New Edition
                          of American Library Directory 2004–2005 Now
                          Available from Information Today, Inc.  
                                                 May
                        5, 2004, Medford, NJ—Information
                                                  Today, Inc. (ITI) is pleased
                                                  to announce the publication
                                                  of American Library Directory 2004–2005 (ALD). Now
                                                  in its 57th edition, ALD is
                                                  the source to turn to find
                                                  anyone or anything within the
                                                  library community. 
                                                Called “simply indispensable” by
                                                  Reference and Research Book
                                                  News, ALD is the only guide
                                                  that contains the most current
                                                  information on every library
                                                  and library network, service,
                                                  or program throughout the U.S.
                                                  and Canada. Organized by state
                                                  and city, ALD contains detailed
                                                  profiles of more than 30,000
                                                  public, academic, government,
                                                  and special libraries. Each
                                                  profile includes everything,
                                                  from addresses, phone and fax
                                                  numbers, and e-mail addresses
                                                  to holdings and special collections,
                                                  expenditures, and key personnel.  
                                                ALD makes it easy for every
                                                  member of the library industry
                        to: 
                                                
                                                    Contact colleagues,
                                                    other libraries, or library
                                                    organizations. 
 Locate special collections,
                                                    rare book and document holdings,
                                                    and manuscript collections. 
 
                                                    Compare a library’s
                                                    facilities, services, and
                                                    expenditures
                                                    with other libraries of the
                                                    same size/type. 
 Find out about seminars and
                          in-service educational programs. 
                                                                                                  Whether you’re a public
                                                  librarian, a printer, or an
                                                  author, you’ll find whatever
                                                  information you need with ALD.
                                                  Publishers and service providers
                                                  use ALD to qualify prospects
                                                  and find new sales leads. Additionally,
                                                  the information available about
                                                  library expenditures and budgets
                                                  is helpful in planning marketing
                                                  strategies and identifying
                                                  likely prospects for specialized
                        products and services.                                                                                                    For the first time, American
                                                    Library Directory is now
                                                    available online. Including
                                                    all the information from
                                                    the popular print directory,
                                                    ALD On the Web is a way to
                                                    raise your library search
                                                    capabilities to a whole new
                                                    level. Continuously updated,
                                                    this brand-new online edition
                                                    lets you combine more than
                                                    40 search categories to meet
                                                    the most complex library
                        research needs.  
                                                American Library Directory
                                                  2004-2005 (May 2004/c. 3,900
                                                  pp./2-vol set/hardbound/  
                                                  ISBN 1-57387-190-7/$299) and
                                                  ALD On the Web ($595/1-year
                                                  subscription, single user)
                                                  are available from Information
                                                  Today, Inc. Packaged with each
                                                  book order is a copy of the
                                                  latest edition of Library Resource
                                                  Guide, a free catalog of library
                                                  services and suppliers. For
                                                  multilevel and raw data pricing
                                                  and information on ALD On the
                                                  Web, contact Lauri Rimler at
                                                  (800) 409-4929, and press 1.
                                                  To order ALD and receive a
                                                  free copy of Library Resource
                                                  Guide, call the publisher at
                                                  (800) 300-9868 [outside the
                                                  U.S. call 609-654-6266]; fax
                                                  (609) 654-4309; e-mail custserv@infotoday.com,
                                                  or log on to the ITI Web site
                        at www.infotoday.com.  
                                                                        
                      
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