CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, August 30, 2004 - IFLA 2004, held this year in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was heralded a huge success by ProQuest Information and Learning.

As a major sponsor of the event, ProQuest had a strong presence at the show with the company's Latin American office taking the lead on promotional activities.

Despite only opening the office in Rio in 2003, ProQuest has already made major inroads in the provision of online information services in this South American sector.

ProQuest's growing influence in this part of the world was made more apparent by the number of visitors to the stand throughout IFLA and positive leads generated. More than 3,500 visitors walked through the doors during the four day event running August 23–26, many of which took full advantage of the offer to see ProQuest's leading online services at work and discover more about the technological breakthroughs being pioneered by the company.

"IFLA was the perfect showcase for our operation in Latin America, run from our office in Rio which opened in 2003,” vice-president of sales and marketing international, Simon Beale says.

"ProQuest yielded tremendous success, not only in the high volume of visitors to our stand, but in the quality of both local and international leads generated. I believe we successfully achieved our objective to raise ProQuest's profile in this growing market. We are already seeing the positive results following up a significant quantity of quality enquiries.”

Media enquiries should be directed to Gina Ghensi, Communications Manager , ProQuest, +44 (0) 1223 271 473 or email gina.ghensi@proquest.co.uk

About ProQuest
ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog® and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.

More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.

For more information, visit www.proquest.com or the ProQuest parent company website, www.cig.com.