ebrary Offers Shibboleth Authentication

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
ebrary, a leading provider of e-content services and technology, today announced
that customers can now use Shibboleth to access any of the company`s integrated
products, including e-books licensed under subscription and purchase models; ASP
e-publishing services for distributing digitized documents online; and ISIS, its
standalone e-publishing system that runs on customers` servers, behind their
firewalls.

The Shibboleth System allows libraries and other organizations to control and
manage individual access to protected online resources offered by the
institution, third-party vendors, or both. End-users can be authenticated for
multiple electronic resources using a single username and password.

"We are pleased to add Shibboleth to our growing list of authentication options
for customers, which already includes Athens, IP range, proxy server, individual
login, and ebrary APIs," said Chris Radcliffe, ebrary`s Vice President of
Engineering. "We continually strive to make valuable digital content, whether
licensed through us or owned by the library, quicker and easier for authorized
individuals to access and use."

As with Athens, end-users that access ebrary through Shibboleth will have
personal bookshelves automatically created for them, allowing them to use
folders to organize and manage entire documents as well as highlights, notes and
more. ebrary also offers additional tools that enhance the research process,
such as a choice of viewing technologies, including QuickView for instant
document viewing in a browser; InfoTools that integrates content in the ebrary
system with additional resources in the library and on the web; multiple options
for searching and navigating; and automatic citations when text is printed or
copied and pasted, with a URL hyperlink back to the source.

ebrary customers wishing to enable Shibboleth authentication can email
support@ebrary.com.

About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)

ebrary is a leading provider of e-content services and technology. The company
helps libraries, publishers, and other organizations worldwide 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 a choice of ebrary Readers with QuickView for instant
viewing in a browser and InfoTools software which provide contextual searching
and integration with multiple online resources.

ebrary currently offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 e-books and
other titles from more than 350 leading publishers and aggregators.

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

Wagner Communications
Tish Wagner, +1-707-963-2035
tish.wagner@ebrary.com

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