Penrose Press Announces the Publication the World Design Directory

A new publication the 'World Design Directory' replaces Penrose Press's 'International Directory of Design.' This new publication covers schools, professional societies, journals, and events. The new features of the directory include a lexicon-driven news aggregator and and a product directory.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (PRWEB) April 21, 2008 -- Up-to-the-minute discipline specific news is now available in Penrose Press's new publication, the 'World Design Directory', see http://www.world-design-directory.com/news.wdd Proprietary newscrawler software is used to crawl internet news sources including Penrose Pres's extensive database of design-oriented publications, see http://www.world-design-directory.com/journals.wdd

This worldwide database includes over 6,000 colleges & universities, 5,000 professional organizations & societies, 4,000 conferences & events, 12,000 professional journals & magazines, 6,000 libraries, 2,000 centers & museums, 2,000 publishers. 1,000 event organizers and 6,000 web resources. In total, over 50,000 organizations are included and cross-referenced in the database.

Users may browse the database for regional or subject-specific news, and search for related professional organizations & publications within the same context. For example, while viewing cosmetic industry news, cosmetic industry publications and professional organizations are just a click away. This lexical structured database is accessible by both keyword searching and drill-down 'slicing and dicing' by subject areas, geographic regions and 200 countries using a proprietary relational DBMS.

Another new feature of the database is discipline specific product listings cross-referenced with domain-specific advertising. For example, product listings posted on the architectural products page are linked to advertising run on the architectural schools and societies pages. This sort of tight cross-referencing is an essential feature of this new publication that permits users to quickly access related publications and organizations. This multi-faceted database access permits the user to view the database many different points-of-view concurrently.

Access to the 'World Design Directory' is 100% free. All sorts of design are included from Acoustic Engineering to Video Production and 45 key subject areas in-between. Both engineering design disciplines and more artistic-style oriented subjects are covered.

This new 'World Design Directory' supercedes and replaces the 'International Directory of Design' http://www.penrose-press.com/idd/ . After nearly 20 years of publication, the 'International Directory of Design' will suspend publication in 2009. Current users of the 'International Directory of Design' are advised to update their links and references to refer to the 'World Design Directory' at http://www.world-design-directory.com/

Contact:
Raymond Lauzzana, publisher
Penrose Press
415 321 0689
http://www.penrose-press.com/about.html

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