The Ingenta Library Outlook

Ingenta and EBSCO - Activating Subscriptions Together to Benefit Librarians

In response to customer demand for a less time-consuming and more straightforward subscription validation process on Ingenta, we are pleased to announce a joint initiative with EBSCO to more efficiently manage online subscription activation. This inititative has significantly reduced the workload for libraries and administrators.

Now, rather than having to compile their own subscription lists, the librarian simply need request that their agent send Ingenta a list of their subscriptions. These requests are automatically validated on trusted access, saving the publisher, librarian and subscription agent both time and effort.

We are delighted that the majority of the publishers working with Ingenta have agreed to follow the new process ensuring prompt activation to your online publications. Already using the new system, subscription agents Kinokuniya and Harrassowitz have activated more than 75,350 subscriptions.

For more information, contact help@ingenta.com.

Announcing the launch of our Unified Email Alerting Service
As part of our overall strategy to enhance the user and administrator experience at Ingenta, we have combined our existing electronic and fax/Ariel alerting services to provide our library customers with a unified, easy-to-use alerts management interface. The service searches across our electronic and fax/Ariel content databases and gives administrators increased control over their institutional alerts. All current alerting customers will be automatically upgraded.

Free Online Training Sessions for Library Administrators
To ensure that our libraries are making the most of their Ingenta experience, our Library Customer Services team is offering a series of monthly training sessions. These include:

• An Introduction to Ingenta's Library Services
• Deposit Accounts: Features and Administrative Functions
• An Introduction to Managing and Using Ingenta's Email Alerting Service

Class sizes are restricted to help librarians get the most from the training.