From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:48:55 -0400 WORLD BANK LAUNCHES NEW eLIBRARY ON STATE-OF-THE-ART PUBLISHING PLATFORM WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2013) – Coinciding with the World Bank eLibrary’s 10th anniversary, the World Bank launched today a completely new and redesigned eLibrary website at elibrary.worldbank.org. The value-added website is available to institutions by subscription at elibrary.worldbank.org. The eLibrary takes advantage of a new, state-of-the-art platform to provide features and functions that researchers and academics need to find and work with World Bank publications and research. New features include improved search and browse functionality, chapter-level access to content, citation tools, content alerts, and mobile-friendly access. “Now, for the first time, students and professors can search the latest World Bank publications at the chapter level, going straight to the content they need,” said Shana Wagger, Manager of Technology and eProduct Development at World Bank Publications. The World Bank eLibrary offers full-text access to the complete collection of World Bank books, working papers, and journal articles – including the World Bank Research Observer and the World Bank Economic Review – published since the 1990s. eLibrary subscribers are assured full and immediate access to all academic research and scholarship published by the World Bank. The majority of content in the World Bank eLibrary is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license – the most liberal Creative Commons license available – which allows users to download, distribute, and build upon the Bank’s published works. Other features and benefits of the new World Bank eLibrary website include: -a powerful new search engine offering robust full text and metadata-based searches as well as post-search filtering -the ability to browse content by region, country, and topic, and view “Most Popular” -contextual information on regions and topics, plus direct links to relevant World Bank resources -recently published books searchable at the chapter level -exporting to commonly-used citation software including ProCite, BibText and EndNote -mobile-friendly access -individual accounts for bookmarking favorites, saving search results, and content alerts -convenient content sharing via e-mail or social media "Upgrading the eLibrary website to Atypon’s cutting-edge Literatum publishing platform allows us to continually improve the user experience and innovate as a publisher,” said Carlos Rossel, World Bank Publisher. “Our goal is to make our publications easier to find and use so they can lead to new thinking and research on development, inform policy, and inspire others to find solutions to development problems." All content on the new eLibrary website will be indexed in OCLC’s WorldCat; ExLibris’ Primo and SFX; Serials Solutions’ Summon Service; Bowker’s Syndetic Solutions; and EBSCO Discovery Service for convenient access through library cataloging and discovery systems. In addition, subscribing institutions have access to downloadable MARC records and metadata for World Bank eLibrary content. The World Bank eLibrary covers more than 20 areas of research related to poverty and development including economic and human development, climate change, agriculture, infrastructure, health, education, natural resources, policy, law, gender equality, and emerging markets. For more information, or to request a free trial, contact Devika Levy at [log in to unmask] or Customer Service at [log in to unmask] About the World Bank The World Bank is the world’s largest source of development assistance. In support of its mission—to end extreme poverty within a generation and promote shared prosperity—the World Bank conducts and publishes research on a broad range of global and regional issues. About the World Bank eLibrary The World Bank eLibrary is a subscription-based website that has been serving the unique needs of researchers and librarians since 2003. The World Bank eLibrary is used by the world’s top academic institutions, international and governmental agencies, think tanks, multinational corporations, and nongovernmental organizations.