Contact: Michael Miyazaki
(301) 961-6761 or E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com

For Immediate Release

CSA Support For Katrina-Struck Customers

BETHESDA, Maryland, USA (20 September 2005) -- In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, CSA will implement a number of initiatives to aid customers affected by the disaster.

To support the institutions that CSA serves, CSA will:

• Consider the displaced users attending a new institution as authorized users for that institution; the users will have the ability to access the CSA databases for no additional charges to the institution.
• Make CSA databases accessible to displaced users directly for up to 6 months through a registration process on the CSA Website.
• Extend affected customer subscriptions for up to 6 months to cover the period of time where their services would be affected.

In addition, to aid the library community in the area, CSA will:

• Work with the American Library Association (ALA) to create a fund used to help rebuild the affected library infrastructure.
• Review internal equipment for items that can be donatee to the affected area.

"I believe these efforts will have a positive impact on the recovery," wrote CSA president Matt Dunie. "The need for help is obvious and we encourage others to join the recovery effort."

In answer to CSA's request, the following publishers have already agreed to provide displaced subscribers with continuing access to their databases through the CSA Illumina:

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Rapra Technology, Limited
• American Economic Association
• Plexus Publishing, Inc.
• Modern Language Association

Additional information about CSA's Hurricane Katrina relief activities can be found at http://info.csa.com/katrina/ .

CSA is a worldwide information company, serving as a guide to researchers to help them be more effective in their work by enabling and expediting discovery, aiding the management and organization of quality information and providing tools to assist in its subsequent dissemination. CSA specializes in publishing and distributing in print and electronically 100 bibliographic and full-text databases and journals in four primary editorial areas: natural sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities, and technology. A privately held company, CSA is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with offices throughout the U.S., and in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe and the United Kingdom. Researchers in more than 4,000 institutions worldwide use CSA information resources, and CSA's print journals are used in more than 80 countries. CSA has been a leader in publishing and providing quality abstracts and indexes and an innovator in the information field for over 30 years.

For further information, contact Michael Miyazaki, Marketing Manager, CSA (Tel. +1 301 961 6761 / E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com).

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