SLA and EBSCO Announce Direct Access to "Green" Database for SLA Members

GreenFILE and LISTA Data Now Available Free of Charge Giving Members Fast Access to Search for Information on Greener Practices

Alexandria, Virginia, 10 June, 2008 -- Special Libraries Association (SLA) in conjunction with EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) announced an agreement that will provide the association's members with free and seamless access to two EBSCO databases. Access to EBSCO's GreenFILE and the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts^TM (LISTA) is now available directly from the SLA Web site.

SLA Chief Executive Officer Janice R. Lachance says that making resources such as these available to members augments the association's mission of providing information professionals with content that gives them a competitive advantage, as well as professional development resources.

"SLA's 'Knowledge to Go Green' initiative is designed to empower individual members with the inspiration and the information necessary to implement greener practices in their activities on behalf of SLA, as well as their employers," said Lachance. "To that end, we believe it is crucial to provide access to valuable knowledge on environmentally sound practices. With well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming, to recycling, to alternate fuel sources, we hope this additional resource from SLA will assist our members, and their employers, in their own efforts to go green."

Donald P. Doak, vice president of corporate, federal & partnership sales at EBSCO says, "EBSCO is pleased to make these valuable resources available to association members via the SLA Web site. Having SLA offer easy access to GreenFILE and LISTA to its members is a great example of how the association helps members succeed. As a company that has explored its own impact on the environment, EBSCO understands the impact that these changes have on the bottom-line and the value of backing up eco-friendly decisions with the latest information. The easy access to these databases should allow members to push their green efforts and their professional development to the next level."

GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and local/national governments, as well as measures to minimize these effects. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 380,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

LISTA
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes nearly 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. The thesaurus in LISTA includes 6,800 terms, 2,700 of which are preferred terms.

About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,500 members in more than 60 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org.