Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (Innovative) have expanded their strategic partnership designed to improve access to library resources. The expanded partnership will incorporate catalogue functionality within the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) experience including real-time circulation status checking, enabling end users to place holds via EDS, providing libraries with single sign-on authentication and displaying patron account status within EDS. The partnership also allows Innovative to sell EBSCO A-to-Z with LinkSource, which will be known as Full Text Finder.
The existing agreement has provided for joint development designed to enable more tightly integrated access between EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and Innovative’s Encore discovery platform in addition to facilitating access between EDS and Innovative’s Sierra Services Platform. Having access to EDS’s unified index expands the quality and amount of content available for Encore users while adding the enhanced features and functionality available from EDS. Encore users are also able to search their EBSCOhost databases via the Encore interface - providing a uniquely powerful article search experience.
The partnership has also lead to the development of the newly released Encore with EBSCO Discovery Service which brings the most comprehensive collection of full-text articles available into Encore. The robust metadata offered by EDS is culled from thousands of major journal publishers and information providers, providing the deepest possible indexing for the majority of journals and magazines. In addition, users of Encore with EBSCO Discovery Service benefit from more full-text resources.
