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Accessibility metadata for selecting: Features books have for readers with print disabilities

I would like to see the accessibility features of the book that is being considered for purchase. For example, is the publisher Global Certified Accessible through Benetech? Does the book have headers? Is it a correctly tagged EPUB?
Mark Weiler over 1 year ago in Selection Workflow 1 Future consideration

Allow current List Price default view to change to my country's currency

I'm from Canada but all the prices display for me in USD by default. I'd like this to change, either automatically by GOBI recognizing my country based on my profile, or by me selecting it in my preferences. This would be a huge time-saver.
PG over 2 years ago in Selection Workflow / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Rethink presentation of information

ALL CAPS is hard to read on a screen. The variety of typefaces, capitalizations, and colors creates visual clutter. The three views of results show respectively too little, too much, and way too much information for most of my selection decisions....
Guest over 2 years ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Add regular keyword field to Gobi advanced search.

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R H over 2 years ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Remove perpetual purchases from DDA pool automatically

If we purchase an ebook perpetually, we would like it removed from our DDA pool to prevent paying for the same item twice. Currently we do this manually. It would be great if GOBI could identify and remove these automatically
Guest over 2 years ago in Demand-Driven Acquisition 0 Future consideration

Set default sort/filter

It might be useful to enable users to set up a default sort/filter for their search results on the new ordering platform so they don't have to apply the same filters every time as we do in GOBI. If they are often searching with the same parameters...
Guest about 1 year ago in Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Mosaic selector workflow

Ability to add notes and "GobiExpress" feature to add information (adding fund code, etc.) to titles in search results rather than only in Select/Order cart
Guest 9 months ago in Selection Workflow 1 Future consideration

Total cost of items ordered per session

It would be good to have a total of the cost of books ordered per ordering session. This would be useful to Selectors who often have broad weekly/monthly expenditure guidelines.
Guest over 2 years ago in  Administrative and User Account Controls / Reporting and Analysis / Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

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 5 months ago in Other 1 Future consideration

GobiAPI Integration with OCLC WMS

Real-time order API supporting transfer of bibliographic and order data between GOBI and OCLC WMS.
Caroline Zappasodi over 2 years ago in APIs and Integration 0 Future consideration