Enhanced Registration Tracker from EBSCO Streamlines Registration Process for Libraries  

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A., March 13, 2006 – EBSCO is pleased to announce the expanded functionality of its Registration Tracker, a powerful component of the e-journal management tool EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service Enhanced (EJS). Registration Tracker provides library administrators with a centralized place from which to manage the registration process.

Through Registration Tracker, administrators can: indicate the registration status of their e-journals on subscription, view access, authentication and registration details for these e-journals, block end user access to titles not yet registered and more.

An expanded notes capability is another important benefit of Registration Tracker. Follow-up notes (ticklers) may be created, enabling the system to send out automated reminders on the dates that specific actions are to be taken. Administrators can also keep a log of their registration activities using the registration notes field. Further, an enhanced end user notes option helps librarians streamline access to titles requiring username and password authentication. Administrators use this option to store access instructions, which display in a pop-up window when the end user links to the publisher site.

About EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service Enhanced handles electronic journal access and management needs, including tasks such as: tracking the registration status of e-journals, authentication assistance to facilitate both on-campus and remote access to e-journal content, automatic management of e-journal URLs and much more. EJS Enhanced can also serve as a consolidated gateway that allows users to search and link to (OpenURL supported) more than 13,000 journals and 7.2 million articles. EBSCO provides durable URLs for every journal, table of contents and article in EJS Enhanced. No URL maintenance by the library is required.