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Press Room   Press Releases In the News Events Back to Press Releases... Media Contacts Marty Moe ebrary 650-230-0752 marty.moe@ebrary.com    Tish Wagner B2PR 770-725-0585 tish@b2pr.com ebrary Partners with Leading United Nations Organizations and The World Bank Group to Distribute Publications Online March 11, 2002 – Mountain View, CA – Library patrons, students, scholars and researchers worldwide will soon have online access to current publications in critical subject areas ranging from environmental issues to world health, labor rights, agriculture, and development economics through ebrary™ (www.ebrary.com), a leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services. The company today announced that The World Bank Group, The United Nations University Press, The World Health Organization, The International Labour Organization and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will make their publications available through its online channels. “These international organizations, and their publications, are central to global efforts to ensure health and welfare throughout the developing world,” said Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary. “By making these titles available as part of our collection, not only do we add enormous value to our service, but above all, we help promote widespread collaboration and knowledge-sharing among researchers and decision makers tasked with solving many of the world’s most pressing problems.”   About The World Bank Group The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance, and the single largest external financer of education. It works in more than 100 developing economies with the primary focus of helping the poorest people and the poorest countries. The Bank, which provided US$17.3 billion in loans to its client countries in fiscal year 2001, brings a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty. The World Bank undertakes large projects of research, analysis, and data gathering, and publishes hundreds of books and reports yearly on most topics related to economic development.   About The United Nations University Press Like its parent organization, The United Nations University, The United Nations University Press focuses its work within two thematic areas - Environment and Sustainable Development and Peace and Governance. Its publications represent a broad range of issues: from food and nutrition to information technology; from land use and climate change to the freshwater crisis; from managing international financial flows to the challenges of urbanization; and from the legitimacy of international organizations to the causes of complex humanitarian emergencies.   About The World Health Organization (WHO) WHO was founded in 1948 as a specialized agency of the United Nations. WHO’s mission is to "promote and protect the health of all peoples.” WHO's constitution defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." WHO publishes books and reports covering a vast array of topics related to health, including global public health, infectious and non-communicable diseases, mental health, environmental issues, education and training, emergencies and disasters, epidemics and epidemiology, health systems, pharmaceuticals and biological substances, nutrition, gender, and human rights.   About The International Labour Organization (ILO) The International Labour Organization, founded in 1919, is the UN specialized agency which promotes social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The ILO actively seeks to create decent work for all and brings together governments, workers and employers in an international forum to address workplace issues. The ILO publishes widely in the areas of international labour standards, employment, social protection, gender issues and women at work, occupational safety and health, child labour, management, training and labour statistics.   About The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to alleviate poverty and hunger, to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. FAO publishes in plant and animal protection, genetics, land and water development, forestry, fisheries, nutrition, food standard and commodities trade, economic and social policy, environmental monitoring, legislation and investment. The organization also plays a major role during food and agricultural emergencies such as drought, famine, insect plagues and outbreaks of animal diseases—as are broadly reflected in its publications.   About ebrary ebrary is the leading provider of information distribution and retrieval services. The company’s customizable ebrarian solution combines powerful software with copyright-protected books, journals, periodicals and other online documents provided by more than 100 of the world’s leading publishers. The ebrarian solution enables libraries, institutions and other organizations to give their users access to authoritative materials and customizable research tools that allow them to automatically access additional materials, biographical information, maps, translations, definitions and more when words or phrases are selected. ebrary publishing partners benefit from new sales and marketing opportunities on the Internet. ebrary is privately held and is funded by Random House Ventures LLC, Pearson plc and The McGraw-Hill Companies. For more information, visit www.ebrary.com. ebrary and ebrarian are trademarks of ebrary, Inc.   Back to Press Releases...

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