EDS Negotiation Background

Partner libraries who subscribe to EDS are agreeing to the following:

1. License Start Date - July 1, 2015 is the license start date. However, BC ELN has negotiated rolling implementation. That means that those institutions who join the EDS subscription early could get free access once EDS has been set up for their institution.
2. 3-Year Commitment - EBSCO has agreed to an annual license; however, to lock in these deep discounts, BC ELN in 2014 negotiated a 3-year good faith commitment for participants. Of course, in the case of economic emergencies, institutions may drop at the annual renewal with no penalty.
3. Price increases - BC ELN has negotiated that price increases for EDS will be no more than 3% until 2017.

Helpsheets and Testimonials

EBSCO has provided BC ELN partner libraries with a helpsheet [2] that details some of the advantages of working with EDS.

A number of current EDS subscribers in BC, and across Canada, have submitted testimonials detailing their experience with the product.

Learn more about how these libraries are using EDS to facilitate discovery of information resources:

• Okanagan College [3]
• University of the Fraser Valley [4]
• MacEwan University [5]
• Brock University [6]
• University of PEI [7]

III and EDS

We are aware that EBSCO and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) have joined together to enable tightly-integrated access between EDS and Innovative's Encore Synergy discovery platform, where Encore is the front end system for EDS content. Please note, we have been told that those institutions wishing to work with III on integrated access between Encore and EDS must negotiate with III individually. Those institutions will therefore not be subscribing through BC ELN, nor will they be counted towards the participation discount.

Next Steps After Joining the BCELN EDS License

If your institution is ready to join the consortial license, contact BC ELN then see the "Going Live with EDS" instructions at http://www.eln.bc.ca/view.php?id=2159 [8].