Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Millersville University has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery solution. While working with EBSCO as an EDS beta partner, the university found that EDS fit very well into the library's overall goal of becoming an engagement-based organisation rather than the holder of disparate collections.
Millersville University was able to assist EBSCO in developing a process for handling standard file and record group extracts from their ILS that allows institutions to easily add their local catalogue to the EBSCOhost platform. The catalogue can then be included in a comprehensive discovery index or included in indexes specifically for a particular subject or academic discipline. In addition, Millersville has added a number of additional Dublin Core based special collections to the EDS platform to enhance the exposure of local content as well.
EDS has a functional out of the box configuration and a simple implementation process while allowing customisation options including profiling appropriate library subject specialists, relevant or related services and logical content. This facilitates logical placement of the library in spaces such as the learning management/course shell space, programme or department Web presence and more traditional library guides.
EBSCO Discovery Service creates a unified, customised index of an institution's information resources and provides access via a single search box. The Base Index for EDS forms the foundation upon which each EDS subscribing library builds out its custom collection. Beginning with the Base Index, each institution extends the reach of EDS by adding appropriate resources including its catalogue, institutional repositories, EBSCOhost and other databases, and additional content sources to which it subscribes.
The EDS Base Index is comprised of metadata from the world's foremost information providers. At present, the EDS Base Index represents content from about 20,000 providers in addition to metadata from another 70,000 book publishers.
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