LexisNexis to Unveil Plans for Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Forming the Largest Online Collection of Congressional Information

LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of information andservices solutions, will unveil its plans for the LexisNexis(R)Congressional Hearings Digital Collection(www.lexisnexis.com/hearings) during the American Library Associationmeeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 24 to June 27, 2006. Theintegration of the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection to theLexisNexis(R) Congressional service, which currently includes theLexisNexis(R) U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection and the LexisNexis(R)Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC), will form the mostcomprehensive online collection of congressional information availabletoday.

Throughout the last 35 years LexisNexis has been collecting andpreserving valuable congressional archives, which has led to the mostcomprehensive collection to date on microfilm. Now LexisNexis istaking the congressional hearings data, both published and unpublishedhearings, and digitizing it so it is easily searchable with metadatatagging, as well as full-text searching.

The state-of-the-art indexing from LexisNexis provides precise andfast search capabilities for combing through nearly 200 years ofcongressional hearings online. Hearings can be located by searchingfor the bill number, committee, controlled subject headings, documentor abstract full text, hearing number, public law number, Statutes atLarge citation, title, or witness and affiliation. Searches can alsobe limited by date or Congress.

"Online access to congressional hearings is what faculty andstudents have been waiting for--LexisNexis comes through again! Thiscontent will complement the digital collections already available inthe LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection and CRDC productsand provide a single, powerful resource for access to primary sourcecongressional information," said Marianne Ryan, head of GovernmentDocuments & Maps for the University of Maryland Libraries.

Tim Fusco, vice president of publishing operations for LexisNexisCorporate and Federal Markets said, "We have been addressing theseneeds, and are looking forward to highlighting our progress at ALA.Our dedication to providing the academic community with access to theinner workings of those hearings has been instrumental in our creationof the most comprehensive online collection of congressionalinformation available today."

The LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection will beavailable in three modules: Retrospective A (years: 1824-1979),Retrospective B (years: 1980-2003) and Prospective (years: 2004 andbeyond), totaling close to 125,000 titles and an additional 1,500titles will be added each year after 2004. LexisNexis is targetingearly 2007 for the initial release.

Demonstrations will be given at LexisNexis booth #2632. For aspecial demo and interview with LexisNexis executives, please contactJennifer Aleknavage at (301) 526-6311. To order the collection, pleasecall 1-800-638-8380.

To learn more about other related collections, such as theLexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection or the LexisNexisCongressional Research Digital Collection, go tohttp://www.lexisnexis.com/academic.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider ofinformation and services solutions, including its flagship Web-basedLexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, to a wide range ofprofessionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government,law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of ReedElsevier Group plc (NYSE:ENL) (NYSE:RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), thecompany does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employeesworldwide.

LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions has been gathering andindexing congressional information for more than 35 years and is now arecognized source for locating congressional information.