BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A., Aug. 22, 2006 - In its partnership with Taylor & Francis, EBSCO is pleased to offer more than 30 Taylor & Francis eBook packages to its global customer base. These include 10 eCollections, 24 Bestsellers by Subject and a customization option where the library can select from the more than 15,000 Taylor & Francis eBook titles available.

The eCollections, focused in the areas of social sciences and humanities, are sourced from the highly-regarded publishing heritage of imprints such as Routledge, RoutledgeFalmer and Taylor & Francis. They are available in the subject-specific areas of: business and management, economics, education, geography, history, literature, philosophy, politics and international relations, sociology and religion.

Taylor & Francis Bestsellers by Subject represent 24 subject-specific areas, consisting of the top 100 titles in that subject.

Libraries ordering 50 eBooks or more can also take advantage of the customization option.

Taylor & Francis eBooks offer library patrons search results that are clearly identified and hyperlinked, immediate access from any desktop via IP authentication or username and password and the ability to search terms across a broad range of titles and thousands of chapters. Additional benefits include the ability for end users to make and save their own annotations, highlights and bookmarks, as well as create their own Research Books, saving up to the value of 100 pages per year from across the subscribed resource.

Each Taylor & Francis title can be viewed simultaneously by five users, and an online reservation system is provided in the event a patron is unable to access a title. End users can print or copy up to five percent of any title within the subscription. MARC records are provided free of charge, and COUNTER-compliant usage statistics are also provided.

"Taylor & Francis eBooks offer libraries a depth of material from which to choose the package that best meets the research demands of their patrons. Libraries can select from more than 15,000 eBooks and enjoy the added benefits of expanded search capabilities and personalized end user interaction. We are pleased to partner with EBSCO to bring this offering to our mutual customers worldwide," said Christoph Chesher, group sales director, Books, Journals, E-content, Taylor & Francis Group.

"The Taylor & Francis eBooks model fits well within EBSCO's suite of e-resource services," said Allen Powell, president, EBSCO Information Services. "Through this partnership, we are able to facilitate the e-book acquisition process for libraries which provides content from one of the top publishing houses in the world."

For more information about the benefits of ordering Taylor & Francis eCollections through EBSCO, please visit http://www.ebsco.com/home/books/default.asp.

About the Taylor & Francis Group
Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. With offices in London, Brighton, Basingstoke and Abingdon in the United Kingdom, New York and Philadelphia in the United States and Singapore and Melbourne in the Pacific Rim, the Taylor & Francis Group publishes more than 1,000 journals and approximately 1,800 new books each year, with a book backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles. For two centuries, Taylor & Francis has been fully committed to the publication of scholarly information of the highest quality, and today this remains the primary goal.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services is the leading service provider for e-journal, e-package and print subscriptions, a suite of e-resource management tools, full-text and secondary databases and related services for all types of libraries and research organizations.

As the "e" agent of the industry, more than half of the subscriptions handled by EBSCO have an electronic component. EBSCO's comprehensive solutions include proven systems to consolidate ordering, invoicing, claiming and renewals as well as assistance with licensing and registration requirements for our e-journal and e-package customers worldwide. EBSCO's 32 Regional Offices, located in 21 countries around the world, serve customers in more than 200 countries and are staffed by information professionals who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas.

In its seventh decade of business, EBSCO upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers globally. These publisher relationships uniquely position us to streamline many aspects of the e-resource life cycle. EBSCO maintains a Dun & Bradstreet financial strength rating of 5A1, the highest awarded, which underscores the importance placed on providing outstanding, ethical service.