Community Impact

ebsco employees volunteering for habitat for humanity

Building Better Communities

EBSCO Information Services contributes to building better communities through both direct financial support and employee engagement.

We partner with more than 30 local charities, schools and organizations with a focus on research, technology, education and the environment. We know that volunteering and giving back are also important to our employees. We are proud to offer paid time off for all US-based employees to further support their volunteer efforts.

Change Is Simple

Corporate sponsor of Change Is Simple – an organization with a mission to instill lifelong social and environmental responsibility through experiential learning.
Ipswich DinnerBell

Volunteering monthly at the Ipswich DinnerBell. Employees assist a non-profit collaboration of churches and community organizations that serve meals to all who come.
Girls Inc.

Supporting computer science enrichment programming for high school girls in a local community, specifically through the Girls Who Code curriculum.
Essex County Community Foundation

Supporting the Essex County Community Foundation through their Empowering Economic Opportunity initiative, a data-driven community leadership project.

Service Dog Project

Partnering with Service Dog Project in Ipswich, MA. The dogs visit educational institutions to offer stress relief and companionship to students and faculty during finals week.
Ipswich River Watershed Association

Supporting the Ipswich River Watershed Association’s volunteer, education and internship programs.
Ipswich Caring

Providing gifts and support to local families in need during the holiday season.
North Shore YMCA

Supporting a summer literacy program sponsored by the North Shore YMCA to help bridge the summer reading gap for elementary school children in the community.

Our Library Community Initiatives

Provide scholarships for librarians to attend national conferences, partnering with organizations including ACRL and ALA
Support the submissions for and awarding of the John Cotton Dana Awards, one of the most prestigious awards given to libraries for public relations campaigns
Offer awards for library innovation and outstanding books, including the SEE-IT Awards for graphic novels
Offer grants for libraries to adopt solar energy through the EBSCO Solar program
Provide free research databases online including EBSCO Open Dissertations.
Support and promote open access
Contribute resources, staffing and funding to open source projects, including Open Library Foundation and FOLIO Open Library Services Platform

Our Employee Initiatives

EBSCO provides onsite sustainability options for employees including electric car charging stations, hybrid company cars, recycled paper products, facilities powered by solar energy, semiannual electronics recycling days, a certified green cafeteria and a reimbursement program for employee use of public transportation.

At the office, EBSCO employees host blood drives, recycling programs, collections for local nonprofits and corporate races to raise awareness.