EBSCO Opens Metadata to Third-Party Discovery Services - The Digital Shift

"In a move that will enhance the functionality of discovery services available through its partners and competitors alike, EBSCO Information Services in April announced a new policy on metadata sharing that will make all metadata for 129 of its full-text databases, more than 550,000 ebooks and more than 70 historical digital archives available to third-party discovery services. The policy also outlines a commitment to provide assistance with linking technology that has been requested by customers. Previously, the company had required third-party discovery services, such as OCLC’s WorldCat or Ex Libris‘ Primo Discovery and Delivery, to use an EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) API (application programming interface) in order to search EBSCO content ..."