1. …eBooks evolved SM ICOLC March 27, 2006 Presenters David H. Bass, Christopher Palma, Zsolt Silberer ebrary

2. …eBooks evolved SM Today’s Agenda  Overview of ebrary’s Business  ebrary’s Content Products  ebrary’s Pricing  Q/A

3. …eBooks evolved SM Our Company  Mission - “To become the global standard for the secure delivery and viewing of electronic documents”  Founded in 1999 with 45 Employees  Products:  Dynamic Content Platform (DCP)™  Curriculum Oriented Subscription eBook Database Products  Perpetual Access eBook Database Products  88,000 Titles in platform  ebrary Reader™ featuring InfoTools™  OnDemand™ (Hosted IR Software)  230+ leading publishing partners  900+ library customers in 100 countries  5.5M+ licensed end-users

4. …eBooks evolved SM Publisher Partners Include...  Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development  John Benjamins Publishing  Cambridge University Press  Elsevier Science  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates  Facts On File  Greenwood Publishing Group  Jessica Kingsley Publishers  John Wiley & Sons Johns Hopkins University Kluwer Academic McGraw-Hill Professional Oxford University Press Springer-Verlag Taylor & Francis Group Random House Routledge  SUNY Press  Thieme Medical Publishers

5. …eBooks evolved SM Exponential Content Growth ebrary has averaged triple digit growth in acquisitions over the last 5 years.

6. …eBooks evolved SM  Annual charge per FTE (users) depending upon database product  Academic Complete - $2.38 US FTE  Academic Standard - $1.65 US FTE  Academic International - $1.25 US FTE  Business, Marketing and Economics - $3000 + $.40/FTE  Computers and Information Technology - $3000 + $.50/FTE  Education - $3000 + $.20/FTE  Engineering and Technology - $3000 + $.50/FTE  Health, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences - $3000 + $.50/FTE  History and Humanities - $3000 + $.40/FTE  Life and Physical Science - $3000 + $.50/FTE  Social and Behavioral Sciences - $3000 + $.30/FTE  Public Library Complete - $.05-.$24 based upon population served  SME - $5000 + $1.25/FTE  Dun and Bradstreet - $5000 + $1.25/FTE  Datamonitor - $5000 + $1.25/FTE  Maps.com (included in Academic Complete) - $1500 + $.15/FTE Subscription License Products

7. …eBooks evolved SM Perpetual License Products  SUPO - Single-user access eBook  List price set by publishers  MUPO - Multiple-user access eBook  List price set by publisher + institution FTE size  1-2499 Users = List Price + 30%  2500-4999 Users = List Price + 35%  5000-7499 Users = List Price + 40%  7500-9999 Users = List Price + 45%  10000+ Users = List Price + 50%  Annual Platform Support Fee = $1,500

8. …eBooks evolved SM Consortial Perpetual License Number of LibrariesSUPO Price SUPO CopiesMUPO Price* MUPO Copies* Up to 10200% 2400% 4 11 to 20300%3600% 6 21 to 30400%4800% 8 31 to 40 500%51000% 10 41 to 50600%61200% 12 51 to 60700%71400% 14 61 to 70800%81600% 16 71 to 80900%91800% 18 81 to 901000%102000% 20 91 to 1001100%112200% 22 101+1200%122400% 24 Note: More than one OPAC system equates to additional pricing @ $1,500 per library * = Discussion purposes

9. …eBooks evolved SM Questions/Answers