Blackwell and ebrary announced the launch of ECHO, a new e-content hosting platform for libraries. ECHO allows librarians to purchase and manage e-book and print collections within their current acquisitions work flows. Powered by ebrary, ECHO provides a way for librarians to preview a growing selection of full text ebooks, select from either multiple or single user access for the majority of titles, and purchase titles instantly through Blackwell’s Collection Manager.

Key features and benefits of the ECHO platform include the following:

• Access to a growing selection of tens of thousands of titles from more than 220 publishers
• Selection of either single or multiple user access for the majority of titles
• Collection Manager work flow integration and consolidated billing
• Access to a full-text preview of a title before making a purchasing decision
• Integration with other digital resources in the library and on the Web through InfoTools
• Copying and printing text with automatic citations with a URL hyperlink back to the source

Ovid announced that it will offer the LWW Journal Legacy Archive. The archive will be available exclusively on Journals@Ovid, (as is the case with all institutional LWW online journals). The LWW Journal Legacy Archive will be available in fourth quarter 2006. The archive will features more than 800,000 articles of original research, reviews, notes, letters, and case studies, from 220 journals in a wide range of medical, clinical, and healthcare specialty areas, including nursing, cardiology, infectious disease, and surgery. Coverage for each journal begins with Volume 1, Issue 1 and runs through the final issue of 1999.