EBooks on EBSCOhost preview available
A year after acquiring NetLibrary™ from OCLC, EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is releasing a preview of eBooks on EBSCOhost®. The preview will allow librarians and end users to see how their library’s...
View ArticleCIL Conference – Ebook Publishing: Practices & Challenges
This panel discussion was moderated by Dick Kaser from Information Today. Speakers included Ken Breen, EBSCO Publishing, Leslie Lees, ebrary, Bob Nardini, Ingram, and Mike Shontz, OverDrive. Each...
View ArticleWorld Book content searchable on EBSCO Discovery Service
From an EBSCO press release: A recent agreement between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and World Book, Inc. (World Book) will bring twelve popular reference tools into EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS)....
View ArticleEBSCO Publishing launches mobile applications
I received an email today from Kathleen McEvoy at EBSCO Publishing. They are beginning to release mobile applications, the first for the iOS. eBook reading applications will follow (see last line...
View ArticleEBSCO and H.W. Wilson Merger
From an EBSCO Publishing Press Release: Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) June 02, 2011 EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and The H.W. Wilson Company (Wilson) have merged in what is being viewed by the companies as an ideal...
View ArticleEBSCO Discovery Service indexing ARTstor
ARTstor images (over one million) will now be searchable in the EDS. Great news for the discovery of multiple information formats in one location. More from the press release: The ARTstor Digital...
View ArticleEBSCO Discovery Service secures Elsevier content
Another discover service has secured the Elsevier ScienceDirect content, this time EBSCO Publishing’s Discovery Service. Great to see this cooperation to provide library content in a centralized...
View ArticleOCLC Completes Transfer of Licensed Databases to EBSCO
From an OCLC Press Release: DUBLIN, Ohio, March 1, 2012—OCLC has transferred to EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) the rights to license publisher-owned databases that are currently available through the OCLC...
View ArticleEBSCO releases 39 new eBook subject sets
From an EBSCO Press Release on 4/26/12: EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) continues its commitment to enhancing the quality of the e-book user experience while simplifying collection development with the...
View ArticleEBSCO creates ebooks subscription collections for engineering and technology...
New collections from EBSCO announced earlier this week. More info from the press release below. EngineeringCore™ and ITCore™ E-book Subscription Collections Provide Access to Thousands of E-book...
View ArticleBig news in online reference
I’ve gotten a flurry of press releases in the past 2 weeks from a variety of reference publishers. Some are offering mobile search, others are teaming up to distribute content, or they are offering...
View ArticleEBSCO implements Ringgold Identifier (for usage reports on e-resources)
EBSCO Publishing—The First Aggregator to Implement Ringgold Identifier ~Ringgold Identifier to Provide Timely Information for Usage Reports ~ IPSWICH, Mass. — December 1, 2009 —A new agreement...
View ArticleOCLC and EBSCO Partner to Enhance Discovery
From an OCLC Press Release: Â OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) have expanded their partnership to enhance the discovery experience for users of WorldCat Local and the EBSCO Discovery Service through...
View ArticleeBooks on EBSCOhost adds 24 new subject collections
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released 24 new eBook subject sets for the eBooks on EBSCOhost product (the “soon to be” former NetLibrary). The subject sets are part of a rapidly growing collection of...
View ArticleCredo Reference Content now Discoverable in EBSCO Discovery Service
From an email I received, also linked on PR Web: EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Credo Reference, the online reference service, have extended their partnership allowing the reference content from Credo...
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