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ebrary tunes up its online collection with sheet music
from byron hoyt
August ,  – Mountain View, CA –ebrary™ “One of the most wonderful things about music is that it
(www.ebrary.com), a leading provider of information truly is a universal language—when listened to or when
distribution and retrieval services, today announced that it read—it transcends the barrier of language,” said
has licensed its technology to Byron Hoyt Christopher Warnock, CEO of ebrary. “Making sheet music
(www.byronhoyt.com), the premier provider of resources for and educational materials accessible online is a great
musical excellence, to make more than 7,000 classical sheet opportunity for libraries to provide valuable services to their
music and educational titles available online to libraries patrons.”
worldwide. Over the next few months, the Byron Hoyt
“Byron Hoyt is committed to the acquisition and sharing of
collection will grow to include hundreds of thousands of
musical knowledge,” said Gregory Cheng, Proprietor of
pages of sheet music for bands, orchestras, instruments and
Byron Hoyt. “Partnering with ebrary helps us to achieve this
vocalists, spanning a wide range of genres from classical to
goal, and at the same time, helps us to quickly and efficiently
jazz, country, pop and rock & roll.
tap new online markets.”
“Sheet music is a subject area that has long been overlooked
Byron Hoyt inaugurates its digital sheet music collection
by the majority of database vendors despite the fact that a
with this partnership and the more than 100,000 pages of
significant number of patrons and students study or are
music from Theodore Presser’s CD Sheet Music™ product.
interested in music,” said Michael Keller, University
“CD Sheet Music’s application for libraries is especially
Librarian, and Director of Academic Information Resources
strong due to the extensive number of seminal works from
for Stanford University. “By offering a vast collection of
the classical genre and the quality of those files,” said Thomas
quality music that can be downloaded anytime, from
Broido, President of Theodore Presser Company and
anywhere, Byron Hoyt and ebrary offer a significant
President of the Music Publisher’s Association. “In ebrary
advantage for libraries worldwide.”
and Byron Hoyt we have found the ideal partners to deliver
Under terms of the agreement, ebrary will help distribute
this product to institutions around the globe.”
Byron Hoyt’s collection as a standalone database to libraries.
The Byron Hoyt collection may be seamlessly integrated
pricing and availability
with the ebrarian™ for Libraries database, which features
over 13,000 digitized books in key subject areas including Both Byron Hoyt and ebrary are currently accepting orders
business & economics, computers & technology and social for the Byron Hoyt sheet music collection. Libraries that
sciences from over 130 leading academic, trade and sign up by December 31, 2002 may take advantage of Byron
professional publishers. Hoyt’s introductory offer, which includes an annual
subscription to the Byron Hoyt online database for $1,950 and
one dozen free CDs.
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2. For more information about ebrarian for Libraries, ebrary’s
searchable database of more than 13,000 full-text books or to
enroll in a free 30-day trial, visit www.ebrary.com.
about byron hoyt
Byron Hoyt is the premier provider of resources for musical
excellence. Founded in 1960, the company continues to foster
a musical community in the time-honored tradition of
acquiring and sharing musical knowledge. Byron Hoyt serves
musicians around the globe from its downtown San
Francisco location by providing access to the broadest
selection of sheet music (currently, over 350,000 traditional
titles are available online at www.byronhoyt.com ) as well as
access to some of the most knowledgeable people in the sheet
music industry.
about ebrary
ebrary is a 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 130 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’s 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.
360 n. bernardo avenue, mountain view, ca 94043 tel 650 230 0700 | 45 e. 30th street, new york, ny 10016 tel 212 532 4717 | www.ebrary.com
copyright ©2002, ebrary, inc. all rights reserved. ebrary and ebrarian are trademarks of ebrary, inc.