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Effective September 1, 2026, EBSCO will transition their AI-Assisted Search (formerly Natural Language Search) and Ask This Document (AI Ask) from opt-in to opt-out, meaning that these tools will be available by default in EBSCO databases.
Update
Maintenance for EZproxy and the NC LIVE website has been completed.
If you have any questions or run into any issues, please contact the help [at] nclive.org (NC LIVE Help Desk).
Planned Maintenance - EZproxy and NC LIVE Website
NC LIVE recently added 126 audiobooks to our hoopla collection (24 non-fiction and 102 fiction), courtesy of Midwest Tapes. Additionally, we recently transferred 42 additional audiobooks from our old RBdigital collection to the NC LIVE hoopla account. Title lists are attached. As a reminder, all NC LIVE ebooks and audiobooks on hoopla are Flex content with permanent access and 1-3 simultaneous users
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EBSCO has added a new AI feature to its databases, "AI Ask" (also known as "Ask This Document)."
Information on this feature is available here: EBSCO Connect Ask This Document Information
Update: All systems are up and running. If you run into any issues, please contact the help [at] nclive.org (NC LIVE Help Desk).
Planned Maintenance - NC LIVE Website, July 17, 7-8 am
NC LIVE has scheduled downtime to apply security updates to our website. During this time, some of our services may be offline or only available intermittently. We'll send a follow-up email when the updates are completed.