Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the University of South Carolina (USC) has selected EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) with Encore as its discovery service. The university was looking for a single search box for its users but also wanted the flexibility to have more advanced options and EDS/Encore provided the right fit.
By offering EDS via Innovative’s Encore, libraries are able to provide expanded services to its users. The EDS/Encore partnership also allows libraries to maximise their investments in multiple resources in a single search experience.
For the University of South Carolina, the integration of services between EDS and Encore, provided their users with more options. According to Paul Cammarata, Assistant Collection Development Librarian at USC, they conducted an extensive trial process of many discovery services and were challenged with finding the right discovery solution to service the varying needs of their users. Based on feedback from their librarians and library staff, USC found that the EDS/Encore combination was the right fit.
These partnerships are part of a continuing effort from EBSCO to improve accessibility and usability for customers by expanding the integration of services, while focusing on improving discovery and delivery of content. EBSCO plans to continue to expand its partnerships with additional ILS vendors.
EBSCO Discovery Service creates a unified, customised index of an institution’s information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box-searching made even more powerful because of the quality of metadata and depth and breadth of coverage.
