Leading Publishers

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- ebrary[R], a leading provider of e-content services and technology, today announced that all eight post-secondary educational institutions in the state of Wyoming have subscribed to its Academic Complete e-book database under its agreements with the Wyoming Community College Commission and the University of Wyoming. Students at the University of Wyoming, Casper College, Laramie County Community College, Northwest College, Sheridan College, Central Wyoming College, Western Wyoming Community College, and Eastern Wyoming College, now join more than 12.5 million end-users worldwide who benefit from ebrary's services.

Available under a simultaneous, multi-user access model, Academic Complete is a growing database of more than 37,700 e-books and other authoritative content in all academic subject areas from the world's leading publishers. The database also includes unique research tools and can be integrated with other online resources in the library and on the web through ebrary InfoTools[TM].

"We are ecstatic to offer ebrary's Academic Complete to our member libraries, as it provides instant access to a wide range of full-text content and features an easy-to-use interface with tools that make the research process quicker and more productive," said Karen Lange, Library Director at Laramie County Community College and Chair of the Community College Library Funding Committee. "One feature that is particularly attractive is ebrary's bookshelves, which students may use at any subscribing campus. ebrary's bookshelves meet the needs of our students who often continue their education at the university."

"Furthermore, ebrary offers a unique platform that our members can use in a number of different capacities," continued Lange. "If they choose, our members can enhance their Academic Complete subscription by purchasing individual titles from ebrary and even submitting their own digitized content into the ebrary system."

"Our agreement with the Wyoming Community College Commission and the University of Wyoming marks an important milestone for ebrary as it is one of our first state-wide deals," said Kevin Sayar, President and Co-founder of ebrary. "We look forward to building upon our relationship with Wyoming libraries and extending similar offers to other regions, both domestically and internationally."

Additional key features and benefits of the ebrary system include the following:

* The ebrary Reader[TM] streams documents, eliminating cumbersome document downloads

* ebrary InfoTools provides contextual linking to multiple online resources

* Multiple options for searching and navigating

* Personal bookshelves that automatically store links to bookmarks, highlights, and notes

* Automatic citations when text is printed or copied and pasted with URL hyperlinks back to the source

* Highlighting and annotating

* Multiple ways to navigate throughout a document or the entire selection

* Free MARC records

* Reporting tools and usage statistics

About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)

ebrary[R] is a leading provider of e-content services and technology. The company helps libraries, publishers, and other organizations disseminate valuable information to end users, while improving their research and document interaction.

The company has developed a flexible e-content platform, which customers may use in a number of different, integrated capacities: ebrary customers may purchase or subscribe to e-books and other content under a variety of pricing and access models, and they may license the ebrary platform to distribute, sell, and market their own content online. All options are delivered using a customizable interface and include the ebrary Reader[TM] with InfoTools[TM] software, which enable integration with other resources to provide an economical and efficient way to utilize information.

ebrary currently offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 e-books and other titles from more than 300 leading publishers and aggregators.

Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.