February 2, 2001 (for immediate relaese). TDNet, the leading supplier of electronic journals management solutions, announced it would establish a North American office in the Philadelphia area in early March. Michael Markwith has been appointed President of TDNet U.S.A.

Asher Sofrin, founder and CEO of TDNet, stated "We are very enthusiastic about having a strong presence in the US and Canadian market. Our unique solution to e-journals management has been positively received around the world and we are committed to expanding our solution for North America. We are pleased that we will have the benefit of Michael's experience and leadership in establishing our company in the US."

Markwith, with 33 years experience in the library information business, was most recently Vice President, Sales at Swets Blackwell. He was CEO of Swets & Zeitlinger, Inc. (North America) 1995 - 1999 and has held various sales and leadership positions with Faxon, Blackwell North America, and Richard Abel Company. Markwith is active in ALA and NASIG (North American Serials Interest Group) and serves on the Editorial Board of the Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, the International Advisory Board of LOGOS, and the Board of Visitors for the School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

About TDNet

TDNet's unique solution to electronic journals management is based on an original approach integrating a diversity of access modes to electronic journals, on one unified, coherent site. TDNet is a custom-made e-journal service, tailored to include all and only your chosen titles, and to reflect your current access arrangements for every title on the system.

TDNet's database currently holds over 13,000 e-journal web sites and table of contents records for over 25,000 titles. Requests for titles, which have not yet been added to TDNet fast growing database, are welcome. The TDNet team constantly browses the web for more titles.