World Tourism Organization launches e-library powered by Ingenta
The World Tourism Organization has today officially launched and activated an e-library (www.wtoelibrary.org) created by Ingenta, the global market leader in the online publication, distribution and readership of academic and professional research.
A fully indexed and cross-searchable database of over 250 full-text reports published by the WTO, the e-library is free to its 142 member states, while tiered subscriptions are available for affiliate members, libraries and individual users. New publications and documents will be published via the
e-library as soon as they are released, in many cases before they become available to the general public. The e-library also includes the ‘Tourism Factbook’, a search facility enabling access to the most up-to-date statistical information on a country-by-country or geographical basis.
Speaking of the new service, Dr. Dirk Glaesser, Chief of Publications for the WTO said: “The
e-library is a milestone project which provides full and permanent access to WTO’s documents and publications via the Internet for the first time. It is ideal for communicating detailed information and research in an immediate and controlled medium to our 142 members states and millions of individuals worldwide.”
Simon Dessain, Chief Operating Officer of Ingenta added: “The WTO seized the opportunity to create a powerful service, with a scope and sustainability afforded only in an online environment. Together, we have developed a service that offers real benefits to the WTO membership and other interested parties.”
Ingenta has built more than 60 publisher-branded websites for its clients and hundreds of journal websites, ranging from branded home pages to highly customised stand-alone websites. In addition, the ingenta.com and ingentaselect.com services provide access to the full text of millions of articles. Over 15,000 institutions are registered with these services which deliver an average 1.8 million articles every month.
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About Ingenta
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Ingenta is the global market leader in the management and distribution of published scientific, professional and academic research via the Internet, and develops and maintains specialist websites for publishers, self-publishing societies and libraries.
For publishers of scientific, professional and academic periodicals, journals and reference works, Ingenta provides a suite of publisher services including data conversion, secure online hosting, access control and distribution services. For libraries and information professionals, Ingenta offers collection management and comprehensive document delivery options. Ingenta’s collection of research content – 13 million articles from more than 6,000 online publications and 27,000 fax and Ariel delivered publications – is accessed by millions of researchers and librarians a month via ingenta.com and other websites.
In October 2000, 2001 and 2002, InfoWorld named Ingenta one of the world’s top 100 e-business companies. In December 2002 Econtent magazine featured Ingenta in its 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry. Ingenta is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
About the World Tourism Organization
www.world-tourism.org
The World Tourism Organization is the leading international organization in the fields of travel and tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how and statistics. Its membership includes 142 countries, seven territories and some 350 Affiliate Members representing regional and local promotion boards, tourism trade associations, educational institutions and private sector companies, including airlines, hotel groups and tour operators.
With its headquarters in Madrid and an international staff of 90 tourism specialists, WTO is an intergovernmental organization vested by the United Nations with a central and decisive role to promoting the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.
Through tourism, WTO aims to stimulate economic growth and job creation, provide incentives for protecting the environment and cultural heritage, and promote peace, prosperity and respect for human rights.
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