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Notifications for "currently unavailable" titles

When a title is currently "unavailable in your country" it would be wonderful to be able to create an alert if the title/format does become available to order.
Guest over 2 years ago in  Administrative and User Account Controls 0 Future consideration

Editing DDA titles

Enable ISBN searching in Active DDAs. This would facilitate streamlined weeding of the DDA collection. Currently, when I am removing a title I need to sort through the list. When doing an ISBN search (top search bar), I don't see an intuitive way ...
Guest about 2 years ago in Demand-Driven Acquisition 1 Future consideration

Toggle between alternate editions

Allow me to add an item to a folder one time and select or change the edition with one click. (Currently to swap paperback for hardcover or eBook I have to click away from my list to alternate editions, add the edition to my folder, then delete th...
Guest almost 4 years ago in User Interface 1 Future consideration

Forecast of Standing Orders

s8461314 University of Northumbria at Newcastle mentioned that ProQuest has monthly forecast of Standing Orders and want to know if this is a future development for GOBI/Mosaic
Krista Eidal over 1 year ago in Reporting and Analysis 1 Future consideration

show number of available copies

Show the number of copies available. This helps when ordering multiple copies. Knowing that number on hand ahead of time will avoid having orders cancelled.
Linda Nilles over 3 years ago in Acquisition Workflow 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 over 2 years ago in Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Add description of the book to data displayed

Please provide the publisher's description of the book so I don't have to check the publisher's website to get an idea of what's the book about.
Susanne van Rijn over 3 years ago in Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Allow "ebook only" limiter for YBP-US/UK Titles when setting up Notifications

When selecting "eBook only" for a Notification, the only universe options are "All titles," "My Library Slips" or "New Editions of my library's titles." This option should also be made available for "YBP-US Titles" and "YBP-UK Titles"
Guest about 3 years ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

library history field - color code

Selectors don't always see the Library History field. Could you put it in a different color (maybe red?) to make it stand out more?
Guest about 3 years ago in Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Integration with library system

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
Guest almost 4 years ago in Acquisition Workflow / APIs and Integration 0 Future consideration