Leslie Lees

For more than a decade, ebrary has been working with libraries, corporations, government, publishers and societies, aggregators and distributors, individuals and others to address their digital content needs. Their mission is to provide the most cost-effective and efficient way for their customers to acquire and distribute important information, while offering end-users the most powerful tools for information retrieval, discovery, and management. In addition to content products, which include handbooks, e-books, manuals, reports and other authoritative documents under flexible subscription and purchase models, they license their technology to organizations that need a cost-effective and efficient way to distribute and integrate their own digital materials online. ebrary currently has more than 3,000 customers around the world serving more than 17 million end-users. They have partnered with more than 425 of the world's leading publishers, and their growing network of international resellers, book vendors, and other partners distribute their products and services worldwide. ebrary is privately held and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA.

R.R. Bowker LLC provides bibliographic information management solutions. It offers tools to elp authors promote and sell their books - and resources, such as the Books In Print database - to help make their titles discoverable. The company is headquartered in New Providence, NJ.

Nstein Technologies, Inc. develops software solutions for enterprises and government organizations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Part of Wolters Kluwer NV, SilverPlatter Information Ltd. specializes in medical and scientific data communication. The company is based in Boston, MA. SilverPlatter Information was acquired by Wolters Kluwer NV on June 15, 2001.

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts LP publishes electronic bibliographic journals. It publishes journals in the areas of natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities & technology. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Knovel Corp. operates a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to provide aggregated engineering content, reference works, and databases from international publishers and professional societies through a single interface. The firm serves the aerospace and defense, engineering design, industrial equipment, oil and gas, and process industries. The company was founded by Sasha Gurke, Christopher Forbes, and William A. Woishnis in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.