Reprints Desk Bolsters Sourcing Capabilities for Engineering Markets Through Agreement With IEEE

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Reprints Desk, Inc., the content workflow company, today announced that it had reached a content distribution agreement with IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association. The agreement enables Reprints Desk to deliver PDFs of individual articles from IEEE's 140 periodicals and more than 850 conferences, covering content areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics among others.

"We're pleased to be working with Reprints Desk to deliver IEEE content into the workflow of Reprints Desk's corporate customers - when and where they need it," Barbara Lange, Staff Director, Product Management and Business Development. "We recognize the value of a vendor like Reprints Desk, as a copyright-compliant distributor of scientific, technical, and medical articles for the corporate market."

Reprints Desk, established in 2006, was ranked first overall and in every category in the 2008 Document Delivery Best Practices and Vendor Scorecard by analyst and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., and earned a 97 percent customer satisfaction rating in Dun & Bradstreet's 2009 Open Ratings survey of existing Reprints Desk customers.

About Reprints Desk®

Reprints Desk, Inc. (www.reprintsdesk.com) is a business software and information services company that simplifies how research-intensive companies and other organizations procure, manage and share journal articles and other copyright-protected content. The company's content workflow and compliance solutions help customers effectively use peer-reviewed literature in research, regulatory submissions, and product promotions. A channel supplier for more than 100 scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishers, Reprints Desk earned the #1 ranking in the 2008 Document Delivery Vendor Scorecard by Outsell, Inc., and currently serves companies in life sciences, energy, aerospace, industrial products, food and beverages, consumer packaged goods, information technology, legal and government. Reprints Desk is a Derycz Scientific (OTC Bulletin Board: DYSC) company.

About IEEE®

IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society, is commemorating its 125th anniversary in 2009 by "Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future" around the globe. Through its more than 375,000 members in 160 countries, IEEE is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed nearly 900 active industry standards. The organization annually sponsors more than 850 conferences worldwide. Additional information about IEEE can be found at www.ieee.org.