Acquisition Workflow

Gobi has recently started using the "library activity" link "Subscribed [date]" on ebooks that are not in fact part of a paid subscription but in EBSCO's "OA Ebook Collection", which is free. To see an example, if you have selected that package in...

Each week we search our cancelled orders under "library activity" to update our records and reorder. However, we can only search cancelled orders by an order date range, then manually check the cancellation date of each title. The ability to searc...

We need integration with our library system (Alma) to better expose the following within the selection process: current available balance on selected funds current holdings including whether we own or only have access to a book title

Lately I have had to order print copies of ebooks that we own. When the print record finds the print isbn in the FOLIO ebook record, it attaches to the ebook record. It is a lot of work to remove the print isbn BEFORE placing the order in GOBI, an...

We would appreciate an Alert for alternative editions, as soon as these are available, for titles that are out of print.

The marker or indicator would preferably be added at point of order or later, possibly as part of a holdings load process. The ability to quickly see if my institution or others in the same consortium have committed to retain a specific item perma...

Gobi recommends automated workflows based on firm ordering or recommends titles to add to DDA based on triggers.

Eliminates the need for payment by business office. Can pay, reconcile and activate in more seamlessly.

Do not show me or allow me to select titles and offerings that are not saleable to me.

I would like a more automated process for loading my library's holdings to GOBI so that I do not have to check my local catalog before buying to prevent duplication.