<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Greetings,  </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I would like to
draw your attention to today's press release: </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>HARRASSOWITZ
Real-Time FOLIO APIs</b></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>Wiesbaden,
Germany – April 16, 2026. </i></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">HARRASSOWITZ,
a leading provider of scholarly resources and services for academic libraries,
is pleased to announce the launch of its innovative FOLIO APIs for real-time
ordering and subscription management. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Co-developed in
partnership with Stanford University Libraries, these APIs are now available
to all HARRASSOWITZ customers, further enhancing library workflows and
supporting open infrastructure initiatives. </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">The collaboration
with Stanford University Libraries underscores the importance of partnerships
in advancing library technologies. </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Sarah Forzetting,
Associate Director, Acquisitions and Collections Services at Stanford University
Libraries, stated: </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>“Stanford
University Libraries was pleased to be the pilot partner with HARRASSOWITZ
in developing both the real-time ordering API and the subscriptions API.
</i></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>The ability
to co-develop integrated applications is critical to our mission of supporting
open infrastructure.”</i> </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Justin Clarke,
Director of Sales & Marketing for North America, commented: </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>"We are
delighted to announce the availability of our FOLIO APIs, developed in
collaboration with Stanford University Libraries. </i></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><i>This partnership
reflects our commitment to innovation and service excellence. By providing
real-time integration capabilities, we empower libraries to optimize their
workflows saving valuable time and money.”</i> </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">The FOLIO APIs
include:</span>
<br>
<ul>
<li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Real-time API
for Firm Orders: This API enables libraries to order monographs and music
scores directly within <i>Fokus</i>, the HARRASSOWITZ system for acquisition
and management of scholarly resources. <br>
Orders are immediately submitted to the FOLIO system, ensuring seamless
integration and accurate data exchange. </span>
<li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Integrated API
for Subscriptions: Designed to streamline subscription renewals, cancellations,
and updates, this API allows libraries to manage subscription data effectively,
ensuring that library systems are always up-to-date. </span></ul>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">HARRASSOWITZ looks
forward to supporting libraries worldwide in their transition to open infrastructure
and continuing to provide gold-standard services to academic institutions.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>About HARRASSOWITZ</b></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Established in
1872, HARRASSOWITZ has been serving libraries around the world for more
than 150 years. Customers value HARRASSOWITZ for the quality and accuracy
of its services and for its industry-leading and innovative solutions.
</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">HARRASSOWITZ specializes
in providing a comprehensive range of high-quality collection support services
to academic and research libraries for e-content, periodicals, continuations,
books, and music scores. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">For more information,
see </span><a href="https://www.harrassowitz.de/electronic-services.html"><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">https://www.harrassowitz.de/electronic-services.html</span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">
.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>About FOLIO</b></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">FOLIO is a collaboration
of libraries, developers and vendors building an open source library services
platform. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">It is a modern
platform that inspires innovation and delivers both new and traditional
resource management functionality. For more information, see </span><a href=https://folio.org/><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">https://folio.org</span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">
.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Best regards,</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Julia Gegenfurtner</span>
<span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
</span>
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