WebFeat Launches "WebFeat Friendly" Partnership Program for Content Providers

ABC-CLIO, Alexander Street Press, ARTstor, EBSCO, Elsevier, Facts on File, H.W. Wilson, IEEE, JSTOR, Lexis-Nexis, Naxos, NewsBank, and Thomson Gale among first WebFeat Friendly and XML Gateway partners

Old Brookville, NY, October 25 , 2006 — WebFeat, developer of the WebFeat™ and WebFeat Express™ Search Prisms, has launched the WebFeat Friendly Partnership Program for content providers. Through the WebFeat Friendly program, WebFeat and each partner content provider work together to ensure that the partner’s databases are optimized for use with the world’s leading federated search engine. Content providers who have already joined the WebFeat Friendly Partnership Program (and/or who are XML Gateway partners) include ABC-CLIO, Alexander Street Press, ARTstor, EBSCO, Elsevier, Facts on File, H.W. Wilson, IEEE, JSTOR, Lexis-Nexis, Naxos, NewsBank, and Thomson Gale.

The WebFeat Friendly program is designed to streamline the process of building and maintaining WebFeat systems. WebFeat Friendly partners’ databases can be configured in minutes using the new Express version of WebFeat’s Administrative Console (WAC). Additionally, WebFeat and its WebFeat Friendly partners maintain a technology relationship intended to optimize performance and uptime.

WebFeat is used by over 5,000 public, academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centers—including over half of the 20 largest US public libraries, 12 statewide library systems and 1 out of 10 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. WebFeat is the only federated search solution to display results in their true native interfaces which delivers all of the functionality that the content providers have built into their products.

"The WebFeat Friendly program is a win-win for content providers and our mutual clients," said Todd Miller, President of WebFeat. "Our WebFeat Friendly databases are easier to configure and maintain, providing a hassle-free search environment for libraries."

Learn more about ABC-CLIO at
http://www.abc-clio.com/

Learn more about Alexander Street Press at
http://www.alexanderstreetpress.com

Learn more about ARTstor at
http://www.artstor.org/

Learn more about EBSCO at
http://www.ebsco.com

Learn more about Elsevier at
http://www.elsevier.com/

Learn more about Facts on File at
http://www.factsonfile.com/

Learn more about H.W. Wilson at
http://www.hwwilson.com

Learn more about IEEE at
http://www.ieee.org/

Learn more about JSTOR at
http://www.jstor.org/

Learn more about Lexis-Nexis at
http://www.lexisnexis.com

Learn more about Naxos at
http://naxos.com/

Learn more about NewsBank at
http://www.newsbank.com/

Learn more about Thomson Gale at
http://www.gale.com

About WebFeat
WebFeat (U.S. patent #6,807,539) is the developer of the WEBFEAT™ and WebFeat Express™ Search Prisms, used by over 5,000 leading public, academic, government and Global 1000 libraries and information centers—including over half of the 20 largest U.S. public libraries, 12 statewide library systems, and one out of every 10 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions.

WebFeat offers a suite of next-generation federated search tools, PRISM, the SMART™ COUNTER-compliant usage tracker, and MyWebFeat™ personalized federated search system. Originally founded in 1992 as an information technology consultancy, WebFeat has earned industry recognition from leading organizations such as Library Journal and the Gartner Group. Learn more about WebFeat at http://www.webfeat.org.