EBSCO Information Services, partnering with Sirsi Corporation, now provides the invoice data and format specifications that allow libraries using the Sirsi Unicorn® Library Management System to receive and load X12 serials invoices from EBSCO.

An interface between the two systems allows X12 invoice files to be transmitted to the customer via File Transfer Protocol and loaded by the library directly into the Sirsi Unicorn system.

"The invoice interface represents a considerable time-savings to the library, and is one of the many ways in which EBSCO's collaboration with integrated library systems can increase efficiency for our customers," said Christie Burke, manager of e-commerce and integrated library systems, EBSCO Information Services. "We are pleased to continue our teamwork with Sirsi to make this and other valuable EDI (electronic data interchange) services available to our mutual customers."

"The benefits of EDI are undeniable," said EBSCO and Sirsi customer Dana Taylor, head of serials services, LSU Libraries (Louisiana State University). "The once labor-intensive and time-consuming process of manually posting the EBSCO serial renewal invoice was reduced to just minutes with EDI invoice loading."

For more information on this service, please contact any EBSCO Regional Office. A list of regional offices and contacts is available on www.ebsco.com. Sirsi clients may visit www.sirsi.com for additional information or contact sales@sirsi.com.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Subscription Services, EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Book Services form the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to 150 databases and thousands of e-journals, and e-commerce book procurement.

EBSCO has specialized products and services for academic, medical, government, public and school libraries as well as for corporations and other organizations. EBSCO maintains a comprehensive database of more than 282,000 serial titles and upholds active relationships with more than 60,000 publishers worldwide. 2004 marks EBSCO's 60th year of serving the library and business communities. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.

About Sirsi
In 2004, Sirsi Corporation (www.sirsi.com) celebrates 25 years as the strategic technology partner to more than 10,000 libraries around the world. A strong, growing company, we are dedicated to providing the library community with forward-thinking information technology solutions, including Sirsi Unicorn® Library Management System, the first client/server-based and UNIX-based integrated library system; Sirsi iBistro and iLink, the first e-Library solutions with streaming enriched content; Sirsi Rooms, the first suite of context management solutions; and Sirsi Director's Station, the first information analysis tool for library executives. Sirsi maintains operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Australia, China, and Singapore.

Contact: Rebecca C. Walden Corporate Communications Office: (205) 980-6794 Cell: (205) 281-7111 rwalden@ebsco.com

Release Date: April 16, 2004