EBSCO incident

Service Issue Reported – Intermittent eBook Access Issues

Resolved after 4 days 9 hours, affecting EBSCO eBooks, on January 12, 2026.

identified Jan 15, 2026, 07:11 PM UTC

Our Technology teams are currently working to resolve this issue for all customers, and in parallel we are incrementally restoring access to titles that were missing from the eBook Collection database. This process is underway and we expect most customers' access will be restored within the next 12-24 hours. We will provide further updates via EBSCO Status https://status.ebsco.com when all access has been restored. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Started
Jan 12, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 17, 2026, 01:06 AM UTC
Duration
4d 9h
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 12, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

Affected components

EBSCO eBooks

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 12, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

    We have received reports of an issue with accessing eBooks. Our engineering teams are currently investigating the issue and we will update this page when more information is available.

  2. investigating Jan 15, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC

    Our engineering teams continue to investigate reports of an issue with accessing eBooks and we will update this page when more information is available.

  3. identified Jan 15, 2026, 07:11 PM UTC

    Our Technology teams are currently working to resolve this issue for all customers, and in parallel we are incrementally restoring access to titles that were missing from the eBook Collection database. This process is underway and we expect most customers' access will be restored within the next 12-24 hours. We will provide further updates via EBSCO Status https://status.ebsco.com when all access has been restored. We apologize for the inconvenience.

  4. resolved Jan 17, 2026, 01:06 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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