In its fifth year, the EBSCO and NPR® in-kind grant continues to supply the NPR Reference Library with a collection of EBSCOhost® full text and secondary databases, as well as document delivery and book ordering services.
"This grant has really broadened the information resources we have at our disposal," says Alphonse Vinh, NPR reference librarian. "It allows us to access all different types of articles, books and documents to provide NPR journalists with the best available information. Ultimately, this in-kind grant helps us maintain the unprecedented quality of journalism for which NPR is known."
Through the grant, NPR receives unlimited access to 17 top-flight EBSCOhost research databases, including Academic Search™ Premier and Business Source®: Corporate. It also provides document delivery and customized research services from Infotrieve® and Bryant Information Group Inc., both of which help NPR staff to locate obscure materials. The third service covered by the grant - book ordering through EBSCO Book Services - has allowed the NPR library to strengthen and develop its own reference collection.
As a result of the grant, EBSCO receives one on-air funding credit a week, rotating among NPR's most popular shows during peak listening hours.
About NPR
NPR is renowned for journalistic excellence and standard-setting news and entertainment programming. A privately supported, non-profit, membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 21 million Americans each week via more than 750 public radio stations. International partners in cable, satellite and short-wave services make NPR programming accessible anywhere in the world. With original online content and audio streaming, npr.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and seven years of archived audio and information.
About Infotrieve, Inc.
Infotrieve, Inc. (www.infotrieve.com) is the leading integrated solution provider for scientific, technological and medical (STM) content management worldwide. Infotrieve's full-service business is comprised of document delivery, library services, the Virtual Library platform and reprints, e-Prints and permissions services. Infotrieve delivers more than 1 million articles annually and has offices in the United States, Germany and Australia.
About Bryant Information Group, Inc.
Bryant Information Group, Inc. provides confidential, customized research on competitors and industry trends. For more than 20 years, Bryant Information Group has been helping professional organizations and firms make better decisions using business intelligence.
About EBSCO Industries, Inc.
EBSCO Subscription Services, EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Book Services form the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 100 databases and thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement. EBSCO has specialized products and services for academic, medical, government, public and school libraries as well as for corporations and other organizations. EBSCO maintains a comprehensive database of more than 282,000 serial titles and upholds active relationships with more than 60,000 publishers worldwide. EBSCO has been serving the library and business communities for almost 60 years. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.
Release Date: Sept. 8, 2003
