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"The new service allows authorized organizations to easily produce
materials without capital investment and without long term
commitments" says Gross.
"Endeavor is very fortunate to have someone with Geoffrey's experience and
abilities to lead our digital archiving efforts," said Roland Dietz, President
and CEO at Endeavor. Visit
Endeavor at http://www.com for more information about Endeavor
Meridian, Voyager, ENCompass or LinkFinderPlus.

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(http://www. Endeavor enjoys a strong position of
leadership in the library software industry , thanks to its decade-long record
of creating such powerful and sophisticated programs as the Voyager ILS and
Meridian, its new and quickly growing ERM solution.

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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
for the DAISY Consortium .

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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.

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Geoffrey Adams Joins Endeavor Information Systems as Director of Archive Solutions

"Geoffrey is well known and respected in the industry,
and we are very excited to have access to his considerable expertise as we
move forward with the development of the next generation of archives and
repository products.

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DAISY denotes the Digital Accessible Information System.com), the leading provider of library
management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoffrey Adams
as its Director of Archive Solutions."
"I am extremely pleased to become a part of the Endeavor digital archiving
team," said Adams.

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Data Conversion Laboratory now provides conversion to DTBook, as
part of its "Books2Bytes" service (www.

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This will change with the reauthorization of the Individuals with
Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA). He also led
Elsevier's Strategic Partners Program and played key roles in various company
research and e-learning initiatives. Geoffrey will also be guiding product management for our
ENCompass for Journals OnSite program, Endeavor's enterprise-level system for
locally storing and providing access to electronic journal content from any
publisher in one location .

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Yet students with print disabilities
needed to wait six months or longer for an accessible textbook to be
made available. "Like Eli Whitney's invention of
interchangeable parts leading to the industrial revolution, an
accepted standard will revolutionize document preparation for the
blind and visually impaired.

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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
Laboratory

For the blind and visually impaired new technology has opened
doors to education .
"An historic milestone," says Mark Gross, president of Data
Conversion Laboratory (DCL), a New York-based technology firm and a
supporter of the new standard.

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XML Levels Educational Playing Field for Blind + Visually Impaired

Key to the act is requiring a standard file format for each
textbook . In this newly created position, Adams
will provide leadership and strategic direction for the company 's current and
future archival and repository management systems designed specifically to
meet the needs of national, research and academic libraries.

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DAISY CONSORTIUM (http: //www. It will be my goal and my
honor to continue this leadership heritage into the archival and repository
management space. Its
heritage of technological innovation and service to libraries as well as its
significant financial strength as a wholly owned subsidiary of Elsevier
combine to make Endeavor Information Systems an industry leader.

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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.books2bytes.

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About Endeavor Information Systems
Endeavor Information Systems produces advanced library management systems
for research and public librarians seeking to integrate ever-increasing
electronic resources within their collections .

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This makes conversion into accessible formats such as
braille, large print or digital text much faster.dclab.Appointment of Industry Veteran to Newly Created Position Reflects Endeavor's
Commitment to Becoming the Premiere Archival and Repository
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The act, signed December 3 by
President Bush, gives students with print disabilities equal access to
educational materials as their sighted peers. "My experiences at Elsevier have given me a thorough
understanding of the capabilities and functionalities customers need to
safeguard their electronic collections.

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, Endeavor Information
Systems (http://www. During his many years with
Elsevier, Adams established positive relationships with national libraries and
academic institutions around the world, working to foster a better
understanding of the challenges and opportunities that information technology
provides, particularly in the field of digital archiving.

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A 14-year veteran of the library software industry, Adams previously held
the position of Director of IT Solutions for Elsevier, a world-leading
publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and
services and the parent company of Endeavor.

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Digital Talking Book

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. Since 1994, Endeavor has
pioneered library management systems by offering enhanced functionality
coupled with intuitive interfaces that increase usability and efficiency.