ProQuest UMI has over 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses in its library with more than 700 active university partners and over 70,000 new graduate works published each year.

"Dissertations and theses have long showcased essential research and burgeoning literary talent," said Austin McLean, director of dissertation publishing for ProQuest. "We're excited to add this partnership with Scribd to our existing outreach toward the vast audience of consumer information seekers who would benefit from using ProQuest dissertations."

Research organizations already publishing on Scribd include the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Harvard University Press, Institute for Public Policy Research (UK), The MIT Press, World Bank and World Economic Forum.

About Scribd, Inc.

Scribd is the world's largest social publishing company. Our goal is to make written works available for people to read and interact with, any time and on any device. Scribd is changing the way people discover, share and sell original writings and documents. Our innovative document reader technology enables anyone to easily upload their files -- including PDF, Word, PowerPoint and other document types -- and share on Scribd.com or embed on thousands of other websites. Scribd is a venture-backed company based in San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.scribd.com.

About ProQuest

ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey(TM), UMI(R), SIRS(R), and eLibrary(R). With Serials Solutions(R), Ulrich's(TM), RefWorks(R), COS(TM), Dialog(R) and now Bowker(R) part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience. More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication -- including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment. For more information, visit www.proquest.com or the ProQuest parent company website, www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com.

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About ProQuest

ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey(TM), UMI(R), SIRS(R), and eLibrary(R). With Serials Solutions(R), Ulrich's(TM), RefWorks(R), COS(TM), Dialog(R) and now Bowker(R) part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.

More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication--including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.

For more information, visit www.proquest.com or the ProQuest parent company website, www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com.

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