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ProQuest Rolls Out Safari Select to Public Libraries

ProQuest (www.proquest.com) worked with Safari Books Online to develop Safari Select, an online collection of 400-plus technical ebooks now available to all public libraries. With Safari Select, distributed exclusively by ProQuest, public library patrons can search for and find answers online to hot-topic technology questions in computing, desktop applications, digital photography, home entertainment, the internet, Windows, Macs, and PCs. The e-collection offers the best-selling titles from the world’s top IT publishers including O’Reilly Media, John Wiley & Sons, Microsoft Press, and imprints from Pearson Technology Group (i.e., Peachpit Press, Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall, Sams Publishing, and QUE). Together, these publishers generate more than 80% of all computer book sales in the U.S.

The e-collection includes the following best-selling series:

• For Dummies
• David Pogue’s Missing Manuals
• Visual QuickStart Guides
• Microsoft Press Step by Step
• Head First and Hacks from O’Reilly Media
• Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Books
• Classroom in a Book from Adobe Press
• QUE’s Absolute Beginner’s Guides

Safari Select will add about 100 titles to its collection each year to meet the increasing quest for new technological information.

Source: ProQuest