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January 13, 2009, Mind the Gap at ALA Midwinter
December 16, 2008, Holiday Greetings!
December 16, 2008, Passport to Savings for International Customers
April 21, 2008, Online course packs from XanEdu® Custom Publishing are an earth friendly alternative to traditional publishing
February 22, 2008, National Archive Publishing Company Acquires Tichenor Publishing & Printing Operations
November 23, 2007, NAPC Gains Rights to Distribute BMJ Group Titles in Microform
May 30, 2007, XanEdu® introduces multimedia content in digital course packs
January 19, 2007, NAPC To Provide Digitization and Copyright Clearance Services for ERIC
January 16, 2007, NAPC wins contract to record, preserve and provide access to public records for Shelby County, Tennessee
August 15, 2006, National Archive Publishing Company Signs 15 New Publisher Agreements for XanEdu® Products
June 14, 2006, National Archive Publishing Company Names Militello as CFO
May 26, 2006, XanEdu® Launches Improvements to Exclusive “Control Center”
May 17, 2006, NAPC’s XanEdu® Signs Publishing and Licensing Agreement with the North American Case Research Association
April 24, 2006, Penn State Chooses National Archive Publishing Company for Digital and Microfilm Preservation Projects
January 20, 2006, National Archive Publishing Company Launches NAPC Content Solutions
November 16, 2005, National Archive Publishing Company Names Durliat VP of Finance and Administration
November 1, 2005, "Proquest deal back to future for UMI" (pdf, 193kb)
Article from The Ann Arbor News
October 27, 2005, National Archive Publishing Company Formed By Prior Members of ProQuest Management Team

April 21, 2008 — Online course packs from XanEdu® Custom Publishing are an earth friendly alternative to traditional publishing

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — In celebration of Earth Day, XanEdu® Custom Publishing, part of National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC), introduces online course packs to the higher education market as an eco-friendly custom publishing solution.

“It takes an entire tree to produce just three traditionally printed course pack orders,” says Tyler Steben, Vice President, XanEdu Custom Publishing, “As the nation’s leading provider of custom course materials, it is natural for us to leverage our groundbreaking digital content and delivery options as an environmental advantage and encourage campuses to go green with online course packs.”

Students can purchase an access key to their online materials through XanEdu’s ecommerce storefront and view their course content at any time, from any Internet connection—eliminating (or significantly reducing) the reams of paper and energy consumed by the commercial printing and production processes, not to mention the emissions related to making the paper and print cartridges, and from the transport of materials to students.

Even sold through a campus bookstore as an access key package, online course packs use 97% less paper than a traditionally printed pack; the package contains an access key printed on a single sheet of paper and just a front cover, back cover, and fully recyclable piece of corrugated cardboard.

“Online course materials are not a new offering for XanEdu—they’re used by many programs looking to bring relevant content and technology into the classroom without the copyright risks associated with hosting digital content. But it is important we share the adverse impact of printing materials, and help our customers realize there are more environmentally friendly alternatives,” said Steben.

For educators who prefer printed materials, XanEdu is taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint of those offerings, as well. The paper used for XanEdu’s print and online plus print course pack formats contains post-consumer waste and is free of acid and elemental chlorine. Compared to virgin paper milling, this manufacturing process:

• Requires 10% fewer trees
  
• Is 4% more energy-efficient
  
• Emits 4% fewer greenhouse gases and 9% fewer hazardous air pollutants
  
• Generates 5% less solid waste and water pollutants
  

Additionally, Copley Custom Textbooks, an imprint of XanEdu, can print professor’s own original works, lab manuals, and anthologies on 100% recycled paper and with soy ink.

Also this Earth Day, XanEdu launches a campaign to donate $1 to American Forests for each registered faculty and bookstore visitor to their Webpage dedicated to sharing information about eco-friendly course materials. Through American Forests, a non-profit organization dedicated to planting trees for environmental restoration, every dollar plants a tree.

XanEdu is the faculty-preferred provider of course packs and custom textbooks and the nation's leading provider of digital and print titles through an expansive collection of premium content (particularly business content). XanEdu provides groundbreaking multimedia content and delivery options and ensures 100% copyright compliance for each item, every term.

More information about XanEdu’s campaign to go green is available at www.xanedu.com/ecopack.shtml.

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February 22, 2008 — National Archive Publishing Company Acquires Tichenor Publishing & Printing Operations

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announces that it has acquired Tichenor Publishing & Printing, a provider of coursepacks and other supplemental course materials for college students. The business will be combined with NAPC's XanEdu Custom Publishing, the nation's leading provider of custom publishing solutions for higher education.

"Tichenor has a strong reputation for providing excellent service, applying relevant technology to enhance products, and producing quality products," said Daniel Arbour, president and CEO of National Archive Publishing Company. "With XanEdu's unique expertise in digital delivery and an expansive collection of pre-cleared content, the acquisition of Tichenor will significantly strengthen our publishing capability.

"When acquisitions play to the strength of both organizations and provide greater opportunities to meet customer needs, it's a win for customers and the organizations involved," said Arbour. "Those attributes apply to this transaction."

For 20 years, Tichenor Publishing & Printing has provided compelling educational materials, including course packs, lab manuals, custom textbooks, and much more. The business is known for providing a high level of customer care, attention to detail, superior product, and timely service.

Tim Tichenor, T.I.S. group president, said, "We are very pleased to partner with XanEdu and look forward to providing students and faculty with important educational resources through our college bookstores."

"XanEdu is committed to continuing to provide high-quality products and excellent service to Tichenor customers and authors," said Arbour. "We are excited about the opportunity to extend and enhance our service offerings."

Customer service and other support contacts remain unchanged for customers. More information about Tichenor Publishing & Printing is available at www.tichenorpublishing.com. More information about XanEdu Custom Publishing is available at www.xanedu.com.

About Tichenor Publishing & Printing and T.I.S. Group
T.I.S. Group is the parent company of Tichenor Publishing and Printing. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, T.I.S. Group is a conglomerate of businesses serving the collegiate marketplace. Centrally focused, yet diversified within its industry, T.I.S. is comprised of T.I.S. College Bookstores, Tichenor College Textbook Company, T.I.S. Vocal Music Catalog and Retail Shop, and Taylor Imprinted Sportswear.

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November 23, 2007 — NAPC Gains Rights to Distribute BMJ Group Titles in Microform

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announces an agreement with BMJ Group to microfilm and distribute 17 key medical titles, including the prestigious British Medical Journal. As part of the new agreement, NAPC will film back issues, in addition to providing ongoing coverage so that libraries will avoid gaps in their holdings.

"Research and medical libraries highly value access to these titles, and we are pleased to provide them in an archival format that will ensure ongoing access for years to come," said Peggi Clark, Publisher, Serials Publishing, for NAPC. "We are honored by the BMJ Group's trust to archive and distribute their valuable content to libraries around the world."

NAPC offers more than 18,000 periodical titles in microform, the only widely accepted, long-term archival format for printed material. BMJ Group titles now available from NAPC include:

• Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  
• Archives of Disease in Childhood
  
• British Journal of Ophthalmology
  
• British Journal of Sports Medicine
  
• BMJ (British Medical Journal)
  
• Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ)
  
• Gut
  
• Heart
  
• Journal of Clinical Pathology
  
• Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
  
• Journal of Medical Ethics
  
• Journal of Medical Genetics
  
• Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
  
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  
• Postgraduate Medical Journal
  
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
  
• Thorax
  

Peter Ashman from the BMJ Group said: "As part of our mission to help doctors make better decisions, we are committed to making our journal content accessible to healthcare professionals around the world. This partnership is an important step towards that goal, and we are confident that it will help clinicians in their everyday practice and ultimately improve outcomes for patients."

For more information about these titles, libraries may contact NAPC at info@napubco.com or by calling 1-800-420-6272.

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May 30, 2007 — XanEdu® introduces multimedia content in digital course packs

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — XanEdu® Custom Publishing, part of National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC), in partnership with Harvard Business School Publishing and Darden Business Publishing, will provide digital video supplements and other multimedia case content to college and university business faculty and programs. XanEdu pioneered completely digital course pack solutions, and is now the first to offer multimedia as a standard course pack format.

Beginning August 1st, 2007, a range of multimedia options will be available in XanEdu® Digital and Digital Plus Print CoursePacks. The new content allows college faculty to add a dynamic element to business courses and enhance students' learning experience:

• HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CASE VIDEOS - Many of the most popular Harvard Business School cases can now include a video supplement, giving students access and insight into management and strategic and organizational challenges through interviews with CEOs and other key company footage.
• MULTIMEDIA CASES FROM DARDEN BUSINESS PUBLISHING - Interactive multimedia cases and simulations from Darden Business Publishing include both stand-alone and supplementary materials. These products present real-world business situations through video interviews, text, animations, and individual and classroom exercises.
• MICROSOFT POWERPOINT - XanEdu can convert Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into streaming video, giving students secure, view-only access to lectures and notes without having to buy software. A printed presentation can also be included in the Digital Plus Print format.
• WEB LINKS AND HTML - Faculty can share their favorite online resources and give students one-click access to other relevant digital content by embedding links to other web sites.

"Many of today's students have never experienced a world without computers, cell phones, and other mobile technology and place an increasing value on their professor's ability to use technology to communicate their expertise," said Tyler Steben, Vice President, Custom Publishing. "These product developments allow XanEdu to help faculty keep up with the trends and challenges of applying technology in education and in business."

XanEdu, the leading national publisher of supplemental course materials, specializes in providing course materials for business programs. Multimedia content adds a valuable layer to XanEdu's already extensive collection of business cases and articles from leading publishers such as Harvard Business School Publishing, Darden Business Publishing, Ivey, California Management Review, NACRA, Stanford University, Thunderbird, and more.

More information about XanEdu Custom Publishing is available at www.xanedu.com.

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January 19, 2007 — NAPC To Provide Digitization and Copyright Clearance Services for ERIC

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announces an agreement with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to perform digitization and rights clearance services for previously submitted documents to ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), a digital library of education literature sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

The project encompasses digitizing nearly 340,000 documents, or 40 million pages, dating from 1966 to 1992. In addition, NAPC will seek out authors of documents to secure permissions for electronic distribution through ERIC. The resulting documents will be added to the ERIC database, which provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. Full-text is available for an increasing number of documents.

Lawrence Henry, Program Manager of the ERIC contract for Computer Sciences Corporation, said, "NAPC offers the unique capability to perform large-scale digitization to very high quality standards. In addition, their expertise in finding authors and securing permissions will help ensure full copyright compliance and efficiency. NAPC's experience and skill made them ideal for the successful implementation of a project of this magnitude."

"This project will bring to life thousands of documents that were previously difficult to access," said Jeff Moyer, Executive Vice President, Publishing, NAPC. "Our mission is to improve access to information by creating digital files with the appropriate level of metadata to suit the application. This project is the first to bring together our expertise in digitization and rights clearance at such a large scale. We believe this rare combination is valuable for building dynamic information archives."

NAPC Content Solutions supports libraries with quality content management options. As a trusted partner in the library community, NAPC is a dependable, expert resource for the following services:

• Imaging (digitizing and microfilming)
• Image conversion - both film to digital and digital to film
• Metadata capture and creation
• Text conversion - OCR and key boarding
• Custom output formatting
• Film duplication and replacement
• Archive hosting (in part or in whole)
• Permissions - rights clearance

More information about NAPC Content Solutions is available to librarians at
1-800-420-NAPC (6272) or info@napubco.com.

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January 16, 2007 — NAPC wins contract to record, preserve and provide access to public records for Shelby County, Tennessee

Tennessee's Shelby County Government, on behalf of the Shelby County Register's Office (SCRO), has selected National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) as the sole vendor for a major ongoing microfilm processing and duplication initiative.

The primary goal of the SCRO is to record, preserve, and provide access to their public records. To that end, NAPC Content Solutions will provide full-service microfilm processes over five types of film and at a volume in excess of 2,000 rolls per year. NAPC will meet a range of SCRO's needs, including:

• Safe transport of first-generation and duplicated film to/from SCRO to NAPC's Ann Arbor manufacturing facility
  
• Store and protect film under proper temperature conditions
  
• Create archival quality camera master film from original
  
• Duplicate reels of film (including wrapping, boxing and labeling)
  
• Inspect original and duplicated films to ensure high copying and viewing quality
  

"Scanning is the only way to go for access, but we still microfilm our permanent records, which are stored in an underground vault in another state, to ensure access to our most valuable records in case of a catastrophic incident like a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault line." John Dougan, Shelby County Archives.

Content Solutions offers imaging, image conversion, metadata capture and creation, text conversion, custom output formatting, film duplication and replacement, and various other digitization and microfilm services. NAPC launched its Content Solutions offering one year ago and has gained traction with several large accounts since.

"We're pleased to assist the Shelby County Register's Office in fulfilling its mandate to preserve these important records in a non-digital format," notes Jeff Moyer, Executive Vice President of Publishing for NAPC. "We see this as just part of our Content SolutionsTM program, which gives libraries, publishers, government agencies, and private and public archives a range of options for preserving, reformatting, and delivering their records and content."

More information about NAPC Content Solutions is available at www.napubco.com.

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August 15, 2006 — National Archive Publishing Company Signs 15 New Publisher Agreements for XanEdu® Products

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) has enhanced the content offering for its XanEdu® Custom Publishing service by securing agreements with numerous prestigious publishers. These agreements guarantee copyright approval of select materials for inclusion in the XanEdu CoursePack™ and Copley Custom Textbook products.

XanEdu's strong collection of premium business content is complemented by the addition of agreements with the following publishers:

• Crain Communications
• Economist Intelligence Unit
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• Penton Media
• Reed Business Information Inc.
• Reed Business Information UK
• Society for Case Research

In addition, XanEdu has expanded its humanities and sciences content through new agreements with:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Psychological Association
• Annual Reviews
• Emerald Group Publishing
• Indiana University Press
• Springer Science and Business Media

General academic publishers, the University of California Press and the University of Chicago Press, have also signed agreements allowing use of their materials in XanEdu products.

This new content expands the depth and breadth of XanEdu's extensive collections, which include 14,000 cases and articles from the industry's leading business publishers including Harvard Business School, Thunderbird, Stanford University, Darden, California Management Review, NACRA, Richard Ivey School of Business, and others.

XanEdu is the number-one faculty-preferred provider of CoursePacks and custom textbooks. XanEdu is committed to providing superior service and expertise to faculty and students, and to supporting its distribution partners in managing their course pack programs, through its print, digital, and digital plus print CoursePacks. Copley Custom Textbooks offer faculty professional design and production services to publish a high-quality textbook, anthology, or lab manual.

More information about XanEdu Custom Publishing is available at www.xanedu.com.

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June 14, 2006 — National Archive Publishing Company Names Militello as CFO

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announced that Jim Militello has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he will manage finance, human resources, and business information systems.

Previously, Militello served as Vice President of Finance at Thomson Gale, a leading information provider to the library market. His experience at Thomson Gale included planning, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Militello also worked for Voyager.net and Baxter International.

“Jim has a proven track record of leadership and business acumen in the information industry, and we are delighted to welcome him to the executive team of NAPC. As a new and growing company, we will benefit from his skills and experience as we establish new business systems and plan for growth,” said Dan Arbour, President and CEO.

Militello earned a BA from Michigan State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Michigan. He lives in Saline, MI, with his family.

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May 26, 2006 — XanEdu® Launches Improvements to Exclusive “Control Center”

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — XanEdu® Custom Publishing, part of National Archive Publishing Company, announces new features that will debut in its upcoming release of the CoursePack Control Center. The new release is scheduled to launch on June 3.

The CoursePack Control Center is an exclusive feature available to XanEdu customers. Using the CoursePack Control Center (or “My XanEdu” for faculty users), bookstore administrators and faculty can track the progress of a coursepack, from ordering to delivery, including status of copyright clearance and shipping. Only XanEdu offers 24/7 online access to information about coursepack status.

On June 3, XanEdu will introduce enhancements to the existing interface.

• “Click reduction” – streamlined site to minimize number of clicks required to access information
• Context-sensitive help, saving users time and effort when questions arise
• Enhanced speed throughout the site, to ensure efficient access to information
• More detail about the status of copyright clearance (For bookstore users, the site also provides more details about order returns and credits.)
• Improved order functionality for bookstore users, making ordering, reordering, and add-ons easier than ever
• Direct access to the account manager, so that users get additional information from the team that knows their packs best
• And other enhancements to improve functionality and usability

For more information about XanEdu® Custom Publishing and the CoursePack Control Center, visit www.xanedu.com or call 1-800-218-5971.

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May 17, 2006 — NAPC’s XanEdu® Signs Publishing and Licensing Agreement with the North American Case Research Association

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announces an agreement with the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) that extends a long-term distribution arrangement for business case studies. In addition, XanEdu will begin to publish the Case Research Journal, the association’s quarterly publication that contains new, peer-reviewed, field-research-based business case studies.

The new agreement grants XanEdu exclusive rights to distribute NACRA business case studies for the first 12 months following their publication, as well as non-exclusive distribution rights thereafter. XanEdu will distribute the NACRA cases as part of the XanEdu CoursePack™ service, a custom publishing program that enables faculty to build digital and/or print coursepacks containing unique, high-quality content.

NACRA business cases cover important issues and provide important, real-world views of relevant business scenarios. NACRA publishes only peer-reviewed cases that subject-area experts have validated. Each case also has an instructor’s manual that is also subject to the peer-review process. Cases accepted by NACRA appear in the organization’s Case Research Journal, the premier journal for outstanding teaching cases grounded in research.

In addition to making the cases available online and through the XanEdu CoursePack service, XanEdu will publish the quarterly journal in print format. XanEdu will also explore opportunities to publish the journal electronically to speed the availability of NACRA cases to the academic community.

XanEdu is the premier provider of business case content. In addition to NACRA, XanEdu distributes business cases from Harvard Business School, Thunderbird, Stanford University, Darden, California Management Review, Richard Ivey School of Business, and others.

More information about XanEdu CoursePack programs is available at www.xanedu.com.

The North American Case Research Association (NACRA) is a nonprofit, voluntary professional association whose mission is to promote excellence in case research, writing, and teaching in business and other academic disciplines. NACRA is a collaborative organization of some 450 case writers and teachers, mostly in the business disciplines, who support each other's research and writing efforts. Its annual conference features round table workshops where all participants receive knowledgeable suggestions aimed at making their cases publishable-- in refereed journals or in textbooks (or both)--in the following year. The conference helps to develop the cases that appear in the
Case Research Journal, other journals, and textbooks. For more information, visit http://web.bentley.edu/empl/c/lchin/nacra

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April 24, 2006 — Penn State Chooses National Archive Publishing Company for Digital and Microfilm Preservation Projects

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announces an agreement with The Pennsylvania State University to preserve two of the university's historical collections through the company's new NAPC Content Solutions service.

The two projects comprise the following content:

• Lancaster Farming (http://www.lancasterfarming.com/), a weekly trade periodical delivering news, market and commodity reports, and agribusiness information to farmers in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The project is sponsored by the Preservation Department, University Libraries, The Pennsylvania State University. NAPC will perform preservation microfilming of nearly 150,000 pages from issues covering 1984-1998.
• The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (http://www.hsp.org/), a quarterly publication of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. NAPC will scan all issues from 1907 to 2000, nearly 50,000 pages.

The second project involves both scanning and microfilm creation for the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.

Sue Kellerman, the Judith O. Sieg Chair for Preservation and Head, Preservation Department, Penn State University Libraries said, "We were interested in creating both a digital version of this key publication for improved access and a preservation quality microfilm copy for archiving. A hybrid approach to content conversion provides both access and preservation, guaranteeing that this title will be preserved for generations.

"NAPC offers the unique capability to produce both scanned images and archival-quality microfilm in a scan-first workflow process. NAPC's experience and unsurpassed expertise made them a natural choice for preserving these rare materials."

NAPC Content Solutions supports libraries with quality content management options. As a trusted partner in the library community, NAPC is a dependable, expert resource for the following services:

• Imaging (digitizing and microfilming)
• Image conversion - both film to digital and digital to film
• Metadata capture and creation
• Text conversion - OCR and key boarding
• Custom output formatting
• Film duplication and replacement
• Archive hosting (in part or in whole)

More information about NAPC Content Solutions is available to librarians at
1-800-420-NAPC (6272) or info@napubco.com.

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January 20, 2006 — National Archive Publishing Company Launches NAPC Content Solutions
New services bring experienced, professional-quality content management solutions to libraries

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) announces its new NAPC Content Solutions service to support libraries with quality content management options. With the addition of this service, the company–a trusted partner in the library community–provides expertise for a range of microfilming and digitization services. National Archive Publishing Company also serves libraries and academic institutions with UMI^® Periodicals in Microform and XanEdu^® CoursePacks and Custom Publishing.

“As libraries continue to expand the potential of the Internet, digitization projects are ramping up quickly,” said Jeff Moyer, NAPC's Executive Vice President of Publishing. “NAPC Content Solutions provides an exciting alternative for libraries. We currently digitize 50 million pages to high standards each year, giving us a level of experience that is unsurpassed. Now, for the first time, we are pleased to offer our expertise to libraries who want to provide greater access to valuable collections via digital imaging.

“But we offer much more than digitization. Due to our extensive capabilities in both digital and microfilm formats, we provide unique, custom solutions for libraries to expand access electronically while preserving information in an archival format. We can tailor solutions to include image capture, conversion, storage, and more,” said Moyer.

NAPC provides a dependable, expert resource for the following services:

• Imaging (digitizing and microfilming)
  
• Image conversion – both film to digital and digital to film
  
• Metadata capture and creation
  
• Text conversion — OCR and key boarding
  
• Custom output formatting
  
• Film duplication and replacement
  
• Archive hosting (in part or in whole)

“Perhaps the most valuable service we provide is consultation,” said Moyer. “NAPC is the foremost expert in the area of both digitization and microfilming. We are uniquely able to understand what it takes to develop a comprehensive solution that suits a library's short and long-term collection management strategies.“

More information about NAPC Content Solutions is available to librarians at 1-800-420-NAPC (6272) or info@napubco.com

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November 16, 2005 — National Archive Publishing Company Names Durliat VP of Finance and Administration
Ann Arbor, MI — National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC), the newly formed company that comprises three business units acquired from ProQuest Information and Learning, named a vice president of finance and administration. She is Kimberly R. Durliat, CPA, who has a strong background in managing corporate financial functions.

Durliat has over 13 years experience, seven in corporate financial management for publicly and privately held corporations. Most recently she served as Corporate Controller of Ann Arbor-based Interlink Networks, Inc. She started her career with Deloitte & Touche LLP in Detroit, where she worked for six years, most recently as an Audit Manager.

“Kimberly is an important addition to our team of experienced managers. She will direct the internal and external activities to enhance our performance and ability to analyze business results ,” said Dan Arbour, president and chief executive.

Durliat is a graduate of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. She is a current member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accounts, and a registered Certified Public Accountant in the State of Michigan. She resides in Dexter, Michigan, with her family.

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October 27, 2005 — National Archive Publishing Company Formed By Prior Members of ProQuest Management Team

Established Businesses Purchased by New Company

Ann Arbor, MI — The newly formed company, National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC), which has acquired three existing and established business operations from ProQuest Information and Learning, is led by four seasoned publishing executives with combined experience of more than 100 years in the library and higher education markets. The businesses are UMI^® Periodicals in Microform, XanEdu^® and the Microfilm and Digitization Service operations.

“National Archive Publishing Company is a name that defines what we do, publishing of scholarly research material via periodical microfilms, and providing course packs for students through the growing XanEdu business,” explained Dan Arbour, president and chief executive of NAPC. NAPC will also work with ProQuest under a long-term service contract to produce microfilm and digital content.

“A big benefit to our customer base of more than 5,000 is the invisible transition from ProQuest as a provider to services provided by NAPC directly,” said Arbour. Our total business is now focused on the strategy of serving existing customers for UMI Periodicals in Microform and XanEdu in the same professional manner they have grown accustomed to – and to leverage our vast capabilities, experience and capacity to develop new products and enhance the value of our existing offerings.”

NAPC has purchased the existing manufacturing facility and operations located at 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor. NAPC will also assume portions of ProQuest operations located in Boston, MA, Wooster, OH, and Louisville, KY.

NAPC Partners

Arbour is president and chief executive of the newly acquired established businesses, all of which have been key market and product leading elements of the ProQuest business for many years. He has been with ProQuest and its predecessor businesses for 30 years and was most recently vice president of North American sales operations for ProQuest Information and Learning. Other executives who form the partnership of the firm are:

• Joe Mills, executive vice president of manufacturing operations. Most recently, he was vice president of manufacturing operations at ProQuest. He has been responsible for digitization and micrographic work in the library and commercial markets for 20 years and has additional background in electronic publishing, logistics and costing.
• Tim Mitchell, executive vice president of sales and marketing. He has been national sales director for traditional business and manager of federal sales, both at ProQuest and UMI traditional markets. He also served as vice president of sales for bigchalk and regional sales director for Apex Learning.
• Jeff Moyer, executive vice president of publishing. He has 20 years of industry experience and joins NAPC from Thomson Gale, a reference publisher where he was publisher of research collections. Earlier he was with Apex CoVantage in e publishing and ProQuest where he was engaged in development of the company’s initial Digital Vault products.

NAPC will operate three lines of business:

• UMI Periodicals in Microform, established in 1938, this product line includes more than 18,000 periodicals in microform and has more than 5,000 institutional customers across the nation. The business segment has been the leader in its market segment. Microfilm is a storage medium on which printed materials are photographed and reproduced at greatly reduced size for ease of storage. Microform, which comprises both microfilm and microfiche formats, serves the needs of libraries for collection development, archiving and access, collection and storage.
• XanEdu, launched in 2000, provides students at colleges and universities across the country with premium content in online and print course packs. XanEdu will custom-clear copyrights for professors from one of the world’s largest content archives, including thousands of publishers worldwide. Its course packs for students include reproductions and clean up of original scholarly documents in print, print and digital and digital-only formats. XanEdu’s Integration Program (“XIP”) enables NAPC to develop and produce customs course packs and track student uses and purchases.
• Microfilm and Digitization Services. NAPC will produce UMI Periodicals in Microform and also manufacture microfilm and digital content for ProQuest under a long-term contract. In this agreement, NAPC will fulfill microfilm production for retained products including dissertations, newspapers and research collections. The company will seek to leverage its acquired technologies and capacity to capture growth opportunities in existing markets as well as commercial arenas where demand for microfilm and digitization service solutions exists.

NAPC serves customers with three product lines: XanEdu® Custom Publishing, NAPC Content Solutions, and UMI® Periodicals in Microform. The company has extensive editorial operations dedicated to custom publishing and digital content production capability, as well as microform archiving.

XanEdu is the faculty-preferred provider of course packs and custom textbooks and the nation's leading provider of digital and print titles through an expansive collection of premium content (particularly business content). XanEdu provides ground-breaking digital delivery options and ensures 100% copyright compliance of all content. XanEdu supplies course packs to 77% of the 80 top-ranked MBA programs in the US.

NAPC serves the higher education market around the world. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with operations in Wooster, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; and Acton, Massachusetts. www.napubco.com

UMI® is used under license from ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI.

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