Personal Library Software Joins the CommerceNet Consortium Participation in
Working Groups to Help Shape the Future of Electronic Commerce

(Rockville, MD, June 14, 1995) -- Personal Library Software Inc., (PLS),
announced today that it has joined CommerceNet as an associate member. PLS
plans to participate in working groups that are on the leading edge of
designing electronic commerce solutions for the Internet and contribute
its extensive resources in intelligent full-text retrieval technology.

CommerceNet was formed in 1994 to facilitate the use of an Internet-based
architecture for electronic commerce. The objective of the organization is
to develop solutions that allow efficient interactions among customers,
suppliers and development partners by decreasing time to market and
reducing the overall costs of doing business. The consortium provides a
forum for industry leaders to discuss issues, deploy pilot applications,
and define standards and best business practices for using the Internet
for electronic commerce. "We're pleased to welcome PLS into the
consortium," said Cathy Medich, executive director of CommerceNet. "PLS is
a valuable addition to CommerceNet, and especially into the Directories
and Electronic Catalogs Working Group, where they will be able to share
their experience and expertise in intelligent text retrieval and
electronic publishing."

As a member of the consortium, PLS will dedicate resources and be most
active in the Directories/Electronic Catalogs working group, which is one
of the nine major areas of CommerceNet concentration. PLS will apply its
vast information management knowledge gained over the last 12 years, in
cooperation with the various member companies, to develop real-world
solutions to conducting business on the Net.

"Membership in the CommerceNet family provides us the opportunity to
further develop some of our next-generation information discovery tools,
particularly related to the needs of electronic commerce," noted PLS
president, Matt Koll. "The development of innovative search and retrieval
technologies is critical to the success of electronic commerce. PLS's
participation in CommerceNet will help to bring additional expertise in
the vital area of intelligent access to information over the Internet,"
noted Randy Whiting, CommerceNet Steering Committee Chair and the manager
of Hewlett-Packard's Electronic Sales Promotion.

CommerceNet is a consortium of companies and organizations whose charter is
to facilitate the development and use of an open Internet-based
marketplace for electronic commerce applications. Consortium members
include leading companies in the electronics, computer, financial service
and information service industries, and other companies and organizations
committed to electronic commerce.

Information on how to participate in CommerceNet can be obtained by calling
(415) 617-8790, or by sending e-mail to info@commerce.net. CommerceNet's
URL is http://www.commerce.net.

Personal Library Software is the leading supplier of intelligent
text-retrieval software for online, CD-ROM and Internet publishing
applications. The PLS search engine is at the core of products and
services from leading information companies including America Online,
Apple Computer, DataTimes, Dow Jones, Financial Times Information
Services, Grolier, Dialog/Knight-Ridder Information (www.dialog.com),
Hewlett Packard (www.hp.com), NewsNet, Prodigy, Time Inc.
(www.timeinc.com), Appleton & Lange, Congressional Quarterly, U.S. House
of Representatives (www.house.gov), and the U.S. Department of Energy
(http://www.ohre.doe.gov).

PLS can be reached at its headquarters at 2400 Research Blvd., Rockville,
MD 20850, (301) 990-1155,its European office at Heidepad 2, 6584 CX
Molenhoek, The Netherlands 31-805-86-300, and its Santa Clara, CA, office
at 5201 Great America Pkwy, Suite 320, Santa Clara, CA 95054-1140, (408)
982-2590. Access to PLS Inc. via the Internet is available via
http://www.pls.com or info@pls.com.

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