Innovative Interfaces has announced an alliance with netLibrary, a provider of electronic books to libraries. Under the agreement, Innovative will add features to its software to automatically notify interested libraries of the availability of specific books as netLibrary makes them available, and to enable them to be purchased electronically. Full-MARC bibliographic records will be available for inclusion in the library's database. Preview access-such as the ability to view the table of contents or the first few chapters-will also be available.
netLibrary has 13,000 books in its collection and adds an average of 50 books a day. It sells both scholarly and recreational titles. Among the cooperating publishers are Harvard Business School Press, Houghton Mifflin Co., McGraw-Hill, and Oxford University Press.
[Contact: Innovative Interfaces, Inc., 5850 Shellmound St., Emeryville, CA 94608; (800) 444-2344 or (510) 655-6200, fax (510) 450-6350; Web: www.iii.com].
