Launched in April 1998, the Electric Library Canada service is the result of an exclusive marketing and distribution license between bigchalk, a K-12 information provider, and Rogers Media Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. ProQuest acquired bigchalk in December 2002.

 "Electric Library Canada provides us with an immediate strength in the K-12 education market in Canada," said Rod Gauvin, senior vice president of sales and marketing for ProQuest Information and Learning. "It will provide us with the ability to sell a full range of products to the K-12 market and provide a seamless set of product offerings for schools, districts, and multi-type consortia in Canada."

"We are committed to expanding our presence in Canada, as well as expanding distribution of Canadian content. This agreement supports both objectives," added Gauvin.

Subscribers to Electric Library Canada have access to an extensive database of reference materials from both Canadian and international sources. The service delivers 100% full-text articles from almost 800 magazines and journals, 300 newspapers and newswires. It also contains over 160,000 photos, 2,700 maps, and over 200,000 television, radio and government transcripts.

Canadian content sources on the database include Maclean's, Canadian Business, Canadian Geographic, The National (CBC), CanPIX Image Archive, Computing Canada, The Canadian Encyclopedia, and many more.

Electric Library Canada operations will be fully integrated into Micromedia ProQuest operations.

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