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    June 22nd, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    ~ New Unlimited User E-book Subscription Collection from EBSCO Publishing Designed to Meet the Academic and Trade Information Needs of Two-Year Colleges ~

    IPSWICH, Mass. — June 22, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing has released a new subscription e-book collection focused on the academic and trade information needs of community colleges. Community College eBook Collection™ is a multidisciplinary collection currently containing nearly 40,000 titles. These titles are made available via an unlimited user model making the titles even easier for researchers to access. Community College eBook Collection covers topics across programs and fields of study in key subject areas such as the humanities and social sciences, business, science & technology, and literary criticism.

    The complexity of the information available in this collection varies from introductory/basic content to higher-level content, providing students with a range of information to meet their needs as they develop in their areas of study. Additional titles will be added to this growing package each month at no additional cost —thousands of titles available at a low annual price.

    EBSCO Publishing Senior Director of E-book Products, Ken Breen, says this new subscription collection is geared specifically for the unique needs of community colleges. “We worked with librarians and our Community College Advisory Board to design a community college e-book resource that hones in on the various needs of two-year institutions. Community colleges provide a wide array of classes and fields of study whether academic or trade related and Community College eBook Collection provides these colleges with content that covers these expansive course offerings.”

    The content in Community College eBook Collection is downloadable to a variety of devices. Chapters may be transferred to Kindles, iPads and other e-readers. Users also have the ability to search alongside other EBSCOhost® content adding magazines, journals and other EBSCOhost resources to their results.

    More information about the e-book collections and access models available from EBSCO Publishing is available at: www.ebscohost.com/ebooks.

    About EBSCO Publishing
    EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

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    For more information, please contact:
    Kathleen McEvoy
    Public Relations Director
    (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
    kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

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    June 22nd, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    ~ New Collaboration to Dramatically Enhance Article Discovery for Mutual Customers ~

    IPSWICH, Mass. — June 22, 2012 — In a continuing effort to improve accessibility and usability for customers, EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (Innovative) have expanded their collaborative agreement. The companies have agreed to joint development that will enable more tightly integrated access between EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) and Innovative’s Encore discovery platform in addition to facilitating access between EDS and Innovative’s Millennium ILS and Sierra Services Platform. Having access to EDS’s unified index will expand the quality and amount of content available for Encore users while adding the enhanced features and functionality available from EDS. Encore users will also be able to search their EBSCOhost databases via the Encore interface—providing a uniquely powerful article search experience.

    Executive Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Officer for EBSCO Publishing, Michael Gorrell, says the agreement will help customers rooted in an Encore discovery experience who want the rich metadata and features that EBSCO Discovery Service provides. “As we continue to explore what ‘discovery’ means to our customers, we realize that there are as many different scenarios as there are institutions. Partnering with Innovative Interfaces allows both companies to provide expanded services to customers and helps each library better define its own discovery experience.”

    John McCullough, Vice President of Product Management, Innovative Interfaces agrees. “Libraries will benefit from the integration of these two technology platforms. EDS is the premier article pre-index in the industry and Encore offers some of the finest discovery functionality on the market. Combining these two technologies will produce a unified and integrated result set that combines the best of both worlds.”

    The collaboration between the two companies has progressed as customer needs have evolved. Gorrell continued, “As we continue to develop EDS and its interface, we also want to provide a rich discovery experience for library users who begin their research on a partner platform such as Encore. Working closely with the Innovative engineering team, we’ve been able to create an elegant solution that allows the users on the Encore platform to have access to the EDS search engine, leveraging the strong metadata, the highly-refined relevancy ranking system and the features and functionality that have come to define EBSCO Discovery Service.” EDS has quickly become the discovery service for hundreds of universities around the world. EDS provides a full-featured experience for end users bringing together a comprehensive index and a single search approach while also offering a true academic and powerful environment in order to facilitate a comprehensive discovery experience.

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    About Innovative Interfaces
    Innovative creates cutting-edge products that allow libraries to succeed in a modern technology environment and the freedom to implement solutions that best meet their specific needs. The company’s versatile and market-leading solutions include: the Sierra Services Platform, the Millennium ILS, the Encore discovery platform, Electronic Resource Management, and INN-Reach resource sharing. An established company with a vision for the future, Innovative connects with thousands of libraries of all types in over 50 countries. Innovative’s commitment to service is reflected by its 24/7/365 Help Desk, Innovative University, and the CSDirect Web support center. The company is located in Emeryville, California with offices around the world.

    About EBSCO Publishing
    EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
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    For more information, please contact:
    Kathleen McEvoy
    Public Relations Director
    EBSCO Publishing
    (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
    kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

    Gene Shimshock
    VP Marketing
    Innovative Interfaces
    (510) 655-6200
    genes@iii.com

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    June 22nd, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    ~Libraries Can Elect to Use EBSCO Discovery Service™ with WorldCat Data for Customized Collection Discovery~

    IPSWICH, Mass. — June 22, 2012 — OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) have signed an agreement to make EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) interoperable with the OCLC WorldShare Management Service, enabling libraries to use EDS as their discovery layer and WorldShare Management Services as their library management system. Additionally, the companies are investigating working toward an integrated solution allowing WorldCat Local users who also subscribe to EDS to search and retrieve results from EDS within the WorldCat Local Service.

    Libraries using the integrated EDS-WMS solution will be able to perform cataloging, acquisitions, license management and circulation in OCLC’s next generation cloud-based management system, while providing their patrons with the EDS discovery service as a user front end. OCLC and EBSCO are working together to integrate such key WMS functions into EDS as patron identity management, item availability, circulation, and system configuration. Because libraries using this integrated solution will catalog in WorldCat, users of EDS in this configuration will have the ability to access all of WorldCat.

    “The EBSCO-OCLC approach provides libraries with flexibility and choice,” said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. “It enables them to configure their discovery, content and management services according to their needs. It reduces duplication of effort at the same time that it vastly increases the availability of library resources. It will be a model for future collaboration on the WorldShare platform across the library ecosystem.”

    “Libraries’ situations vary so greatly that the over-arching need is for options and customization,” said Tim Collins, President of EBSCO Publishing. “This partnership allows libraries using WorldCat Local and the OCLC WorldShare Management Service to customize the approach to discovery and collection utilization for their institutions, while exposing an even broader array of content available via EDS.”

    “This affiliation between EDS and WMS illustrates the value of building partnerships in service to libraries using the OCLC WorldShare Platform," said Chip Nilges, OCLC Vice President, Business Development. This strategic partnership reflects OCLC's commitment to provide broader access to the Platform environment and WorldCat data, outside of OCLC developed applications. “Partners like EBSCO can take advantage of the same infrastructure that OCLC uses to build and maintain its own services, providing libraries with an extended range of options that take advantage of the same core data.”

    About OCLC
    Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat.org on the Web. For more information, visit the OCLC website.

    About EBSCO Publishing
    EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

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    For more information, please contact:
    Kathleen McEvoy
    Public Relations Director
    EBSCO Publishing
    (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
    kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

    Bob Murphy
    614-761-5136
    murphyb@oclc.org

    OCLC, OCLC WorldShare, WorldCat, WorldCat.org and WorldShare are trademarks/service
    marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
    Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks/service marks of their respective owners.

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    June 22nd, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    ~ Alliance optimizes “Discovery” of library collections via the OPAC ~

    IPSWICH, Mass. — June 22, 2012 — A new agreement between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and SirsiDynix will provide mutual customers with easier access to the databases, e-journals and other e-content end users are looking for. EBSCO and SirsiDynix will work together to allow EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) to be seamlessly integrated into SirsiDynix’s eResource Central solution. The plan also calls for a refined approach to the integration of eBooks on EBSCOhost™ within the SirsiDynix experience.

    Growth in E-books and Discovery
    The desire for a single search experience is taking center stage, and EBSCO and SirsiDynix have come together to enhance the integration of their respective services, focusing on improving discovery and delivery of content, especially e-book material. This partnership will enable mutual customers of EDS and SirsiDynix to leverage the EDS search engine and eBooks on EBSCOhost functionality from within the SirsiDynix eResource Central system. In addition to discovering the extensive content available via EDS, SirsiDynix customers who own or subscribe to eBooks on EBSCOhost will be able to identify which e-books are available and check them out. Checkouts will be integrated with physical holdings, and users will be able to launch EBSCO’s e-book viewer directly without additional authentication.

    EBSCO Publishing President Tim Collins says both EBSCO and SirsiDynix see e-books and discovery as important growth areas for libraries. “There is no question that e-books are a growing part of our business and the business of libraries. We anticipate e-book adoption to continue at a rapid pace along with the growth of discovery services. This partnership allows us to provide libraries with ways to deliver their valuable content to users using the systems they know and trust. It’s a powerful combination of systems and content – with a tremendous level of convenience for customers and users who don’t have to re-invent their workflow.”

    Bill Davison, CEO of SirsiDynix, believes the EBSCO/SirsiDynix alliance brings something truly unique and valuable to the library industry. “We are thrilled at the prospect of bringing together the world’s leading providers of electronic content and integrated library software. Libraries will now be able to seamlessly merge their physical and electronic resources and provide access and options to users that, until now, has simply not been available.”

    About SirsiDynix
    SirsiDynix connects people with knowledge at more than 23,000 libraries around the world. Through library management technology and search and discovery tools, libraries using SirsiDynix technology bring relevant resources and the power of knowledge to their users and communities. SirsiDynix technology is architected to be open, scalable and robust, offering a complete solution out-of-the-box, and unparalleled flexibility through APIs and web services. Complemented by the most experienced training, consulting and support staff in the industry, SirsiDynix helps libraries create tomorrow’s libraries, today. www.sirsidynix.com

    About EBSCO Publishing
    EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

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    For more information, please contact:
    Kathleen McEvoy
    Public Relations Director
    EBSCO Publishing
    (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
    kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

    Eric Keith
    VP Global Marketing, Communications & Strategic Alliances
    SirsiDynix
    eric.keith@sirsidynix.com
    w 801.223.5361
    m 801.361.3432

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    June 22nd, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    Equinox Software To Provide Sneak Peak Of FulfILLment 1.0 Alpha 2 at ALA Annual!

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Duluth, GA —June 21, 2012

    Equinox Software will be exhibiting at Booth 700 during the ALA Annual Meeting in Anaheim and is excited to provide conference attendees with a

    special preview of FulfILLment version 1.0 Alpha 2.
    FulfILLment is an open-source ILL that will allow for material lending between different integrated library software systems, both open source and

    proprietary, through established connectors. In this initial phase of development, five connectors have been developed: Aleph, III Millenium, Koha,

    Polaris, and SirsiDynix Symphony. The development of additional connectors is possible in future versions of FulFILLment.

    OHIONET, State Library of Ohio, State Library of Kansas, State Library of Illinois, State Library of Iowa, State Library of Missouri, State Library of

    South Carolina, and WiLS have all served as development partners for this version of FulfILLment.

    For those unable to visit the Equinox Software booth during ALA, the project home is located at

    www.fulfillment-ill.org. There, you can read the FulfILLment blog, chat on the FulfILLment IRC channel, join the mailing lists, and even download a

    copy of FulfILLment.

    About Equinox Software, Inc.

    Founded by the original Evergreen designers and developers, Equinox Software is a leader in open source solutions for libraries. Their goal is to

    engage and support a rapidly growing open source community while assisting libraries in moving away from expensive proprietary vendors and products.

    For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.

    Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571

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