ebrary Announces New Public and State Library
Advisory Board
August 24, 2010 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--To better understand and address the needs of public
libraries in North America, ebrary, a leading provider of digital content products and technologies, today announced
that it has formed a new advisory board. The new group will provide ebrary with insight and strategic direction as the
company continues to expand into the public library market. ebrary plans to develop similar advisory boards in
international markets later this year.
ebrary’s new Public and State Library Advisory Board includes the following members:
l Lesley Boughton, State Librarian, Wyoming State Library
l Steven Butzel, Assistant Director, Portsmouth Public Library
l Teffeny Edmondson, Children's Department Manager, Atlanta Fulton Public Library
l Richard James, Administrative Librarian, Delaware Division of Libraries
l Barbara Quint, Editor-in-Chief -Searcher, Columnist -Information Today Magazine, and Journalist-
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“It is a very exciting opportunity to work with an innovative company like ebrary,” said Lesley Boughton, State
Librarian, Wyoming State Library. “ebrary offers a unique approach in that it provides multiple models for acquiring
e-books as well as technologies and services that can be combined to meet specific market needs. I look forward to
helping ebrary develop offerings that can help library patrons of all types be more productive and knowledgeable.”
“While ebrary has served academic and corporate libraries for more than a decade, we believe that our content,
technology, and services are well suited for the public library community as well,” said Kevin Sayar, President of
ebrary. “By leveraging the expertise and experience of our advisory board members, we can ensure that we offer the
right products and services to best meet public library needs.”
As an initial project, ebrary’s new advisor board will evaluate