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Completed project provides new library and reading materials at Government Primary School Nathu Khadi in India’s Uttarakhand province.

Leiden,
The Netherlands,
August 20, 2014.

Swets Information Services, a global organization committed to improving the delivery and use of knowledge worldwide, and the charity Room to Read are delighted to announce the completion of the first joint project funded by donations from Swets; namely the creation of a new classroom library at the Government Primary School Nathu Khadi in India’s Uttarakhand province. The library provides facilities for over 100 pupils, aged between 6 and 11, and their four teachers.

Room to Read is a global organization seeking to transform the lives of millions of children in Asia and Africa through a focus on literacy and gender equality in education. The classroom library project allows children in schools that do not have free space to benefit from books and other library resources, as well as to promote the integration and use of reading materials in classroom instruction.

“Room to Read provides exemplary literacy and educational aid and support to thousands of children
across Asia and Africa and we at Swets are delighted to help further their cause,” said Robin Dyer, Global Marketing Director at Swets Information Services. “We hope that the creation of this classroom library will provide many years of happy reading and enlightening education to the pupils of Government Primary School Nathu Khadi for many years to come.”

Room to Read’s School Libraries team has worked hard to select the most appropriate and engaging reading materials to stock the library. The books chosen play a vital role in supplying students with relevant and engaging learning materials. The school has also been provided with other educational materials, classroom storage furniture, and a standard three year training plan for teachers. To
ensure the long-term sustainability of the library, Room to Read aims to increase the participation of families and communities around the school. The goal is to increase awareness and support of literacy both in school and at home by engaging the pupils’ families and the wider community, resulting in the sustainability of the program and the future improvement and development of the
children’s reading skills and habits.

Unmesh Brahme Country Director, Room to Read India said in a letter to Swets, announcing the completion of the project, ”The library at Government Primary School Nathu Khadi,which is just one of the 656 libraries we established in India in 2013, is already deeply cherished by the school’s students and teachers. I wish I could bottle and send you the joy that exudes from the children whenever they
open a new book or recognize a new word for the first time. They are on their way to becoming avid, independent readers, and I cannot wait to watch as class after class of students learns to read using the books and materials you have helped us provide. Thank you for supporting our efforts to promote literacy and bring this wonderful new resource to this community!”

The full Room to Read report outlining the entire scope and achievements of the project can be found here:

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About Room to Read
Room to Read is a global organization seeking to transform the lives of millions of children in Asia and Africa through a focus on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children, Room to Read works in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and to ensure girls have the skills and support
needed to complete their secondary education. Since 2000, Room to Read has impacted the lives of nearly nine million children by providing increased access to high-quality educational opportunities through its network of libraries and schools, local language children’s books and its girls’ education program. Room to Read is changing children’s lives in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia and aims to reach 10 million children by 2015. Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.

Leiden, The Netherlands

31 July, 2014

Swets adds OpenAthens to its portfolio of Access Management services for libraries.

Swets, theglobal leader in the management of professional information, announced earlier today that it has signed a reseller agreement with Eduserv, the non-profit dedicated to developing and delivering technology services for the public sector. This agreement sees Swets adding the highly popular OpenAthens advanced access management system to its portfolio of Access Management services
for libraries.

OpenAthens’ single-sign-on authentication system enables libraries to provide users with remote one-click access to all of their online resources. From students to clinicians, over four million people worldwide use OpenAthens to access essential online content and solve their identity and authentication issues.

“There is an exponential growth in remote users who require problem-free access to all licensed content anytime anywhere, with just one username and password. On the other side those who
provide the access want to have the capability to set up groups and profiles to determine who should have access to which content in order to comply with publisher license agreements,” said Michael Leuschner, Commercial Director EMEA at Swets. “OpenAthens is the ideal solution for easy-to-use and secure identity and access management, therefore we are happy to have agreed on a global partnership”

Stuart Pearce, Executive Director of OpenAthens adds “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Swets, helping them expand their product portfolio to their customers around the world. This represents a great opportunity for Swets’ customers to take advantage of the simple and secure identity and access management provided by OpenAthens. There is close synergy in the markets that
Swets and OpenAthens operate within and our products and services complement each other very well, which makes this is an ideal partnership.”

Swets offers libraries a single point of contact for all access management and print delivery issues and can provide support for everything from detailed title or pricing information to administrative support and licensing negotiations. Using its relationships with over 35,000 publishers in more than 50 countries, Swets can assist libraries in building first-class end user services for their research community by ensuring straightforward access to content across multiple languages and formats, including print journals, e-Journals, eBooks and much more.

Libraries interested in finding out more about Swets’ full range of Access Management Services for libraries can visit www.swets.com/access-management for further details.

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About OpenAthens/Eduserv

OpenAthens has more than 4 million users worldwide including a large proportion of UK universities and other universities across the world, prestigious medical organisations worldwide including the Department of Veterans Affairs in North America, South Australia Health, and global corporate research organisations including Abbvie and Philips Research. For more information on OpenAthens see our website, watch our videos or follow us on Twitter.

Eduserv is a not-for-profit IT services company. Services include identity and access management, managed cloud and digital development.

About Swets

Swets is a global market leader in managing research information. Swets’ vision is “to improve the delivery and use of knowledge”.  From more than twenty offices around the world it actively serves customers (users of information) and publishers in over 160 countries. The company’s active role in today’s complex information marketplace has been regularly awarded by E-Content Magazine in their annual “100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry.” It is the only information agent to be ISO 9001:2008 certified on a global basis, a standard which affirms the company’s focus on customer service and continuous improvement. For more information on Swets see our website,
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