As of September 30, 2010, the current E-RICH subscription to Novelist/Novelist Plus for ILLINET libraries coordinated by the Illinois State Library will expire. The subscription will not be renewed by the Illinois State Library.
Additionally, EBSCO recently acquired OCLC's NetLibrary Division. EBSCO plans to maintain and enhance the NetLibrary platform and will integrate NetLibrary e-books into the EBSCO host platform. Service to libraries will not be interrupted. Additionally, OCLC is no longer a reseller of vendor-owned databases; they plan to discontinue the sale of these third party databases once current subscriptions have ended.
Additionally, EBSCO recently acquired OCLC's NetLibrary Division. EBSCO plans to maintain and enhance the NetLibrary platform and will integrate NetLibrary e-books into the EBSCO host platform. Service to libraries will not be interrupted. Additionally, OCLC is no longer a reseller of vendor-owned databases; they plan to discontinue the sale of these third party databases once current subscriptions have ended.
So, what does this mean for all of us?
Posted by: Renee Henry | July 16, 2010 at 05:32 PM
What it means is that the State Library will no longer arrange a consortial purchase of EBSCO. Your library will have to purchase the product if you would like to keep it.
Donna
Posted by: Donna Schaal | July 16, 2010 at 06:00 PM