Monday, October 15, 2007
IGI Global Partners with EMpact to Provide Electronic Resources to Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A. – October 10, 2007 – Recognizing EBSCO Information Service’s strong presence around the globe, IGI Global, an international publishing company specializing in high-quality STM research publications, has partnered with EMpact Sales™ (EMpact), the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, to market two of its key electronic resources to organizations in Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland.
EMpact’s successful sales force and support team will provide InfoSci-Journals (formerly the IGI Full-Text Online Journal Collection) to libraries, as well as InfoSci-Books, which includes access to full-text chapters from IGI Global’s books and reference works published from 2000-present.
“InfoSci-Journals and InfoSci-Books deliver first-rate research on the most cutting-edge topics of the day in applied technology, and the base of contributing authors and editors is highly international,” said William C. Hayward, director of sales and marketing, IGI Global. “So we find EMpact’s extensive global distribution network to be an outstanding fit for our effort to expand the distribution of these distinguished resources to academic and research libraries worldwide.”
“We are pleased to bring our active representation services to a respected content provider like IGI Global,” said Sid McNeal Jr., vice president and general manager, EMpact. “Prominent publications have recognized IGI’s collections such as InfoSci-Online as being up-to-date, relevant and economical. We are proud to represent IGI and their resources in the global market.”
About IGI Global
Founded in 1987, IGI Global is an international publishing company specializing in high-quality research publications in the fields of information science, technology and management.
IGI Global is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with editorial offices in New York City, and publishes innovative encyclopedias, handbooks of research, scholarly books, peer reviewed journals and teaching cases. It keeps its titles current and relevant because of its access to an international network of some of the leading experts in the field. The company publishes under six imprints - IGI Publishing, IRM Press, Information Science Publishing, CyberTech Publishing, Information Science Reference, and Medical Information Science Reference.
IGI Global distributes this content both in print and in a variety of electronic access models, including the online aggregated database collections InfoSci-Journals and InfoSci-Books.
About EMpact
EMpact Sales™ (EMpact) is part of the EBSCO group. Through its affiliation with EBSCO Information Services, EMpact is the ideal partner to expand your sales efforts and promote your products worldwide. The EMpact team can develop an exclusive and strategic plan for you to dramatically broaden exposure for your electronic products and content.
As part of the EBSCO group, EMpact brings to your sales process an expanded team of newly established EMpact sales and marketing personnel working beside experienced EBSCO sales representatives who have been working with publishers and libraries for many years. With the support of 31 fully staffed offices in 22 countries worldwide, EMpact’s global reach makes it possible for content providers to take advantage of opportunities they might otherwise miss.
Our representatives have produced successful sales results for publishers in: France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Germany and other areas of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan and other Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other parts of Latin America.
EBSCO Contact:
Mandy Hudson
Corporate Communications
+1 205 980-6707
mhudson@ebsco.com
IGI Global Contact:
William C. Hayward
Director of Sales and Marketing
+1 717 533 8845 x29
whayward@igi-global.com
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