New Enhancements for Web-based Serials Management System EBSCONET ®
New Reports and Delivery Formats Now Available

BIRMINGHAM , Alabama , U.S.A. – EBSCONET ®, EBSCO’s Web-based serials management system used to order, search for, claim and renew periodical subscriptions online, has expanded its report availability and data transfer format options.

Twelve new serials management reports are now available to help librarians with collection development and assessment, budgeting and more. The additional reports, available online, include:

• Abstract and Index Report by Title
• Combination/Membership Report
• Library of Congress Classification Report (no price information)
• List of Membership Titles
• Standing Order/Bill Later Summary
• Subscription Data File
• Subscriber List by Special Name
• Summary of Foreign Publications Ordered
• Summary of New Titles Ordered
• Summary of Payments Report
• Survey Report
• Titles with Claiming Restrictions (with or without Frequency)

They may be delivered as a Portable Document Format (.pdf) (all except the Subscription Data File), or in comma-delimited ASCII (.txt) or Microsoft ® (MS) Excel (.xls) formats.

• The customized EBSCO Bulletin of Serials Changes (EBOSC) is also now available online. This report includes a comprehensive monthly catalog containing title change information provided by the publishers for a one-month reporting period. It includes title changes, new titles, delivery problems, frequency changes, discontinued titles, split titles, merged titles, suspended titles, resumption of publication and more.
• All report files on EBSCONET (existing and new) are now also in the Zip format to ensure secure and efficient data transfer and storage.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 298,000 serial titles and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world.

EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations.