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The Pharmaceutical Institute, based in Raleigh, N.

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The Pharmaceutical Institute Offers Syndicated Market Research Reports From More Than 20 Top Publishers

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DCL has over 20 years experience in document conversion, wrote the
data conversion chapter in the "Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing",
and has clients in the publishing, library , aerospace, pharmaceutical,
defense, and software industries. With a robust online
offering of books, e-courses, and custom research capabilities, the company
continues to build the largest single library of industry-related information
and educational resources.
According to Dan Blue, Executive Director of the Pharmaceutical Institute,
offering the reports in one place -- in an easily searchable format -- enables
the PI to help its customers spend less time searching for information and
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"Publishers can help libraries serving persons with disabilities
by providing XML files in DTBook or other XML vocabularies that can be
transformed to this standard," says George Kerscher, secretary general
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"An historic milestone," says Mark Gross, president of Data
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supporter of the new standard."

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Based on an ANSI NISO standard, the text portions are called
Digital Talking Book (DTBook), an XML standard coordinated by the
DAISY Consortium and the Library of Congress. "Offering syndicated research
products from a diverse array of publishers, as well as custom research
support to help customers find what they need, is directly in line with our
mission of providing the knowledge and resources that industry professionals
need to do their jobs more effectively," he said.

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The PI's market research library is segmented into eight searchable
categories including functional areas, science and medicine, industry areas
such as over-the-counter and generic drugs, healthcare , demographics,
therapeutic areas and disease, specific geographic markets, and companies.

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They can listen to a textbook on a computer or
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Key to the act is requiring a standard file format for each
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Visually Impaired Students No Longer Have to Wait Six Months
or Longer for Accessible Textbooks, Thanks to XML and Data Conversion
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For the blind and visually impaired new technology has opened
doors to education. The act, signed December 3 by
President Bush, gives students with print disabilities equal access to
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This makes conversion into accessible formats such as
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"The new service allows authorized organizations to easily produce
materials without capital investment and without long term
commitments" says Gross., The Pharmaceutical Institute (PI),
the leading provider of specialized knowledge for pharma and biotech
professionals, announced today the availability of over 1000 syndicated market
research reports from more than 20 top publishers.

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This will change with the reauthorization of the Individuals with
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The DAISY Consortium was formed in May, 1996 by talking book
libraries to lead the worldwide transition to Digital Talking Books.com/pi/research.
The Pharmaceutical Institute was created by Campbell Alliance , the leading
management consulting firm specializing in the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries .