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| EBSCO Awards Five Scholarships for Librarians to Attend ALA Midwinter |
Librarians answer the question: what is the biggest challenge in managing e-resources in libraries today?
Birmingham, Ala., USA -- February 9, 2010 -- In co-sponsorship with the American Library Association (ALA), EBSCO awarded five visionary librarians $1,500 scholarships to attend the ALA Midwinter conference in Boston Jan. 15-19, 2010. As part of the application process, EBSCO posed the question to librarians: “What do you believe to be the biggest challenge in managing electronic resources in libraries today and what solutions do you envision?” |
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| EBSCO Publishing and Footnote Expand Genealogy and Historical Document Resources |
~ New Genealogy Archives Collections Offers an Unprecedented Compilation of Original Historical Documents and Personal Histories ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — February 4, 2010 — EBSCO Publishing and Footnote have expanded the genealogy resources available in libraries with the release of the Footnote™ History and Genealogy Archives PLUS and Footnote™ Holocaust Archives. The resources bring an unprecedented collection of original historical documents and personal histories to users. The new resources provide an unaltered view of the events, places and people that shaped the history of America and the world. |
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| EBSCO Co-Sponsors Librarian Scholarship for DPER 2010 Diversity & Inclusion Award Winner |
Birmingham, Ala., USA – February 2, 2010 – EBSCO is proud to co-sponsor a scholarship for the SLA Division of Petroleum and Energy Resources ( DPER) 2010 Diversity & Inclusion award winner, Stephen Kizza, Assistant Librarian for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Resource Centre in Kampala, Uganda. |
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| EBSCO Open Days: Building the Library of the Future |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., USA – January 26, 2010 – EBSCO is celebrating its fourth year of sponsoring Open Days, bringing together people involved in the information supply chain and providing a convenient and beneficial open communication platform throughout major cities in Europe. From March to June 2010, the theme “Building the Library of the Future” will help library directors, librarians, academic information managers, e-resources managers, serials and e-books acquisition specialists as well as corporate information professionals come together to discuss a variety of topics such as industry trends, experiences and best practices, and products and services. |
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| EBSCO Publishing Acquires The Music Index Online™ from Harmonie Park Press |
~ Acquisition of Comprehensive Subject-Author Guide to Music Periodical Literature Complements the Collection of Music Databases Available on EBSCOhost® ~ IPSWICH, Mass. — January 21, 2010 — Continuing a strong commitment to music research, EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has acquired The Music Index Online™ from Information Coordinators, Inc., d/b/a Harmonie Park Press, an international leader in music reference publishing. |
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| EBSCO Transforms and Simplifies E-Resource Management with the Release of ERM Essentials™ |
Birmingham, Ala., -- Jan. 15, 2010 -- Librarians have been waiting for an electronic resource management (ERM) solution that actually helps libraries manage e-resources by simplifying the work involved rather than complicating it. |
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| Initial Beta Test Results of EBSCO’s New ERM Essentials™ Signal Help is on the Way for E-resource Librarians |
EBSCO is planning for the launch of EBSCONET® ERM Essentials™, which offers key features that librarians need to simplify management of their e-resources. In 2009, 25 library customers partnered with EBSCO to beta-test ERM Essentials in two phases with an initial round during the spring and a second phase beginning in mid-October. |
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| EBSCO Publishing Releases EBSCO Discovery Service™ — Access Print and Electronic Content from a Single Search Box |
~ Fast, Simple Access to All of a Library’s Full-Text Content, Deeper Indexing and Full-text Searching Combined with a Customizable Interface ~ IPSWICH, Mass. — January 5, 2010 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is releasing EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). |
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| EBSCO Publishing Introduces Enfermería Al Día™ |
~ Evidence-based Information for Nurses Now Available in Spanish ~ IPSWICH, Mass. — December 15, 2009 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), the provider of CINAHL®, DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™ has released a Spanish-language full text, point-of-care tool for nurses and other health care professionals. Enfermería Al Día™ provides Spanish-speaking nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians around the world with access to relevant evidence-based clinical information resources at the point-of-care. Enfermería Al Día enables users to improve the consistency of care and ensure that the latest guidelines and medical alerts are known by the entire nursing staff. |
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| EBSCO Publishing and Zynx Health Expand Partnership for Integrated Access to Evidence-Based Content |
~ Allows Consolidated Access to Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Content throughout the Clinical Workflow~ IPSWICH, Mass. — December 7, 2009 — Institutions currently using point-of-care resources from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Zynx Health will benefit from a new agreement which gives healthcare providers integrated access to their evidence-based resources, resulting in quicker retrieval of relevant and current information and improved quality care. This expanded integration option offers consolidated access to current and consistent evidence-based information to all users in the clinical workflow. |