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Bring back ECM search profiles

The ECM search profiles made is easier for us to find and purchase ebooks. We do not use GOBI, and the new "book ordering platform" is of no interest. Removing the search profiles will reduce our usage of the platform. I can't imagine why you woul...
Guest about 1 year ago in Evidence-Based Acquisition 1 Will not implement

Please add Jewish Studies to your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion by Subject lists.

Given the long, global, and uninterrupted history of anti-Jewish racism, not to mention today's rise in antisemitism world-wide, but especially in the United States, it's strange that you don't have a Jewish studieslist.
Guest over 2 years ago in Content 2 Already exists

Sort by "Added to list" date

In my lists, I wish I could sort by the date it was added.
Guest over 2 years ago in Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Add DDA-eligible=Y to the Standard and Advanced Search options

For those of us with Gobi DDA programs including manual "Request DDA", it would be useful to be able to search using either Standard or Advanced and have as a limiting option to only include in the results titles that have at least one provider th...
Guest over 2 years ago in Acquisition Workflow 0 Future consideration

"Interdisciplinary Topics" as Approval parameter

We would like to use "YBP Interdisciplinary Topics" as parameters setting up approvals. To be able to do so, this parameter would need to be applied consistently for all titles.
Guest over 2 years ago in Profiling and Approval Services 0 Future consideration

Allow a marker to indicate an institution's intention to permanently retain an item it has ordered or already owns, visible to other institutions in the same consortium.

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...
Morag Stewart over 2 years ago in Acquisition Workflow 0 Future consideration

Need an "Exclude Fiction" filter

There are a lot of Religious publishers who publish both fiction and non-fiction. Most of the time we are only interested purchasing non-fiction titles. It would be much easier to find titles to purchase if fiction could be filtered out.
Guest over 1 year ago in Acquisition Workflow 1 Already exists

Expand Featured and Subject Collections

We do not have dedicated collections development or cataloging librarians. We ask our instruction and reference teams to all participate in collections. As such, we lean on the curated lists provided by EBSCO librarians. I especially like that som...
Mary Snyder about 2 years ago in Content 0 Future consideration

DEI Purchase Request

Please add current, popular (non-academic) DEI-focused materials in all formats. Suggested authors: Dr. Nika White (Inclusion Uncomplicated: A Transformative Guide To Simplify DEI) and Mary-Frances Winters (Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equit...
Terry Palacios over 2 years ago in Content 1 Already exists

New EDS 'back' button

Institute logo is at top of all pages for Dashboard, but no logo or back button/arrow is on pages for Publications, Concept Map or Supplemental Sources. Is it possible to add this?
Guest over 2 years ago in  1 Will not implement