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Safari Books Online Awarded Fedlink Ordering Agreement
Federal Libraries and Information Centers Worldwide Now Have Easy Access to Safari
SEBASTOPOL, Calif. - August 9, 2007 - Safari® Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand electronic reference and learning platform and a joint venture of O'Reilly Media Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, today announced its award of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK). Through FEDLINK, Safari resources can now be purchased by any member library, information center, or other organization within the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the United States federal government, including activities within all branches of the U.S. armed forces.
The mission of the Federal Library and Information Center (FLICC) is to foster excellence in federal library and information services through interagency cooperation and to provide guidance and direction for FEDLINK.
"With Safari, federal customers can have immediate access to authoritative technology and business content from anywhere and at anytime," said Debra Woods, vice president of marketing at Safari Books Online. "It is truly a ground-breaking online learning platform for quick answers to tough technical questions, research and problem-solving, in-depth training for career growth and certifications."
Safari's e-reference libraries are rich in exclusive content and offer a comprehensive range of digital book and video content from leading publishers including O'Reilly Media, Wharton School Publishing, lynda.com, Adobe Press, Addison Wesley, Microsoft Press, IBM Press, Peachpit Press, Cisco Press and SAS Publishing, to name a few.
Safari's "anytime, anywhere" platform is aligned with the needs of FEDLINK members' global information infrastructures. FEDLINK serves federal libraries and information centers ranging from the very large (such as the Library of Congress) to very small, one-person facilities.
About Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), founded in 2001 as a joint venture of pre-eminent technology publishers O'Reilly Media Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, is the leading on-demand reference and learning platform delivering expert content from the world's thought-leaders in business and technology innovation. Safari offers the combined collections of O'Reilly Media, Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Sun Microsystems Press, Wharton School Publishing, Microsoft Press, lynda.com and many more top publishers in one fully searchable database. IT professionals, software developers, web designers, and business and creative professionals use Safari as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training. Thousands of books, manuscripts, short topics, articles and instructional video are available from expert authors, innovators and thought leaders. Safari as an essential, always-on business tool is fast changing the way corporate, academic and training organizations access information and enables increasingly mobile workforces to get technical and business reference resources anytime and from anywhere. Safari offers a range of B2B product mixes and pricing programs for every sized organization and a B2C product option for individual users.
