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New BBC Monitoring Library: free trials now open for
credible,=20
timely open source intelligence resource
I thought that the list might like to learn that we have
today=20
launched the BBC Monitoring library:=20
www.bbcmonitoringlibrary.com.
We are offering the list free trials to this exciting
new=20
service: please contact us on bbcmonitoringlibrary pcgplus.com if=20
you would like a trial.
BBC Monitoring tracks the global media for the latest
news=20
reports emerging around the world as a searchable source of
news,=20
information and comment gathered from media worldwide. The
BBC=20
Monitoring Library provides access to content from 3000
sources=20
from 150 countries from 100 languages, 24 hours a day.
Please see below for further information.
All the best and thanks,
Arend K=FCster
Director - PCG Europe
PCG, a division of Publishing Technology
akuesterpcgplus.com
Publishing Technology, the largest provider of software,
services=20
and content for the information industry, has announced
the=20
launch of a new web platform for BBC Monitoring, the global
news=20
resource.
The BBC Monitoring Library
(www.bbcmonitoringlibrary.com)=20
provides subscribers with open source intelligence from the
BBC's=20
unparalleled network of international correspondents.
Articles=20
are selected from traditional and new media worldwide, with
over=20
one hundred source languages being translated into English
to=20
provide a fully searchable digital current affairs
resource.
More than 3,000 radio, television, press, internet and
news=20
agency sources in over 150 countries are monitored to inform
the=20
BBC's distinctive, authoritative and reliable coverage
of=20
political and economic news. Content is delivered via data
feed=20
to the new web platform, where XML-based storage (?)
enables=20
greater flexibility in delivery. The database also
supports=20
sophisticated discoverability, including multiple
filtering=20
options to facilitate users' ability to track specific
sectors or=20
follow particular stories as they develop.
The new service offers improved functionality enabling the
BBC to=20
serve key academic and institutional markets more
effectively;=20
for example, IP-authenticated access control, management
of=20
complex inter-subscriber relationships, social bookmarking
and=20
COUNTER-compliant usage statistics all enhance the
service's=20
proposition to the academic sector. Publishing Technology
has=20
simultaneously delivered a new, fully-integrated
subscription=20
management system, which supports flexible content
licensing,=20
sophisticated revenue recognition and retention analysis,
complex=20
customer relationships and multiple currencies. Completing
the=20
package, Publishing Technology will also provide sales=20
representation to facilitate BBC Monitoring's entry into
new=20
markets by leveraging the experience of its PCG division.
"Market research indicated that our previous online
presence was=20
not meeting all our customers' diverse needs," explains
Rosy=20
Wolfe, Head of Business Development and Customer Relations
at BBC=20
Monitoring. "We are confident that this new site offers
the=20
flexibility and functionality that will make it an
invaluable=20
resource for anyone with an interest in current
affairs."
"BBC Monitoring's uniquely authoritative and impartial
content=20
proposition is now supported by a site that is
second-to-none in=20
terms of interface and performance," adds Arend
Kuester,=20
Director, PCG Europe. "Our research showed that
libraries are=20
keen to add this kind of resource to their collections, and
I am=20
looking forward to sharing it with our network of
prestigious=20
institutions."
ENDS
For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple
Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +44 1865 397860
Email: charlie.rapplepublishingtechnology.com
MSN: rapplelandhotmail.com
AIM: Rappleland
Moray=E9a Pindziak
Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +1 732 563 9292
Email: morayea.pinziakpublishingtechnology.com
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