Transcript EBSCO Online Upcoming Features

E-Resources Access & Management with
EBSCO: The Integrated Future
Sabine Teichert
Budapest, March 2004
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EBSCO Information Services
• The market‘s leading subscription agency, 60 years of operating
history
• 31 offices worldwide in 19 countries
• 2 major areas of activity:
– EBSCO Subscription Services = Subscription Agency
– EBSCO Publishing = Full Text and I&A Databases
• International Headquarters in Birmingham, USA
• EBSCO Information Services GmbH, Berlin:
– German Speaking Europe: Germany, Austria and Switzerland
– Central and South-Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS
• Main consolidation centres:
– Birmingham, USA
– Aalsmeer, Netherlands
• Financially solid, privately owned
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What kind of services do we offer:
Comprehensive services for print journals:
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Ordering and renewals
Payments to publishers
Invoicing
Claiming
Title information
Consolidation services: JETS
EBSCONET® : Internet based subscription management
tool for librarians
– Pricing analysis and other management reports
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What kind of services do we offer:
Comprehensive services for online journals:
• Information about new available online journals
• Information about publisher pricing models and their
changes
• Access information and registration
• Assistance in setting up the journals on the publisher site
and on EJS
• Renewals
• Negotiation of site licences
• Negotiation of consortia licenses
• Electronic platforms for online journals
– A-to-Z list
– EBSCOhost: Electronic Journals Service
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Electronic Platforms
EBSCO’s E-Content Solutions
• A-to-Z List: Web based journal list of all journals to which the
library has access
• EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS): One portal for
managing the access to all electronic journals to which a library
subscribes
• EBSCOhost Databases: more than 100 own and third party full
text and Abstracts & Index databases
Business Source Premier; Academic Source Premier
Inspec, CINAHL, Environmental Policy, CAB Abstracts, RILM
TOC Premier: Table of Contents database with 23,000+ titles
• LinkSource: OpenUR-compliant linking server. “Resolves” the
available validated content resources and links the end-user to
the appropriate copy of the article.
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Librarians’ Needs in the Electronic
World
• Harmonize electronic Platforms (e-journals and databases) as
much as possible
• Independence from any particular publisher
• Centralized administration of access rights and creation of
tailored user groups, yet decentralized access and use
• Streamline purchasing of electronic resources, print with online
and possibly print journals
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Librarians’ Needs in the Electronic
World
• Availability of a variety of features including personal profiles,
branding for library visibility, usage statistics and Pay-per-View
• Hosted solutions: no hardware to purchase and manage
• Increase cross access: introducing linking technologies
• Reduce costs by reducing ILL and document delivery charges
• Continuous product development from a financially stable and
reputable supplier
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EBSCO‘s A-to-Z Service
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EBSCO‘s A-to-Z Service
• Provides library patrons with a single, comprehensive list
of titles to which they have access.
• Users can quickly locate and link to journals of interest.
• Users can search for journals by keyword or browse an
alphabetical list by title or subject.
• The master A-to-Z title database provides link and
coverage information to more than 40,000 unique titles
from more than 525 database and e-journal packages
from approximately 100 different providers.
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EBSCO‘s A-to-Z Service
• A-to-Z is a Web-based service
– provides a single comprehensive list of all e-journals in
your collection
• An easy-to-navigate and searchable list of journals
– allows your end users to find easily any journal, even if
“buried” in a database
• Simple, effective administrative tools
– allow you to customize the list for your library
• Library can also include print journals and other local
resources in their customized list
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NEW on EBSCO‘s A-to-Z Service
EBSCO A-to-ZSM Provides Access To Nearly
1,000 Free Journals
EBSCO A-to-ZSM now offers access to hundreds of free
online journals, such as those found in the Directory
of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org), PubMed
Central (www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/),
Sciel(www.scielo.org) and other portals.
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EBSCO‘s A-to-Z Service
• Two main sites:
– Reader site: used by patrons to find and link to
titles
– Admin site: used by librarians to set up and
manage the list
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A-to-Z Reader Site
• Index
– Index of providers for all titles contained in your list ,
like databases and publisher sites
• Title
– Alphabetical list of all titles integrated in the list
• Subject
– List of all subjects and the according number of titles
in that category
• Search
– Search for titles by title name, publisher or ISSN
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A-to-Z Admin Site
• Password-protected A-to-Z Admin site provides
convenient online tools for list management
• Selection of journals to include in your list
• Download your list any time you want
• Modify your list using your own software
• Upload your list for real-time updating
• Schedule automatic list downloads (coming soon)
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A-to-Z Admin Site
• EBSCO CustomLinks™ that point to your OPAC or
other services
• Manage proxy settings
• Select only the fields that you want to be
displayed in your list
• Choose from a variety of display templates
• Brand your list
• View usage reports
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A-to-Z Admin Features
• Title list Management
– Download and upload your title list
• Link and Proxy Management
– Custom links and proxy settings
• List Customization – Branding
– Select only the fields that you want to be displayed in
your list
– Manage logo and custom text
– Manage display templates
• Usage Reports
– Comprehensive usage reports
– E.g. Link out reports
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A-Z Linking
• Out of and into your A-to-Z list
• To link out of A-to-Z to other services
– to your OPAC via a linking server (such as
LinkSource or SFX) or anywhere else you want
– Pass title metadata (such as ISSN) to other services
– Allows users to find extended information about a
title of interest in other services by simply
following a link from A-to-Z
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A-to-Z Core Values
• A library‘s unique list of all journals to which it subscribes
• a visitors guide for your library „where do I find which
journal?“
• One single platform for all your journals
• Autoamtic list updates for EBSCO orders
• Diplays all sources as publisher sites, gateways and databases
• Comprehensive usage reports
• Branding: your own logo and your own settings
• Perfect combination with other products from EBSCO
– Full text databases
– EJS enhanced
– LinkSource
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EBSCO's A-to-Z service provides library patrons with
a single, comprehensive list of titles to which they
have access. With A-to-Z, users can quickly locate
and link to journals of interest. Users can search for
journals by keyword or browse an alphabetical list by
title or subject. Built-in administrative tools allow
customization of the list including extensive branding
options that allow the list
to match the colors and style of the library's other
Web-based services. The master A-to-Z title
database provides link and coverage information to
more than 40,000 unique titles from more than 525
database and e-journal packages from approximately
100 different providers. All major database vendors
and publishers are represented. A library's print titles
can also be included.
www.ebsco.com
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EBSCO Contacts for Hungary
More Information on the Web: www.ebsco.com
EBSCO Berlin, Germany:
Cary A. Bruce, General Manager
[email protected] / +49/30/34005-255
Sabine Teichert, Sales Manager
[email protected] / Tel. +49 30 34005-222
Vojislav Milovanovic, EBSCO Sales Representative South Eastern Europe
[email protected] / Tel. +420 605 172 105
Katrin Schipke, EBSCO Customer Service Representative, Berlin
[email protected] / Tel. +49 30 34005-294
Sonja Zielinski, EBSCO Customer Service Representative, Berlin
[email protected] / Tel. +49 30 34005-261
Marina Milovanovic, Regional Sales & Marketing Manager
EBSCO Publishing, Prague, [email protected] / Tel. +420 (604) 207152
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