ISM Library Information Services To distribute Sea Change's BookWhere?-Pro

TORONTO, MAY 17, 1996 -- ISM Library Information Services has signed an
international distribution agreement with Sea Change Corporation to resell
the BookWhere?-Pro product worldwide to its existing clients and new
customers. ISM provides products and services to more than 2,500 libraries
in North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

BookWhere?-Pro is a Windows based client application that allows users to
search large information databases on the Internet using the NISO Z39.50
protocol. ISM customers can now use BookWhere?-Pro to easily search the
ISM resource databases and download MARC records into their local
systems.

BookWhere?-Pro is the leading Z39.50 client with advanced features such as
a built-in list of accessible hosts; simultaneous database searching and
integration with Netscape and Mosaic Web browsers.

"BookWhere? will revolutionize the way our clients access our database"
said Gordon Sharp, Managing Director, North America for ISM Library
Information Services, "It will allow libraries to easily and
cost-effectively obtain bibliographic information from one of the most
comprehensive data sources."

Sea Change will provide direct support for BookWhere? to ISM customers
world wide. Individual work-station licenses, site-licenses and network
based versions of the product are also available.

"We are extremely pleased with the selection of BookWhere by an
internationally respected company such as ISM. It validates our belief
that the information access needs of library professionals can best be met
by specialized client software." said John Alsop, President, Sea Change
Corporation.

ISM Library Information Services is a division of ISM Information Systems
Management Corporation Manitoba which is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM.
Based in Canada, with staff in Toronto, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba,
LIS responds to client needs 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.

ISM Library Information Services is a computer-based service organization
which maintains a bibliographic database of over 60 million records,
facilitates resource sharing initiatives, and provides outsourcing for
North America's largest current cataloguing services project. LIS brings
to the library community market expertise, stability, experience, and a
commitment to deliver innovative solutions that consistently exceed their
customers expectations.

Sea Change Corporation is a Canadian high-technology company that
specializes in products and services for the Internet. The company was
founded in 1986 with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. Sea Change
maintains branch offices in Victoria, British Columbia and London England,
serving the Pacific Rim and European markets respectively.

For further information, contact

Sea Change Corporation
Paul Nixon:(905)542-9484
Email: pnixon@seachange.com
Web: http://www.seachange.com

ISM Library Information Services
Remi Gaudet(416)236-2287
Email: gaudet@lismail.ism.ca
Web: http://www.ism.ca/lis
 
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