New Discovery Tools for Online Resources From OCLC and EBSCO, by Paula J. Hane, Information Today (Apr 16)
"OCLC (www.oclc.org) announced that it signed an agreement with EBSCO Publishing (www.ebscohost.com) that makes it possible for libraries that subscribe to both the WorldCat Local and EBSCOhost services to provide their users with online access to the full text of a wide range of authoritative electronic content through the web. As part of the WorldCat.org Partner Program, EBSCO's content will be more visible to library patrons through WorldCat Local, the OCLC service based on the WorldCat.org platform that connects library users to local, regional, and global library resources through a single search box. The agreement is for indexing the metadata in databases that EBSCO publishes; OCLC is working on separate agreements with other database producers and has already signed 30 or so. EBSCO in turn will provide its EBSCOhost users with seamless access to WorldCat content."
Posted by Gwen at April 16, 2009 02:42 PM