EBSCO Industries, Inc. :: History of EBSCO

History of EBSCO

1958-1986

1987	Popular Magazine Review (currently Magazine Article Summaries) was acquired.
1988	McAinsh of Canada was purchased as part of CANEBSCO Subscription Services.
1992	Luxor was acquired.
1992	Hill Library and Information Services of New Zealand was purchased as part of EBSCO Subscription Services.
1992	Vulcan Industries combined all operations into a new 168,000 square-foot facility.
1993	Majors Scientific Subscription division was acquired as part of ESS.
1994	EBSCO went online with its first homepage on the World Wide Web at www.ebsco.com.
1994	EBSCO Industries, Inc. celebrated its 50-year anniversary.
1995	Magazine Express, EBSCO's first division to offer subscriptions directly to consumers, was acquired.
1995	Northeast Looseleaf, manufacturer of vinyl and casemade binders, was acquired as part of Vulcan Binder & Cover's operations.

1995	Offilib, the major journal and book supplier to the French research community, consolidated operations with ESS' French Regional Office.
1995	EBSCO Information Services (EIS) formed to provide libraries with one source for quality information-related services and products.
1995	The Web version of EBSCONET® Online Subscription Service debuted, offering a variety of subscription services via the Internet.
1996	Alys Robinson Stephens, wife of EBSCO Founder and Chairman Emeritus Elton B. Stephens, passed away February 5 at age 86.
1998	Valley Joist celebrated the grand opening of its second manufacturing facility in Fernley, Nevada.
1998	EBSCO acquired Modern Muzzleloading, the manufacturer and marketer of Knight Rifles and its subsidiary, Green Mountain Rifle Barrel Company, Inc.
1998	Wayne Industries, Inc., a sign manufacturer, was acquired by EBSCO.
1998	EBSCO TeleServices acquired Telemarketing Network, Inc. (TNI), in Cayuhoga Falls, Ohio.