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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TWO
NFAIS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ANNOUNCE MERGER: H.W.
WILSON AND EBSCO PUBLISHING</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#533A02'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#533A02'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
news flash that appeared yesterday as a possible rumor in <i>Against the Grain</i>
(EBSCO to purchase H. W. Wilson) is true –see below for the press release
that went out this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bonnie
Lawlor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS
Executive Director<b><span style='color:#533A02'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>***************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EBSCO Publishing and
The H.W. Wilson Company Make Joint Announcement of Merger Agreement</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~Two long-time
industry leading vendors come together with goal of improving services for
libraries ~</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ipswich, Mass. — June
2, 2011 —</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and The H.W. Wilson
Company (Wilson) have merged in what is being viewed by the companies as an
ideal match. This combination of organizations will allow the strengths of each
to benefit existing and forthcoming products & services. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With 180 combined years of
experience serving libraries, EBSCO and Wilson have traveled similar paths, but
have maintained unique advantages and abilities. Libraries using products from
either company will benefit as improvements are made to the respective
resources. Wilson database products are known for their quality indexing. The
Wilson subject thesaurus and Wilson “names” authority file are
largely considered the best of their kind, and the WilsonWeb platform
systematically leverages this valuable indexing within its searching to provide
high quality, relevant results to end users. The Wilson controlled vocabularies
will be integrated into EBSCO’s controlled vocabularies, resulting in
improved subject indexing for EBSCO<i> </i>databases. The EBSCO<i>host</i><sup>®</sup>
platform will be enhanced to take advantage of this indexing in its search and
relevancy ranking algorithms. <br>
<br>
According to Tim Collins, President of EBSCO Publishing, this acquisition leads
directly to heightening the value and quality of EBSCO and Wilson resources.
“Upholding the integrity of the Wilson indexing is essential, and
extending these attributes to EBSCO<i>host</i> resources is a critical part of
this venture. When it comes to thesauri (subjects and names), and how these are
leveraged, Wilson has long been an industry leader. We look forward to
bringing this value and approach to all applicable EBSCO<i>host</i> databases
and are excited about the benefits this will bring to EBSCO<i>host</i> users.
We are also pleased to be able to add the Wilson databases into the <i>EBSCO
Discovery Service</i> search experience” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harry Regan, President &
CEO for Wilson, commented, “EBSCO and H.W. Wilson have been engaged as
business partners for a number of years and are now officially operating as
one. The result will be a broader and deeper range of products and services for
the library reference community with significantly added value. Both companies
have had separate, distinctive histories, but have always shared a common
commitment for the highest order of customer satisfaction.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wilson’s Vice
President of Indexing & Editorial Services, Mark Gauthier, is excited about
the opportunities that lie ahead. “As a company, Wilson has focused
heavily on the quality of our indexing and how it impacts the search
experience. With EBSCO<i>host</i> full-text and abstract/index databases, along
with <i>EBSCO Discovery Service</i>, EBSCO is really focusing on detailed
editorial value to truly take its services to new levels. We’re excited
about the possibilities and what we can do together to benefit the research
experience for libraries.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All Wilson indexing,
abstracts and full text will be fully searchable via <i>EBSCO Discovery Service
</i>for subscribers of Wilson databases. The addition of Wilson’s robust
abstract/index records and unique full text will strengthen <i>EBSCO Discovery
Service</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wilson
databases will be loaded onto EBSCO<i>host</i> over the coming months.
EBSCO will continue to maintain WilsonWeb until such time that all Wilson
databases are available on EBSCO<i>host</i> and customers have been
transitioned to EBSCO<i>host</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Giving Back to the Library
Community</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Both EBSCO and The H.W.
Wilson Foundation have a long-standing tradition of providing financial and
other support for libraries and library organizations. The H.W. Wilson
Foundation plans to continue its commitment to its mission of supporting
libraries and librarianship, as evidenced by its numerous grants and long
standing support of the <span style='color:#0070C0'><a
href="http://www.hwwilson.com/jcdawards/nw_jcd.cfm">John Cotton Dana Award</a>.
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About H.W. Wilson </span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
For more than a century, H.W. Wilson has provided libraries with the highest-quality
references in the world. The Company offers more than 80 databases on the
acclaimed WilsonWeb platform: <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>full text databases</span></strong>: delivering full
articles from thousands of periodicals; <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>retrospective databases</span></strong>: the complete
journalistic record of people, developments and controversies in a wide range
of fields; <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:
normal'>biography databases</span></strong>: in-depth profiles of newsmakers in
all areas of endeavor; <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>image</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>databases</span></strong>, and more. Cover-to-cover
periodicals indexing, subject-specific thesauri, and rigorous indexing
standards have long earned the H.W. Wilson reputation as the source for
bibliographic research. Editorial staff members with MLS or MLIS
degrees--multi-lingual trained librarians and subject specialists--ensure
relevant and comprehensive coverage and keep Wilson resources at the leading
edge of service in libraries. New WilsonWeb tools include
ReadSpeaker--conversion of articles into audio files, for listening at your
workstation or downloading for later; WilsonWeb Mobile, a streamlined new
interface for smart phones and other mobile devices; article translations into
any of 13 languages; "My WilsonWeb" individual user accounts;
citation tools that help users construct bibliographies according to the latest
standards, and others. For more information, visit <a
href="http://www.hwwilson.com">www.hwwilson.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About EBSCO Publishing</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>EBSCO Publishing
is the producer of EBSCO<i>host</i></span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>®</span></sup><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>, the world’s premier for-fee online research service,
including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical
reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more
than 300 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of
thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO
serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public
Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EBSCO is also the provider
of <i>EBSCO Discovery Service</i><sup>™</sup><i> (EDS), </i>which
provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire
collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals
and magazines than any other discovery service (<span style='color:blue'><a
href="http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery"
title="http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery">www.ebscohost.com/discovery</a></span>).
<span style='color:black'>For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web
site at: <a href="http://www.ebscohost.com/" title="http://www.ebscohost.com/">www.ebscohost.com</a>,
or contact: <a href="mailto:information@ebscohost.com"
title="mailto:information@ebscohost.com">information@ebscohost.com</a>. EBSCO Publishing
is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held
companies in the United States.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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contact:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kathleen McEvoy</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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