ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide. Extenza, based in Abingdon, UK, provides conversion and hosting of journals for publishers as well as subscription and usage statistics management for libraries.

“Our partnership with Extenza allows us to work in concert with publishers’ online strategies, increasing visibility through our databases while retaining branding and consistent user experience,” said Steven Hall, Senior Vice President of Publishing, ProQuest. “Our customers look to ProQuest for sophisticated taxonomies and searching tools, but they want to access the content with same ease as they do in the original publication.”

Together, ProQuest and Extenza will offer traditional subscriber access to publishers, along with reach into the broad end-user space and associated pay-per-view traffic, augmented by the power of an aggregated database service with its existing customer base and geographic reach into institutions.

“The online journals world is evolving into an article-based economy: We need to give publishers mix-and-match options that deliver market reach and consistent branding. ProQuest is a natural partner for us because its long history of serving publishers through aggregation to institutional libraries is in line with our own customer focus,” said Ruth Jones, General Manager of Extenza e-Publishing Services.

Publishers may receive more information by contacting their account representative at 1-800-521-0600, ext. 3333 (outside the U.S. at 001-734-761-4700, ext. 3333) or email pubrelat@il.proquest.com. Editors may call 1-800-521-0600, ext. 6489 or email pr@il.proquest.com.

Since March 2003 Extenza e-Publishing has focused on providing e-publishing solutions to scholarly and professional publishers. The Extenza service includes the conversion of electronic print files into internet-deliverable content, hosting titles on a global network of servers, authentication and access control to publications, PDF and HTML delivery, and linking and web-based search capabilities across abstracts and titles. The Extenza platform can also power a web solution, enabling content to be presented within a publisher’s web site thereby reinforcing brand identity and maintaining publisher control. Extenza’s customers range from society and not-for-profit publishers to commercial publishers. The platform can accommodate a range of content types including journals, monographs, conferences, reports and books. As part of the service, Extenza operates a fully manned help desk function for institutional and individual users. For more information, visit www.extenza-eps.com/.

ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, organizing, and publishing information worldwide for researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business and economics, general reference, humanities, social sciences, and STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 8,500 publishers worldwide. Users access the information through the ProQuest^® Web-based online information system, Chadwyck-Healey^™ electronic and microform resources, UMI^® microform and print reference products, eLibrary^™ and SIRS^® educational resources, and XanEdu^™ online faculty and student resources. For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit www.il.proquest.com .