The SILS Discovery Working Group, the broader SILS Implementation Team, and Alliance staff have been working with EBSCO and Ex Libris to resolve concerns we have about the accessibility of EBSCO content via Primo. There are workarounds and less desirable approaches, but the core issue is that these two companies have not reached a complete data-sharing agreement.
- Alliance Board letter to EBSCO and Ex Libris, May 2, 2013
- Ex Libris response to Alliance Board, May 6, 2013
- EBSCO response to Alliance Board, May 8, 2013
- Alliance Board response to EBSCO and Ex Libris, May 9, 2013
- Ex Libris Open Letter to the Library Community, May 14, 2013
- Ex Libris analysis of points raised by EBSCO in their May 8, 2013 letter
- EBSCO Announces New Open Policy on Metadata Sharing, April 18, 2014
- Ex Libris Response to the EBSCO Policy for Metadata Sharing & Collaboration, April 21, 2014
- Alliance Board letter to EBSCO and Ex Libris, June 5, 2014
- Ex Libris response to Alliance Board, June 5, 2014
- EBSCO response to Alliance Board, June 9, 2014
- EBSCO letter to customers regarding support for recommendations of ODI, June 26, 2014
- Alliance letter to EBSCO and Ex Libris, October 3, 2014
The Orbis Cascade Alliance is committed to achieving the full inclusion of all content purchased by member libraries in our discovery system of choice.