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I recently heard from my EBSCO rep about the merger with Wilson, and asked to share it with the ARLIS membership. Carol Terry RISD Library Begin forwarded message: > From: "Amy Thurlow" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: June 20, 2011 8:14:26 AM EDT > To: "Carol Terry" <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: "John Henderson" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: RE: Wilson clarification > > Hi Carol, > Thank you very much for your patience. Wilson’s Art resources are > the defining products, and a leading factor in EBSCO’s desire to > have Wilson join our company. Our goal in the area of Art (and > Wilson on the whole) really has three major components: > 1.) Bring these defining indexes into EBSCOhost to enable a > better overall experience for customers (this includes Art Index, > Art Index Retrospective, Art Full Text, Art Museum Image Gallery and > the Cinema Image Gallery) [NOTE: these join art resources already > available via EBSCOhost, including: Art Abstracts, Art & > Architecture Complete, and Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals] > 2.) Continue to uphold and enhance the Wilson indexing in not > only the Wilson databases, but also to leverage this high quality > indexing in EBSCOhost databases > 3.) Bring together the strengths of Wilson and the strengths of > EBSCO by creating new, optional upgraded “super databases” [NOTE: in > art, the super database will be called Art Source] > Again, our goal is not to do away with these resources, rather it is > to improve access to them through EBSCOhost. All of these > resources, as well as existing EBSCOhost art databases (e.g., Art & > Architecture Complete) will continue to be offered and enhanced. In > fact, there are enhancements underway for the Cinema Image Gallery > and the Art Museum Inage Gallery, even before these are brought into > EBSCOhost. Cinema Image Gallery, for example, has been growing by > approximately 20,000 images each year. Images are added quarterly, > with each update usually including between 4,000 and 8,000 images. > These updates include images from new (and often not yet released > films) as well as from older films. We are continuing to add value, > and expect the newest update will be available to customers the week > of June 20. This update will bring the database to more than 210,000 > total images from 21,000 different films and TV shows. > In addition to adding new images, the Awards are updated when the > prizes are announced, allowing users to search for the winners and > nominees of the major categories of the Academy Awards, Cannes Film > Festival, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild. This update > includes 4393 images from 831 films and TV shows, with more than 300 > of these films and TV shows becoming new to the database. > > While the “super databases” will not replace the existing databases, > again they will offer customers the option to elect to upgrade to > what will be more comprehensive, exhaustive resources with a > combination of the Wilson refined/robust indexing along with > critical full text. (www.ebscohost.com/superdatabases) > > In terms of providing more specific detail on what we plan to do on > EBSCOhost, the following may provide some clarity with regard to Art > Full text and other Wilson Art databases, in addition to the > attached powerpoint, which offers information on the overall > approach (not just related to art). > > Editorial Processing > - EBSCO will continue to index articles capturing > information specific to Art, such as: Artist & Works as well as > Materials & Date > - EBSCO will continue Art Reproduction article types, > following HWW guidelines which will include the location of the art > reproduction in addition to materials and date. > - EBSCO will introduce a ‘Film Criticism’ article type to > allow faster, accurate retrieval of records relevant to this area of > study. > Search Power > - EBSCO will incorporate HWW’s ‘Use For’ thesaurus file > into the EBSCOhost platform. This feature automatically expands > searches to include equivalent terms. Example: “Alla Prima Painting” > is used for “One-shot painting” . A search on “One-shot painting” > will return records indexed with “Alla Prima Painting”. > - EBSCO will provide Index Browse and Guided Style search > options for key fields, including the Artist name as indexed in > “Artist & Work.” > Features & Functionality > · EBSCO will support the Art Biographies feature, > providing access to biographical material on artists and other key > figures. > · EBSCO will support linking from book reviews to > book catalog records (though this will be available shortly after > the H.W. Wilson Art databases are released.) > · EBSCO will continue the Art thesaurus authority > and introduce the EP Publications authority. > Controlled Vocabulary > · EBSCO and Wilson Editorial staffs are collaborating > to incorporate key H.W. Wilson subject terms into EBSCO’s controlled > vocabulary, which includes the Art thesaurus. This work includes: > Deepening coverage of EP subject areas and modification of EP > hierarchies by thesaurus editors, analyzing subject terms in the > respective thesauri to identify same concepts and reduce to single > representation, a unified thesaurus to be available by January 2012. > · EBSCO will also incorporate HWW’s Name authority into > our controlled vocabulary, especially personal names. EBSCO will > also leverage the meta data (birth/death dates, titles, etc) > associated with names. > · EBSCO will incorporate non-English characters into > our subject indexing, as HWW currently does. > · EBSCO will cease uppercasing letters of the first > word and move to sentence case (this will affect all headings in a > mass update) as HWW currently does. > Finally, it is worth noting that the merger with Wilson guarantees > that EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) customers will have the strongest > possible metadata in art (as well as virtually every other subject > area). For example, EDS customers will have access to metadata from > any of the following (if they subscribe): Art Index, Art Index > Retro, Art Abstracts, Art Full Text, Art & Architecture Complete, > Art Source, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Art Museum > Inage Gallery, Cinema Image Gallery, ARTstor, JSTOR, Oxford Art > Online, and much more. > Of course we will have more information to share as we continue to > move along. I hope this detail is helpful. > Thank you, > > --Amy > > Amy Thurlow > Senior Account Executive > EBSCO Publishing > Phone: 800-653-2726 Ext. 2518 > Fax: 978-356-5640 > Email: [log in to unmask] > Visit us at www.ebscohost.com > > Need training or support? > Check out our technical support website at: http://support.ebscohost.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~