Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has been named the Bronze winner at the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Learning in Practice Awards for Excellence in Content Category.
EBSCO, a provider of online resources for research and corporate training, has made online information resources available to millions of users around the world for more than 20 years. EBSCO provides premium learning content mapped to core competencies.
The CLO Excellence in Content Award recognises vendors that have created superior customised or off-the-shelf learning content. Chief Learning Officer’s panel of judges, composed of industry experts and executives from some of the world's largest and most-respected companies, received a record number of nominations this year. EBSCO Publishing was one of the top entries in the Excellence in Content category.
EBSCO’s learning resources provide customers with easy access to content that match the company’s core competencies and fit into the corporate workflow. The content in Business Source Corporate helps customers find relevant results fast, from sources not found on the Web, and reduces the amount of time employees spend searching for information. BSC content provides each employee with an unprecedented collection of business periodicals designed to meet the diverse information and learning needs of today’s companies.
Content in EBSCO's Leadership & Management Source was also instrumental in achieving the award. Leadership & Management Source is a turnkey solution that supports formal and informal learning programmes and encourages contextual learning. Leadership & Management Source provides pre-populated, highly relevant content from thought leaders on leadership and management best practices and benchmarks and can be accessed through LMS, Sharepoint, mobile devices and more. The resource offers access to business book summaries, magazine and journal articles from more than 300 periodicals covering the essentials of management and leadership, e-books, videos, competency testing and more — continually updated content that is mapped to the most requested organizational competencies.