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Delete file

I have accidently deleted selections. I selected the delete button, instead of print. My hand is quicker, than my eyes. If there were a delete file. I could have a second chance of restoring the selections, instead of have to go back to the select...
Guest over 1 year ago in Acquisition Workflow 0 Future consideration

GOBI Order cancellations email alerts should be able to be sent to the person who selected or ordered the book

GOBI Order cancellations email alerts should be able to be sent to the person who selected or ordered the book in real-time. This is important at my library because each individual selector is responsible for closely tracking their budget allotmen...
Guest about 2 years ago in Acquisition Workflow / Reporting and Analysis 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 over 3 years ago in Acquisition Workflow / APIs and Integration 0 Future consideration

Acquisition workflow when ordering print duplicates of ebooks

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...
Guest over 3 years ago in Acquisition Workflow / APIs and Integration 0 Future consideration

Add "Submitted By" & "Initials" to Library Activity Search

Currently, there is no way to generate a report of who submitted orders/selections in GOBI. It would be very useful to have the "Submitted By" and "Initials" fields available in Library Activity Search.
Guest almost 3 years ago in Reporting and Analysis 0 Future consideration

Give us an email heads up of e-titles to be removed by publisher before they are removed

ProQuest used to do this. Maybe it is contractually disallowed, but if not libraries may want to add or trigger titles before they go away permanently on the EBSCO platform.
Guest over 3 years ago in Demand-Driven Acquisition 0 Future consideration

List author affiliations in GOBI notifications so we don't have to check them ourselves before deciding whether to purchase.

Useful for librarians who prefer not to purchase titles in their subject areas by authors outside those disciplines.
Guest over 3 years ago in Profiling and Approval Services / Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Approval Platform

The more parameters we can set on the platform ourselves for our approval plans, the easier is the administration of the approvals.
Guest over 3 years ago in Profiling and Approval Services 0 Future consideration

Out of Print titles

We would appreciate an Alert for alternative editions, as soon as these are available, for titles that are out of print.
Guest over 3 years ago in Acquisition Workflow 0 Future consideration

Allow user to set basic limits one time but changeable as needed. Ex: no abridged books, certain language, ebooks or audiobooks.

Would like to stop checking the same limits or exclusions with each new session or searches.
Jo Shimmin over 3 years ago in User Interface 1 Future consideration