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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 3 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 almost 4 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 almost 4 years ago in Acquisition Workflow 0 Future consideration

I want to be able to delete our outdated eBooks from "eBooks on EBSCOhost" so I can delete ebooks in OCLC.

We need to be able to delete books from the "eBooks on EBSCOhost" database when we get newer editions of medical books, books with multiple editions, etc. Accred. agencies don't like students to access old, outdated materials.
Jo Shimmin almost 3 years ago in eBook Management 1 Already exists

Add the word UR: in fron of the e-book link. reason being the URL will pass throug safe link without be changed.

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Guest over 1 year ago in Other 1 Future consideration

EDI credit memos and technical invoices

Can credit memos be EDI'd? And technical invoices?
Sharon Whittle about 3 years ago in Invoicing 0 Future consideration

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 over 3 years ago in Content 0 Future consideration

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 3 years ago in Content 2 Already exists

Delete Material Type Field

A "Material Type" field has recently been added to the "Enter Order Details" box. This field includes such categories as Museum Passes, DVD, Faculty Item, etc. GOBI does not sell Museum Passes or DVDs, so why should a selector have to waste time o...
Guest about 2 years ago in Selection Workflow 1 Already exists

Delete Location Field

A new Location field has recently been added that requires selectors to choose the destination of the item within the selector's library. This field serves no useful purpose and should be deleted.
Guest about 2 years ago in Selection Workflow 1 Already exists