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

For Immediate Release

CSA Acquires Venerable Annual Register from Keesings Worldwide

BETHESDA, Maryland, USA (15 December 2005) -- CSA announces the acquisition of The Annual Register, the authoritative compendium of political, economic, and social events from Keesings Worldwide.

Founded in 1758 by Edmund Burke, The Annual Register has been in consecutive publication for 243 years. Each edition includes an overview of the year's developments by country and regional/international organization, as well as a detailed analysis of the impact of world events on the environment, the arts, science, law, religion, and sport. Each volume also contains maps, statistical documents, a day-by-day chronicle of the year's major events, and a comprehensive list of obituaries.

Editorial management will remain under the direction of Dr. D. Stephen Lewis and Dr. Wendy Slater in Pau, France. According to Mark Furneaux, Managing Director of CSA Europe, "CSA is very excited and honored to have become associated with this prestigious publication and looks forward to this new and exciting chapter in the book's long history." CSA will maintain publication of the authoritative print volume and also plans development of an electronic counterpart, using the full capabilities of CSA's award-winning interface, CSA Illumina.

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 the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Europe and the United Kingdom. Researchers in more than 4,000 institutions worldwide use CSA's information resources, and CSA's print journals are used in more than 80 countries. CSA has been a leader in publishing and an innovator in the information field for over 30 years.

CSA is a division of Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a privately owned group of information services and publishing companies and educational institutions located around the world. CIG is also the parent company to R.R. Bowker, RefWorks, and Sotheby's Institute of Art .

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

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