EBSCO Industries, Inc. has announced that the EBSCO Information Services (EIS) and EBSCO Publishing (EP) businesses will merge on July 1, 2013, and will operate as a single business under the name EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). Tim Collins, a 26-year EBSCO veteran and previously President of EBSCO Publishing, will serve as President of the combined entity.
EBSCO continues to grow through increased market share and a constantly expanding suite of products and services. By combining the businesses, the company is emphasizing the importance of tight integration of products and services in order to heighten the overall value and benefit for customers and end users. Later this year, EBSCO will be releasing Full Text Finder, the replacement to its existing A-to-Z with LinkSource product. While Full Text Finder will continue to be available as a standalone product, it will also be fully integrated into EBSCO's popular EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) product line. As Full Text Finder will be a component of EDS, customers will receive Full Text Finder at no additional charge.
All EBSCOhost customers will be able to manage their holdings via EBSCOadmin's management module. This same module will be used by Full Text Finder to drive its publication browse and link resolver functionality as well as the full text limiter for EBSCOhost and EDS. Customers who buy their e-journals and e-packages from EBSCO will have the information regarding these purchases automatically populated into the EBSCOadmin holdings module, eliminating administrative time and ensuring that users have seamless access to the content. Articles in e-journals and e-packages purchased via EBSCO will automatically be accessible via a single click from EBSCOhost databases and EDS via EBSCO's industry leading SmartLinks technology.
